In Episode 23 of “Q with a View,” Susie Moore, Jason Dibler and Mark Warner are joined by Host Emeritus Josh Gillespie and madness ensues. They cover the politics of “local” radio and then the gloves come off as they duke it out re: Indiana’s HIP 2.0 and the 2016 early presidential positioning. Click the link and listen!

Once again it is The Blaze Wed and Mr Jason Howerton joins us to talk about the Justina Pelletier and why Tania Gail’s dog does not have a “manly”‘ bark

This Snark Factor With Fingers Malloy for Tuesday June 17th, 2014 has Duke off at a Gas Tax forum so Fingers and Amy have Monica Crowley stops by to talk about her new job at Washington Times as Online Opinion Editor and Scottie Nell Hughes from Tea Party News Network and Duke checks in to give a update on how bad the forum goes.

Mr Larry O’Connor of WMAL in Washington D.C. stops by to talk with Thomas LaDuke and Jason Dibler of FTR Radio about the TX Online conference hosted by Americans For Prosperity and how the culture is affected by things we sometimes don’t pay attention to.

Jim Geraghty of National Review Online joins Thomas LaDuke and Jason Dibler on FTR Radio during Texas Online from Americans For Prosperity Texas.

Jim talks about his experience at Texas Online and how valuable these conferences are in general and we talk about his new book out June 3rd The Weed Agency.

Snark Factor With Fingers Malloy is back on track for Wed May 28th, 2014 and as it is ever Wed we welcome our friend Jason Howerton of The Blaze to talk about all that is burning up The Blaze.

Also our old pal Jimmy Bise joins us to talk about the V.A. scandal and why Steny Hoyer sucks even before this scandal but more so now.

By T. LaDuke

Just .85 cents worth of difference between these guys Mark Schauer (L) and Gov Rick Snyder (R)

Michigan last night just gave up.

Sorry MI-GOP but it is true. Last night under the leadership of Gov “Relentless Positive Action” you just let the Democrats own you for eternity.

The GOP legislature led by the Guv passed Minimum Wage hike to $9.25 to TRY and prevent a ballot proposal to raise it to $10.10. The spin from the GOP is that the $10.10 increase phased in until 2017 is DEVASTATING to the economy while the $9.25 increase phased in until 2018 will be easier on business. For those keeping score at home that is a .85 cent difference.

They both will kill jobs.

The GOP can’t even participate in a debate about entry level job wages becasue they don’t actually believe what they say during elections about bringing jobs to Michigan. You see the difference between 9.25 and 10.10 is .85 cents. Yet one is palatable for business and the other isn’t if you listen to the spin/dribble from the GOP.

That is really the argument they are making. A .85 cents per hour increase over what they proposed was going to tank the economy. Never-mind that raising the wage at ALL from the current $7.40 up $1.85 a hr is not a great plan either but add on that extra .85 cents and we might become Illinois.

Scratch that. We are Illinois without the Mayor of the largest city who used to do ballet.

Let me real quick do a numbers breakdown for my friends who might not understand why this is bad. Under the 40 hr work week ( Which Obamacare is destroying but that is another post) the current wage of $7.40 a hr produces $15,392 dollars per year. The new GOP rate of eventually $9.25 will produce $19,240 and the one the Dems wanted at $10.10 will be at $21,008. ( I will leave out the auto increases tied to inflation being I don’t want to have a stroke)

So the GOP just supported a additional burden on business of $3,848. Now the argument is that the ballot proposal the Dems wanted will add $5,616 more to business a year so that is REALLY REALLY bad, but business will be able to handle the almost $4000 increase the GOP did becasue????????????? Magic? Love? Pure Michigan ads?

Hell is there any doubt the CEO of Gateway Rick Snyder would pack up and move to China if he were to face this increase? ( See kids that is how mindless rhetoric works and you will never win that unless you fight it)

The GOP braintrust will argue that they got ahead of a bad deal and are saving jobs. All wage increases kill jobs. All. If you can’t have a very public debate about this shame on you. If you do and lose being the ballot proposal passes than the state tanks and your hands are clean. You bury the Dems for a generation and you did it on principle not political expediency becasue there is a election this November and you really want to be liked.

Michigan has done this the past 4 years under Gov Snyder in regards to expanding Government………

Common Core

Obamacare Medicaid Expansion

and a Michigan taxpayer bailout of Detroit

now add passing this min wage hike and it is clear there is no difference between the two parties on substantial issues.

Well maybe a .85 cent difference.

Vote them out.

Snark Factor With Fingers Malloy on Wed May 21 2014 FLASHBACK. Donlyn Turnbull of TEA Party Express talks with Thomas LaDuke of FTR Radio and Matt Clark of the Clarkcast about the upcoming telethon to raise money for troops called Troopathon

Listen to the whole episode here of the Snark Factor With Fingers Malloy

Snark Factor With Fingers Malloy for Wed May 13, 2014 finds that Mr Malloy is STILL in Wash DC for Future of Media Conference so Mr Jay Caruso of PocketFull Of Liberty fills in and Teri Christoph from Smart Girl Politics help Duke on The Blaze Wed with Jason Howerton and we talk about NEW IRS controversy with Lois Lerner and why are people feeding the homeless being threatened with being arrested.

In Episode 18 of “Q with a View,” Susie Moore, Jason Dibler and Mark Warner discuss Mark’s latest adventures with the Young Republicans and their outreach efforts, the dangers of groupthink/thought control and punishing of differing view points, the diminishing concept of privacy, the prospect of solar roadways and the mysterious case of the missing Casey Kasem. It’s a great show