Podcast 155

The release of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was supposed to be a story of a hero’s rescue from captivity in Afghanistan. Since the story broke Sunday afternoon, June 1st 2014 that scenario has been breaking down. Is Bergdahl a deserter? Did the President break the law in making the deal with Taliban through the Government of Qatar? Why did the White House make the deal against the advice of the Senate, and Special Forces? Why was the announcement of Bergdahl’s recovery to troops in theater, by Defense Secretary Hagel, greeted with stony silence? Did the story draw attention away from the Veterans Administration Scandal as well as other problems Obama seems to be struggling with these days? How do you answer these questions? What are the important take-aways from this developing story? Sponsored by Sedation and Implant Dentistry.

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Podcast 150

The White House outs a CIA Station Chief scuttling President Obama’s effort to defend his foreign policy, provoking yet more questions about his competency. Live from the deck on a beautiful late spring night, The Bob Davis Podcasts updates the stories that matter for your midweek. Concerned about the VA not treating vets from Afghanistan and Iraq? Your blood will really boil when you find out how many highly paid VA employees are working for unions, rather than the vets they’re supposed to be helping, and the taxpayers are footing the bill. Terrorists at GITMO get better medical treatment from military doctors than those waiting in line at the post office, er Amtrak, uh … the VA. The media treats right-wing success in the EU election as the return of Fascism to Europe. What’s the correct perspective? Cheaper Gas prices are heralded as yet another “cure” to a US economy crushed by bad economic and monetary policy. Oh, this podcast also features the sound of wind in the trees and June bugs. Sponsored by Plan Vision.

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Podcast 146 – Mary Amlaw

Mary Amlaw is an everyday woman who started organizing Tea Party meetings not long after the movement formed in 2009. She joins The Bob Davis Podcasts to talk about the 2014 primary elections and the growing story line which claims the Tea Party in the US is no longer relevant. Mary is not a national Tea Party spokesperson, she is simply a citizen who became interested in the history of her country, and wanted to do something. How does she respond to losses in some of the most recent primaries in May of 2014? What is the future for the Tea Party? Is the Tea Party a budding political party? Sponsored by Sedation and Implant Dentistry.

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