The Joel Gaines Show
By: Allen Trevethan
January 25th, 2009
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On Tap:
* President Obama signs executive order to reverse Bush policy on interrogations – but guess what? He is leaving himself some wiggle room in the law, just in case he needs to go the Bush route on this.
* Gay Marriage – President Obama is going to make it a reality in America and I will share with you my opinion on this contentious topic.
* The Senate Finance Committee backed Timothy Geitner’s confirmation to proceed to the full senate in an 18-5 vote. I want to talk to you about this troublesome appointment and the stench on the political winds blowing through Washington. Then I want to talk to you about 5 senators who showed some courage.
* President Obama discussed his long term economic plan and the Drastic measures he is going to have to take to get America back on track. I researched a couple of the topics he discusses and the conclusion is – America is being BAMBOOZLED already!
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It Began with 381 Days
By: Joel Gaines
January 19th, 2009
Tomorrow, America will change irrevokably as President Elect Barack H. Obama becomes President of the United States of America. Whether any change of the American political landscape occurs after January 20th or not, America is consistently proving that our Declaration of Independence is relevant today as written by our forefathers, and the Constitution is relevant when wise Americans remembered that God is the granter of rights to all his children, and government can only limit the rights He has bestowed upon us.
I wrote the rest of this note a year ago. To me, there is no better way to describe my feelings about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as an agent of change in America. He wasn’t perfect by any means, but Dr. King did something all Americans should be thankful for.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a still new minister in the Montgomery area, when asked to lead the Montgomery Improvement Association and lead the black community of Montgomery in a boycott of city buses. Blacks were not able to sit closer than the 5th row and were required to give up their seats to white persons.
During the 381 day boycott, Dr. King’s house was destroyed by fire, he was physically attacked, and he spent 2 weeks in jail for hindering the smooth operation of a bus. However, Dr. King’s leadership, his ability to galvanize the community into sending a message against apartheid in Alabama, was the catalyst for a district court ruling that Alabama’s bus laws were unconstitutional. The United States Supreme Court upheld the decision and Alabama was forced to change the laws.
This boycott was the birth of a civil rights leader – some might say the defining moment of Martin Luther King Jr’s life. I don’t know about that. My opinion is his life as a civil rights leader was defined well before that – perhaps by his grandfather. In any case, the rest of Dr. King’s life would be one of perseverance and resistance to continued apartheid in the United States.
Some people indict Dr. King because of the people in history who influenced his political beliefs. To my way of thinking, right or wrong, Dr. King was embracing ideas that ran counter to the system he saw as the foundation for apartheid in America. He wasn’t a communist – that was too God-less. He wasn’t a capitalist – but only Dr. King knows why. We can only guess whether or not he sometimes felt a certain sort of democratic socialism was the answer to apartheid. History corrects that notion without a lot of “what-ifs” and, while I can only guess, I believe Dr. King would recognize that.
Others invoke Dr. King’s name. But, I have not seen anyone who does so and does Dr. King justice. These days, our so-called civil rights leaders don’t resist apartheid; they try to reverse its direction. They don’t fight for equality, but preference. Rather than fight for inclusion, they fight for exclusivity. They don’t look for fairness for the poor, but handouts. Most of these people are not civil rights leaders; more like influence loan-sharks.
To me, the most cogent evidence in the difference between Dr. King and contemporary “civil rights leaders” is simply this: When Dr King was autopsied, he was said to have the body of a 60 year old. He was 39. Compare that to all of the blabbermouths out there invoking his name – how are they looking compared to their age? What do they persevere?
In order to properly honor the ideals of true equality of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, we should all fight to preserve the goals of them. His legacy is not the words he spoke, it’s what we – all of us – do with them.
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The Joel Gaines Show
By: Allen Trevethan
January 18th, 2009
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On Tap:
* Americans disconnected from Obama’s America?
* Teri Christoph of Smart Girl Politics – a rapidly growing conservative grassroots group – will be with us to talk about their mission to spread and support conservative policy and candidates and the First Annual SGP Ball.
* Eric Holder – Bill Clinton’s Deputy Attorney General – is going through the confirmation process for Attorney General in the Obama administration. I am concerned with this appointment and you should be too – and not because Holder was part of the Marc Rich pardon. I have some perspective for you on this.
* Iran is playing games and there is new intelligence which might be soon bringing another official Joel Gaines Show “I told you so” – this comes at a time when President Elect Obama has revealed a new approach to dealing with Iran. We have some interesting news out of North Korea now as well.
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The Joel Gaines Show
By: Allen Trevethan
January 11th, 2009
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On Tap:
* Washington looked down its nose at Chicago and got backhanded across the teeth.
* Russia hand delivers to you an official Joel Gaines Show “I told you so”. They did it to Europe through Georgia and now the Kremlin is doing to Europe through the Ukraine. I’ll tell you what “it” is in the next segment.
* Deregulation is being blamed by the leftists as the cause for the financial mess we’re now in. Democrats in congress love to “regulate” and are making a case for more regulation – let me share some thoughts with you today that turn this argument upside down.
* As we approach the historic inauguration of President Elect Barack Obama, there are a number of topics that are on the minds of people – let’s talk about a few of them, including the Obama citizenship challenges –which are still being presented to the Supreme Court, the economic plan President Elect Obama has laid out, and a short discussion on reform.
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The Joel Gaines Show
By: Allen Trevethan
January 4th, 2009
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Guest: RNC Committeeman Bruce Ash
On Tap:
* Upcoming RNC Chair elections.
* Israel is conducting extensive operations in Gaza against Hamas targets and has to defend these operations against the condemnation of the “International Community”. I want to weigh in on this issue because the media at large is of course drawing the usual moral equivalents.
* Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has appointed Roland Burris to his senate seat, which to my knowledge was not Senate Candidate Number Anything in the Federal Investigation of Blagojevich. We’ll bring you some information about Mr. Burris AND a new twist in the Blagogate scandal.
* We’re seeing it again – Attacks on the constitutional limitations of the government with respect to Religion. This time a group is suing to stop prayer at the presidential inauguration.