Above The Fray

Our military has been fighting for the last 10 years and the burden they are shouldering is unlike anything we have seen before. The political class who voted for these wars have been unable or unwilling to get our troops the care they deserve. This has been a tragedy of epic proportions for the people who have riskecd their lives to serve their nation and depend on treatment when they return.

We will be talking about 2 articles in particular, the first one that deals with a Marine unit that has suffered numerous suicides since the conclusion of their deployment, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/20/us/marine-battalion-veterans-scarred-by-suicides-turn-to-one-another-for-help.html as well as the conflicts in Afghanistan and the scandals involving the sexual abuse of young boys.http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/09/21/world/asia/us-soldiers-told-to-ignore-afghan-allies-abuse-of-boys.html?_r=0

We hope this show will shed the light of understanding upon the problem within our society when we ask young men and women to go to war.  

There is great book that deals with this subject at length if you want to know more: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250056020?creativeASIN=1250056020&linkCode=w00&linkId=UTSGLZNHUIGRBNGG&ref_=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til&tag=ejerbajapeso-20

From Donald Trump to Carly Fiorina to Ted Cruz... an analysis and breakdown of the debate.

The debates are taking the people by storm with CNN getting its highest ratings ever with over 23 million people watching.

The American populace is beggining to wake up from its slumber and is analyzing each of the candiates. The people know this is a crucial election and are becoming enaged with the process.

On the table for the next President is immigration reform, tax reform, dealing with the Middle East and getting the economy back on track.

Stay tuned for the liviely conversation at www.abovethefraypodcast.com

Ted Cruz puts politics aside and invites Doanld Trump to speak at Capitol Hill to help get the message out about the dangerous deal that President Obama negotiated with Iran. Ted Cruz knows this deal will put Israel, The Middle East and the U.S in grave danger. Ted Cruz knows he is is in a polical dog fight with Donald Trump for the presidency, but he also knows there is a time for politics and there is a time and place to come together to stop evil...this is one of those times.

During the speech Trump stated"If Senate Democrats decide that party loyalty matters more than national security and if Republican leadership decides that showboating is more important than stopping this deal, then the single most important issue in 2016 will be stopping Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon," he said.

We live in a world where everything has become political so it is refreshing to see political opponets come together to address issues that affect us all.

We didn't just let corrupt politicians slip past us...we have become hardened to trash TV, violent ISIS tactics, nudity in music videos, and media deceit. 

This past weekend 325 #BlackLivesMatter members marched yelling "Pigs in a blanket. Fry 'em like bacon" referring to killing cops. Then a cold- blooded follower of that movement executed a Houston police officer at a gas station by shooting him in the back of the head and then 14 more times in his back.

On the same weekend, there was a march for "Love and All Lives Matter" in Birmingham, Alabama and 30,000 turned out.

Which one do you think got national coverage?

We all know what's wrong. Ask anyone and they can point to guns, the economy, terrorism, unemployment, immigration...the list is seemingly endless. But like putting a band aid on the surface of an underlying bone disease...other than appearances not much gets fixed.

It’s easy to respond to the latest act of senseless violence that occurred in Virginia yesterday by resurrecting the cry for gun control, but if our problems are so numerous and so easily identified, isn't it time we looked at root causes instead of symptoms?

Tonight's show will explore not what's happening but the basis for it and the obstacles to getting beyond our current difficulties.

We all know what happened today in the global markets. But do we all know what's ahead and what the cure is?  Many people are thinking that all it will take is a business savvy person, a/k/a Donald Trump to solve our woes.

Anyone who is being honest with themselves knows our woes run much deeper than our finances. Not that finances can be ignored. We all have to eat and have a roof over our heads. But we went through the 80's and 90's with little on our minds but acquiring more and better and look where that got us.

Let's have a discussion about the principles, values and ethics that have to be the foundation of the next Presidency and within our own lives. A house, or a Nation, built upon a shaky foundation will not stand.

From Wikileaks to Hilary Clinton's serve to Planned Parenthood to Jared Fogle...what's going on? Have you noticed how everything seems to come to light no matter how much effort is put into obscuring bad behavior and burying the truth?

We've been talking and writing about this issue for a long time on this podcast and our blogs. Tonight we'll share with you our thoughts on how ans why this is all happening.

Very few people would take issue with the fact that last 7 years of the Obama Administration has seen a country divided against itself with polarization being the norm. Intolerance, hate speech, "snarkiness" and name calling are alt the new normal.

So what the country clearly needs is leadership that can unify us while tackling the many, difficult challenges that face us domestically and globally.

The question is: Are the current front runners in the Democrat and Republican parties likely to do just that or create more division? Are they proven leadership material or do their records indicate otherwise?

Join us for this important discussion. And of course...there's always more.

The 80's saw a plethora of strong, Conservative world secular and religious leaders make a positive impact on the global situation.  Both social commentators and authors also predicted the issues we face now...everything form the economy to Planned Parenthood.

So is it possible we have prophets in our time, just as there were in biblical times...and we're no better at heeding their warnings today than the ancients were back then?

Let's take a look at what the confluence of leaders in the 1980's created and compare that with what those of the 21st century have done so far.Perhaps it doesn't take a prophet...just some common sense.

Donald Trump has hit a nerve both with voters and with the media. It’s just two very different nerves.

The media seems to think that his appearance and comments should be guaranteeing his political demise. Voters seem to take both as cause for doubling down in their support of Trump.

Traditional political insiders are stymied.

What is the Trump phenomenon? Is he burning bright, fast and heading for burn-out or is there something more and lasting to Trump's appeal?

Is the media even beginning to get the message that he's a force to be reckoned with?

This and more. Join us.