Vox Populi

This weeks show centered on a discussion of the CBO: Every discussion of the Federal Budget includes the work of this government agency. Sean endeavors to make the CBO just a little more familiar. The episode features interviews with former CBO Director Doug Holtz-Eakin and Conservative talk show host Michael Medved. Returning in studio guest Mackenzie Astin offers thoughts on the days topic.

The main topic of the show today was exploring the meaning of the Obama Campaign's Commercial regarding Governor Mitt Romney's time at Bain Capital. The featured guest Dr. Noam Chomsky spoke about the advertising industry's dominance in shaping political thought in America. Today marked the appearance of Vox Populi's 1st in-studio guest Mackenzie "Mack" Astin, the younger brother of Host Sean Astin. The brothers enjoyed some reparte picking up on Chomsky's commercialization of the political sphere. Several callers offered substantive comments on the subject and a good time was had by all...

Todays show divided itself into to main parts. The 1st half of the show was dedicated to interviews, sound bites and phone calls with listeners that were focused on the Hot Button issue of Gay Rights & Proponents of Constitutional Amendments Declaring Marriage as Exclusively between 1man and 1woman.

For the 2nd half of the show, Vox Populi debuted the very 1st MicroDebate. Two able twitter followers square off over the issue of Citizens United, the Supreme Court Decision allowing for Unlimited Money to be Used By Coporations in Political Campaigns.

Also, another piece of an interview with Patty Duke and a quick review of the Movie of the Week, The Ides of March...

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