And the Magic Number Is…
Monday, July 31st, 2006
How much would you pay for gasoline before you said to yourself, ?Whoa. I?ve got to cut back on my gasoline consumption.?? Would it be $3.25, $3.50, $4.00?? The guest of Chuck Harder, Dr. 
Jay Lehr, thinks that the magic number may be $4.00/gal.? Chuck is the host of ?For the People? and he says that he feels sucker-punched with the fuel situation.? He thinks, perhaps, that it will take at least 5 to 10 years before we get ourselves out of the fuel situation we are in.? His guest, Dr. Lehr, says he thinks it may take as long as 20 years or more.? He figures that during the rest of his lifetime we will still be energy dependent on other countries since it will take at least twenty years to get more nuclear plants up and running.? Is nuclear the only recourse?? No.? And what is the beginning step when people have finally reached the tipping point, the ?Gas is how much??, the ?I?m ready to change my habits so I don?t have to spend so much on fuel??? The beginning step is what it has always been: conservation of energy.? Lehr, who is the Science Director of Heartland Institute (Heartland.org) says that in the last year our consumption of oil products has risen 6/10 of 1%.? That may not seem like much but it is huge.? Guess we haven?t reached the tipping point yet, huh?? Click here to listen to this podcast.We would like to thank the sponsor of today?s show:
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focuses on Lebanon and Syria and he is also the co-editor of Arab Democracy Digest, an FDD publication ?highlighting liberal voices in the Middle East?.? In this podcast, you will hear about all the players in the Middle East- and a couple of players who are sitting on the sidelines.? It is reminiscent of the list of characters in a novel by Dostoevsky.? Besides just listing all the different factions, Badran also says that the media is being manipulated by Hezbollah, at least those who are allowing themselves to be manipulated.? As an example, he mentions Nick Patterson of CNN who was given a ?tour? by Hezbollah and reported everything they said and showed him as the whole truth.? On the other hand, says Badran, Cooper Anderson, also of CNN, was given the same type of thing but added a disclaimer at the beginning and at the end of that tape. When Chuck asks about either the possibility of a cease-fire or letting the whole thing between Israel and Lebanon hopefully peter-out, Badran replies by saying that we will have to wait until the dust settles a bit to see what might happen.? 
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So says Mark Amtower, the guest on Chuck Harder?s ?For the People? on TalkStarRadio.? Amtower is the CEO of Government Express (
Dr. Nick Begich may well be a renaissance man. Chuck Harder of the ?For the People? show says Begich is a scientist, political activist, researcher, a medical doctor and a legislator. He also is a frequent guest on Chuck?s show on TalkStarRadio. In the past they have spoken about various issues and items but today it?s all about oil. Begich says that we are not in as short a supply as we have been led to believe. He also states that we have available right now the techniques to make us oil independent from the Middle East. Begich (
Envision an ice cream cone stacked high with 4 scoops. It?s a warm day. One of two things might very well happen. Either the ice cream topples to the ground or it starts melting faster than you can lick it. OK, now envision the current real estate market. One of two things might very well happen. Either it will crash down around everyone?s ankles or it will soften. The guest on Chuck Harder?s ?For the People? show is H. Rodney Johnson, author of ?Possessing Your Promised Land: Biblical Principles for Real Estate Acquisition?. He believes that the real estate market will not crash as it did in the early 1990?s but that it is definitely softening. We have been living, and buying, in a hyper-inflated market for the last three years and things are changing. Here?s one of the things that Chuck and his guest both see; more and more people are living in an upside down house; i.e. a house where what you owe is more than what you would get out of it if you could sell it. Scary stuff. You can 
Are you wondering what the heck NAU stands for? Well, it?s not a secret says Patrick Wood, editor of the August Review (
When I was growing up I received an allowance in return for doing certain chores around the house. I was encouraged to be responsible with that money- my folks taught me how to prepare and stick with a budget. If I wanted something but did not have enough money for it, the item waited until I had accrued the necessary funds. There was no going to the bank (Mom and Dad) and asking for a loan until the next week or month. In fiscal terms I think this is called the pay as you go rule. Harry Zeeve, from the Concord Coalition (
desire- he is going to spend a full hour with his guest, Dr. Dennis Cuddy. And he does. Dr. Cuddy (
Asaf Romirowsky has a name that may be difficult to say or spell for some of us. The topic he discusses with Chuck Harder on his ?For the People? show may be difficult for some of us to understand as well. The topic is the conflict in the Middle East. Romirowsky is a Campus Watch Associate Fellow with the Middle East Forum (
Robert Thomas Raming is back with Chuck Harder on the ?For the People? show. Raming (
Every so often there are elections where the stakes are high and the outcome is a turning point in American history. Are we at such a crossroads as we approach the elections in 2006? Is the future of the country at stake? Have the Republicans botched the job so thoroughly that the Democrats will automatically win the next election? What has happened to the Democrats anyway; are they going to be able to ?get it together?? What do the Democrats have to do to win in 2006 and 2008??
Peter and Jan Gadiel lost their 23 year old son James in the horror of 9-11. He was on the 103rd floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. They, along with others, have banded together to form 9-11 Families for a Secure America (
If you could choose to have one of our Founding Fathers here with us now, who would you select? How about Thomas Jefferson, the acknowledged author of the Declaration of Independence? I imagine this would be the overwhelming choice of Eric Petersen who is the guest on this program of ?For the People? with host Chuck Harder. Petersen is also the author of the book titled ?Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness? which takes the thoughts and wisdom of Jefferson, culled from his myriad personal letters, and puts them in book form. Jefferson, believes Petersen, had a vision for the new country that included freedom, self-government, equality, and the pursuit of happiness. Chuck asks what Petersen thinks Jefferson would think about our country today and Petersen feels that Jefferson would consider our country?s values under attack. Take for example, frugality. (According to the dictionary frugal means economical in use or expenditure.) Jefferson was all for being frugal ? he even pared down the debt during his term by 1/3. If he were around today with all the spending going on at the national level, he would probably be aghast. What would upset Thomas Jefferson the most, however, is the lack of history being taught in our schools, says Petersen. Without an understanding of where we have come from and what we stood for there will not be ?enough light in our society to sustain our liberty.? To own the book, 
Did you know that the United States has only 3% of all the oil reserves in the world and that includes the oil in the ANWR (Artic National Wildlife Refuge)? Did you know that we import around 60% of our oil needs? This, according to the guest of Chuck Harder, is one reason that drilling for oil in the ANWR is not the answer to our energy problems. Actually, there is no one answer, says Tom Mast, author of the book, ?Over a Barrel: A Simple Guide to the Oil Shortage?. (To own the book, 
