Liberty Cap Talk Live

In the fifty-fifth episode (and season finale show on Blog Talk Radio), Todd, Jim, and their panelists Libertarian Party of OhioColumbus City Council At-Large candidateBob Bridges, agorist/political pundit Ethan Lee Vita, and LewRockwell.comauthor and blogger and Virginia 6th congressional district candidate Karen Kwiatkowski discussed the debt crisis and Congress's decision to compromise on it, the Casey Anthony not-guilty acquittal and the public's reaction to it, a woman starting up an online petition to push for Caylee's Law in response to Anthony verdict, Ron Paul retiring from Congress to focus on GOP presidential race, Michelle Bachmann and her crazy pledge to out law gay marriage, ban erotica, and peg homosexuality as a "lifestyle choice" and a health risk, Netflix raising its prices on its DVD rentals to its customers and more.. Libertarian stand-up comedian/political pundit Tim Slagle joined us for a 19-minute chat at 9:30 p.m. EST to discuss his views on the 2012 presidential race, why comics on the Left hate freedom, and whether Obama is a one-term president. [*Note: Awesome show!]

In this special episode of LCTL, Todd interviewed The Independent Forum's Executive Director Nicole Kurokawa Neily for 60 minutes to discuss IWF and its stated mission, the Obama administration's taxing, spending, and regulatory policies, Congress and its attitude towards the U.S. federal deficit, whether we can continue the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Libya or whether we should bring them to a screeching halt, the Federal Reserve's Kansas City official saying that the "future of capitalism" is "threatened" by the "biggest banks," AMA and its medical special interest allies submitting a letter to Congress with an urgest request to reform the Medicare-paying sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula, the Supreme Court ruling favoring Walmart over a class-action lawsuit alleging sex discrimination with respect to pay and promotions, and more. [*Note: This special episode was great to do, because it gave me one more chance to do another interview without a panel. I love chatting with Nicole Neily, and she was a great guest to have on the show. She's very insightful, very intelligent, and speaks her mind plainly on a lot of issues. She's welcome to come back to be a panelist on LCTL on the Talk Shoe network.]

In the fifty-fourth episode, Jim, Todd, and his panelists anarchist/libertarian pundit Alex Gleason, free market anarchist/libertarian pundit Jackie Fiest, and left-libertarian/anarchist pundit Nathan Goodman discussed the State of New York being the sixth state passing its gay marriage law and epitomizing its health affects on GLBT families, an undecided GOP senator from New York votes for the gay marriage bill which will give it the support it needs to make it state law, the Supreme Court ruling in favor of Walmart's discrimination of its female employees who are suing the company for refusing to pay them the same wage rate as their male counterparts, Nathan discussing the July 1st nationwide protest against anti-immigration laws and prison profiteers and what needs to be done about them, former Washington Post journalist Antonio Vargas outing himself as an illegal immigrant, Seattles Times blogger Bruce Ramsey says Vargas being wrong to have lied to the U.S. government and his employer about his immigration status, and Obama tapping oil market to keep gas prices down. GOP political communications consultant/blogger/commentator Liz Mair joined us for a 20-minute chat that began at starting at 8:05 p.m. EST to discuss the 2012 GOP presidential race and its effects on the political landscape and whom she believes will win the pesidential nomination. [*Note: Tonight's show was energetic and awesome. I was away for a few minutes to get Chinese food for dinner. Liz was on earlier and she was fantastic! The panel was great! Other than that, what an outstanding highly-energetic episode.]

In the fifty-third episode, Todd and his panelists Peace, Freedom, and Prosperity blogger and writer Michael Shanklin and anarcho-libertarian attorney Matt D. Harris discussed the GOP presidential debate in South Carolina, Ron Paul's answer to immigration at the debate, Sheldon Richman's criticism of Ron Paul's answer and the ensuing discussion on his thread on Facebook as well as Todd's thread on the subject, Congressman Anthony Weiner announces his public resignation over the transmission of pics of his genitals to a 21-year-old college student from Seattle, Washington and his ties to an ex-adult film star, the Republican and Democratic hypocrisy over the matter, the tragic death of Dr. Jack Kevorkian and how his support for and practice of A.S. has shaped the way we look at the terminally ill, opponents of former chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker who ruled that Proposition 8 was unconstitutional are defeated by another ruling in Walker's favor despite their attempts to smear him, GOP Congresswoman Michelle Bachman who launched her bid to become the first female president of the United States, galvanizing support for "intelligent design" in the public "government" schools and more. [*Note: This episode was ok, and the energy level was on the low side. Jim for some reason didn't show up and didn't return my calls or anything, which worried me. Hopefully he'll have a good reason for it. Other than that, the show was ok. Mike left earlier than he should have without an explanation, so the last 40 minutes of the episode was between me and Matt. Overall, it was an average episode IMHO.]

In the fifty-second episode, Todd, Jim, and their panelists pro-liberty pundit Michael Weinheimer, pro-liberty activist Shaun Lee, and LiberaLaw blogger and C4SS writer Gary Chartier discussed Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY)'s sexting scandal and the events that have unfolded since the publicity of his underwear-clad erect weener photos on Twitter, the Chair of the Democratic National Committee calling for Weiner's resignation, Democrats calling for Weiner's resignation in light of the scandal, Weiner's half-assed apology, the release of the Sarah Palin emails, a former Utah governor calling Obama's economy a "failure," U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan threatening to free states from No Child Left Behind and much more. [*Note: The show went very well, although I thought it was a bit on the weak side. But it's gone well, although it was a much lower-rated show. Hopefully we can get it back up to three times more than we got in tnight. Other than that, the show was a good one tonight. It wasn't my best, but it also wasn't my worst either.]