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Welcome to our first GLoP Culture of 2014, crowd-sourced edition. This week, Christie, Rocky Mountain highs, cats vs. dogs, ethnic restaurant, that liberal litmus test, Saving Mr. Banks, Star Wars, the Larry King game, how to appeal to female voters, should your kids be lit majors and Grandpa Podhoretz explains it all to you.

Music from this week’s episode:

Rocky Mountain Way by Joe Walsh

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    @Foxfier

    Finally got to the G-File–

    SHE IS ADORABLE!!!!

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    Fred Cole: I need to add that I agree with Jonah about cats being Randians.  I’ve thought the same thing for a long, long time.

    If there was ever a creature that acted exclusively in its own rational self interest and eschewed altruism, it’s a cat. · January 15, 2014 at 10:10am

    The cat greeting the soldier – just stared. John P. delivers the line so well. I have to listen to these podcasts several times. 

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    @Oranjeman

    Jonah didn’t offer the best description of the Larry King Game, but every guest on Kevin Pollack’s podcast is asked to do an impression (they basically can say whatever the want).  For me, by far the two best are Greg Proops and Dana Gould.  They don’t have his voice but they certainly have his strange stream-of-consciousness down.  Maybe only Norm MacDonald was better with his ‘News and Views’ impression.  Anyway, these are great for a laugh.  Enjoy.   

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    Listen to the very end of this podcast.

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    @Oranjeman

    Ah; ok, my mistake.  Those two are still worth listening to.  Unless you hate laughing. 

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    @katievs

    Best GLoP yet.

    I speak as someone who studied philosophy, got married at 23 (my husband was 21), and had my first baby at 24.

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    @FredCole

    We’ve missed you, Katie.

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    Fred Cole: We’ve missed you, Katie. · 4 hours ago

    xoxo

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    katievs: Best GLoP yet.

    I speak as someone who studied philosophy, got married at 23 (my husband was 21), and had my first baby at 24. · January 23, 2014 at 3:17am

    And married to a younger man too…

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    katievs: Best GLoP yet.

    · January 23, 2014 at 3:17am

    Hear, hear! The cheeky comments that are not quite appropriate (Rob) are hilarious. 

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    Duane Oyen

    Michael Sanregret: Thank you, Jonah, Rob, and John for the support of community colleges.  When I was in grad school I killed myself trying to complete my doctorate to be a tenure track professor, because I thought that’s what I was supposed to do.  I ended up making my career in community college teaching and I’m very happy now.  I think we do great work, so thank you. · 18 hours ago

    One could say that you are sans regrets. · January 16, 2014 at 8:25am

    I hadn’t thought of that!   That is the actual French meaning of my name.

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    @listeningin

    I think that the messaging issue for Conservatives for women is related to the tendency to focus on building dogmatic arguments instead of offering compelling and persuasive rhetoric.  Reagan communicated a message of hope in a way that honored American history and the American people.  His arguments against big government focussed on who it hurt and portrayed liberals as insulting, power hungry, and out of touch with reality.  I generally read the better communicators among conservatives (NR, etc.) so I avoid a lot of what our more impoverished, shall I say brutish communicators portray about conservative views, not to mention the false depictions by the liberal world (including media).  However, I often cringe a bit even when listening to our best communicators because we seem quite tone deaf.  We are failing to understand how we sound to a public that has grown up in the public school system and the media, so what we say doesn’t resonate even when the principles we support would. To speak about immigration, for example, with no tone of concern for the poor who serve wealthy Americans and are caught in the grind of this complex issue sounds unjust and callous.

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    @JonathanMeola
    “Loan me fifty dollars…”  – Larry KingIf you grew up in Miami in the 80’s or 90’s and listened to talk radio, you’ve got that (and other bizarre LK quotes) burned into your memory thanks to the late, great Neil Rogers.
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    Breaking: new GLoP on Tuesday. 

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    @FredCole

    Is it Tuesday yet?

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    @BenjaminGlaser

    Ditto to Fred

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