The Greg Strandberg Show: Recent Episodes
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TPP (1:14) Fast Track; Congress/Obama; Corporations; American Jobs.
Montana Angle (4:10) Senator Tester Senator Daines (5:00) Governor Bullock (5:30) John Walsh (6:10) 2016 (6:30)
Campaigning (7:20) Strategy Book Tactics
Media (9:20)
Montana Infrastructure $300 million infrastructure bill $300 million surplus $200 million in bonding over 20 years
Tax Cut Proposals $212 million in revenue gone by 2018 How will government operate? Role of government
Fort Peck Dam 1936-1940 10,546 workers in 1936, the peak year $100 million to build Today produces 185 MW 1916 federal government budget: $697 million 1936 federal government budget: $9 billion
A Frank Talk About ISIS
What is ISIS? (1:20) Remnants of Al Qaeda Syrian Rebels
Threat Posed (2:10) Caliphate Jordan Pilot (3:20) Authentic Video/Real Pilot? (4:50)
Real Threat? Israel/Wounded Soldiers (6:15) Is Israel Our Friend? (7:00) Lend/Lease (11:00) Funding for ISIS (12:00) Gladius/CIA (12:40) Drug Trade
False Flags
Random Thoughts Preschool (1:20) Property Taxes (4:10) Why Care? (5:25)
Writing History 1930-1960 (7:00) Netflix (8:00) What to Tell (10:40) Dangerous Routes (13:25) Laughed At (16:00)
Political Meeting Last Night (18:20) Disappointments Frustrations Hope?
Why Continue? (21:45)
Healthcare Sick son today Montana Healthy Kids (1:55) State of the nation’s health (3:45) Fat people in China (6:20)
Montana Democratic Party Shake-ups (7:00) Andrea Marcoccio resigns Challenging Bullock Election 2014 Ringers (7:45) Term Limits (?) Free Discussion and Discourse
Missoula School Bond 502 likely voters support, or 0.73% $85 million for K-8 and $50 million for 9-12 Why do schools cost so much?
Missoula Homeless Camp $17,000 cleanup Grants Law enforcement issues Missoula’s reliance on the homeless for city/county income
Election 2016 Preview
GOP Candidates Jeb Bush (1:10) Scott Walker (3:20) Chris Christie (5:50) Rand Paul (8:50) Mike Huckabee (11:00) Ben Carson (11:30)
Dem Candidates Hillary (14:00)
Frustrations in Politics (19:00) Baby Boomers (19:20) Millenials (19:50) Seniors (21:25)
What to Do?
Liquor Control (0:45) Tavern Association (1:20) Breweries (2:00) Montana and DUIs (2:45) Alcohol in Middle East (3:00) Free Enterprise (3:25) The Select Few (4:15) Corruption (5:00) Campaign Contributions (6:00)
State of the State in Montana (7:10) What did he say? (7:50) Does it matter? (8:10) Montana Silver Bullets (8:30) Infrastructure & Kids (9:20) GOP Response (10:00)
Fracking in Montana (11:00) Washington Post Subscription (11:10) Fracking in Montana (12:30) Oklahoma Research (13:00) Earthquakes in Montana (14:00) Greed of Oil (15:00) Duty of Care (16:45)
End of Month Thoughts (17:40) Money, Rent Bills = Struggle The Upward Staircase
Montanan Magazine UM Foundation (1:30) Spending on Education (3:30) Convincing people to spend or give or be taxed (4:30) Republican Beliefs (5:30) Social Media and Persuading (6:30)
State of the State Address (7:15) Infrastructure (8:15) Kids (9:00) Healthcare (11:30)
World Affairs (13:00) Israel/Lebanon/Palestine (13:30) Libya (13:45) Caliphate (14:15) Moors in 1492 (14:30) Isolation (15:20)
Bonding vs. Infrastructure Buying a House (2:00) Get in Your Place (4:00) Making vs. Building (5:30) $300 million for what? (6:45)
Tester’s Yellowstone River Vote (8:00) What is Tester thinking? North Dakota is Angry (9:00) $320,000 for Bullock…for what?
Daines & Zinke (9:50) Where are they now? Daines in California (10:30) The Zinke Conundrum (11:00)
Hodgepodge (11:40) GOP Hates Women (12:00) Montana Men out of Work (13:00) Podcasting: Cheap Therapy (13:30) Abraham Lincoln’s Hot Letters (14:15) 2016 Message
New York Blizzard (1:20) It’s not government’s job to take care of you (3:10) Survival of the Fittest (4:10)
Vaccines and Measles (4:30) Fear of Vaccines MMR & Autism (4:50) Hurting Disney (5:45) Access to Health Care (6:30)
Political Trials (7:10) Mike Miller (7:20) Art Wittich (8:50)
Veteran’s Issues (10:00) PTSD Jon Tester (10:30)
Yellowstone Dinner (11:00) Poor Candidates (11:50) Rich Candidates (12:30) Valuable Candidates (13:00)
Legislative Accomplishments Raise Taxes Lower Taxes Back to Point A
Splash Montana $6 to $6.25 for Adult Prices Needs City Council Approval
Yellowstone River Early European Explorers 2011 Oil Spill To Missouri
Democratic Plan for 2016 Legislature Take GOP Issues Jobs, Taxes, Security
Local Radio News No TV in the Strandberg Household Can’t Afford More Bills in Our House (1:00) Cromnibus Spending Bill (2:10) $220 Billion Each Year on National Debt Interest (3:10) Getting Chummy with China (4:10) Building Cities in China (5:10) Passing the $1.1 Spending Bill (6:00) Tariffs (6:30) 635 Indian Tribes Can Sell Pot (6:50) Reservations and Cigarettes in New York (7:20) Opium in Afghanistan (7:45) Mao Zedong Comes to Power in 1949 (8:25) Opium Wars (8:40) Drugs in China Today (9:20) Ideas in America (10:10) Shuffling Problems (10:40)
In this episode we'll explore:
The Media Circus surrounding the Ferguson shooting and announcement;
Chuck Hegel's Resignation/Getting Fired
Illegals in America
Idiocy in America and Elsewhere
In this episode we'll explore:
The Cat/Griz Cross-State Football game in Montana
Pot vs. Alcohol in Montana: $120 million vs. $60 million (craft brewing)
Obamacare in Montana No reporting by Montana newspapers Refusal of Democrats to talk this up Social media sharing in Montana politics December 15 Deadline January 1 = mandate (fine) 2016, are fines in election years a good idea?
Is America a Sinking Ship? Throwing money onto the ships, getting it to the offshore accounts Things appear muddled
In this episode we’ll discuss:
Veteran’s Day Isis $3 trillion wars Turkey Safety of Montana
Helena 2015 Legislature 766 Bills drafted so far Bullock’s agenda Hard-headed leadership
Lack of Plans/Knowledge Target audience, how you benefit them, give them what they want $1,200 budget Social Media Lack of traditional media
In this episode we'll explore:
Changing perspective GOTV in Missoula Various election groups doing GOTV Social media and GOTV What's happening tonight? What happens tomorrow? What happens in January?
In this episode we'll explore:
GOTV efforts in Missoula; Wheat and Rice; Party Tactics in 2016; LR-126 and restricting voting in Montana; Polling places in Montana; Social media and getting elected; City Council meeting tonight in Missoula; GOTV on Election Day.
In today’s episode we’ll discuss:
Not Apologizing; Saying Fuck You; Exciting Your Base; Instilling Fear in Your Opponents.
Weight: Gives an idea of your work ethic, character, and ability to change.
Income: Ask how much you make.
Insulting Someone to Their Face
Lack of Ideas
Education, Background, Family
In this episode we’ll explore:
What it means to be a Republican Republican values of little work and lots of pay The line of ass-kissers stretching out the door, coast to coast A total disregard for the future or the poor is essential If you’re not with us you must be un-American.
In this episode we’ll explore ways the Democrats can stop getting their asses handed to them by the Republicans when it comes to political TV advertising in Montana.
Here are 10 ad titles:
Walking in Missoula The Room Guns Our Past My Park My Fridge Homework Job Corps/Workforce Walking Up the M Trail Cold
I’m not talking about getting drunk, although after hearing of the problems we’re facing here in Montana and across the nation, you might feel like it.
Today we’ll cover:
Infrastructure in Missoula Roads New Parks Fire Ladder Police Evidence Room Sidewalks
Minimum Wage in Montana? Moves up to $8.05 in January “The Nickel Insult” $322/week $1,288/month $15,456/year
Ebola in America Running Against Obama Perry in Texas GOP Fear…justified?
National Day in China
Daines Running Scared
Just Pure Idiocy
Republicans and Healthcare Democrats and jobs Bringing jobs to Montana Max Baucus and China investment in Montana Africa Economic Conference and Jobs Commerce Department helping to create jobs Difference between doing business and resource exploitation
In this episode we'll explore:
News about John Walsh's plagiarism problems; Democratic and Republican responses; Twitter; Blogs;
Taking the Offensive vs. Playing Defense Circling the Wagons; Going on the Warpath; Keeping that seat in November;
Strategies for Hitting Daines Analyzing his Attack Ads; Turning his positives into negatives; What he touts is what tortures him;
Outsourcing to China Show factories and tell workers' stories; Show conditions that Daines creates; Tell of pay in China
Jobs in Montana Explore jobs that Daines created here; Find disgruntled workers; Does Daines really care about you?
In this episode we'll explore:
Rep. Steve Daines on House Floor EPA in Montana Colstrip Jobs 2,214 People in Colstrip by 2010 Census Coal Jobs employ 5,000 in Montana Montana gets $100 million in tax revenue from coal
Silver in Montana Granite had 3,000 people in 1893 Silver was abandoned with Panic of 1893 Mining town of Granite Closed overnight. No bailouts
Market Demands Capitalism Changes to Capitalism in 120 years Why is Colstrip more important than Granite?
In this episode we'll explore:
The recent spate of transient attacks against Missoula citizens Young woman running Downtown woman last night Transient Problem in Missoula
Homeless Shelter in Missoula Povorello Center Caters to Transient Needs Moving from downtown to residential area
Inflation for Bums Cost of tall cans has risen from $0.99 to $1.49 This change has occurred over 10 years Cost of living on the streets Cost to business owners
City Council Mayor
In this episode we'll explore:
Missoula's quest to own the water company Carlyle owns Mountain Water Mountain Water is worth $120 million Missoula wants to pay $60 million Carlyle won't sell so Missoula is suing them to get it at that price
What is Going On Here? Condemnation lawsuit against Mountain Water set for March 2015 Can Missoula maintain a water company? Roads in Missoula Does Montana have common sense anymore? Where are our resources now?
Is a Recall Election Viable? Montana is one of 9 states with recall laws 15% of voters from last election required If allowed, Missoula would need 2,300 signatures Should people stop this?
In this episode we'll discuss:
Edward Gibbon The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire Influx of Barbarians into the Empire Overextension due to War
Immigrants flocking into America 50,000 unescorted immigrant children this year $2 billion requested to deal with them Building housing for illegal immigrants How long do we hold their hand after that?
What are the opportunity costs? Building bridges, funding school Why aren’t illegal immigrants being shipped to rich communities?
Why Should I care about illegal immigrants? My wife is a legal immigrant and we did a year of paperwork Why should these people get special treatment? How long will this continue?
In this episode we'll explore:
Hobby Lobby; Why God doesn't like birth control; The need for overcrowding to bring about Armageddon; Paid-maternity leave; The economic toll of having babies every 9 months; Right-wing Christian extremists; Healthcare in America; The power of the Supreme Court.
In this episode we'll explore:
The idea of the West; The American Frontier in the 1800s; American border problems today; The need for infrastructure in America;
Space Exploration; Sea Exploration; Building infrastructure for space exploration;
Fur companies exploring in the 1800s; Space companies exploring in the future; Overcrowding and the need for resources; Private industry reacting to demand; Resources in space.
In this episode we'll explore:
Where is Steve Daines' campaign money coming from? Why are companies that make money from debt donating to a Tea Party candidate? Why is Steve Daines in bed with Goldman Sachs, a company that ran us into the ground with deregulation in 1996? When will Montanans wake up and realize this man represents rich Wall Street interest, not those of people in Montana?
In this episode we'll explore:
Judge G. Todd Baugh; Montana Judge tells fast food worker to "get a real job." Service industry jobs in Montana; The value of fast food workers; $19,000 a year salary for fast food worker; $35,000 cost to keep a person in prison in Montana for one year; Denny Rehberg owns a Burger King! This judge sentenced child rapist to 30 days in jail; Are people in Montana backwoods rednecks? Does this judge scare businesses away from Montana? How many jobs does this cost us?
In this episode we'll explore:
Wealth of Congressmen; How rich people are out of touch; Why are millionaires representing people? Why raise minimum wage when you're a millionaire; Corruption in politics; Need for change.
In this episode we'll explore:
People coming across the American border in droves; Conditions in South and Latin America; Drug Wars south of the border; Legalizing drugs in America - would this solve the problem? Should the border be strengthened? Why are our troops defending other borders? How long do we need troops in Germany and Japan and Korea? Leaders have priorities.
In this episode we'll explore:
Montana Senators saying no to Iraq; Floods that plagued China in 2200 BC; The effects of global warming and our failure of leadership; Montana political headlines today.
In this episode we'll discuss:
Rainy day weather; Possible Global Warming Outcomes; Colder temperatures; Warmer temperatures; Rising sea levels; Diaspora from coastal lands; No social security; Collapse of insurance industry; Collapse of power and infrastructure; No economy; Tribalism develops.
Pleitoscene Epoch Halocene Epoch Piorra Oscillation Little Ice Age
In this episode we'll look at:
Oil and rich fat cats in America How easy it is to buy a congressman Why oil companies need to buy congressmen The new Domino Effect Eventual Universal Healthcare Why rich people are scared of Obamacare but poor people aren't Betraying American principles.
I'm not real excited about John Walsh. I bet you're not either. Yep, we've got problems.
So what are we going to do? Mope about and dry our eyes, looking for a contender in 2020?
Hell no! We'll get out there and get that man elected, damn it, because the alternative is far too worse to write about here.
In this episode we'll look at:
The desire of Republicans to go back to Iraq; My desire that we don't; Why Iraq is not important; Why I don't care about people in Iraq; The futility of fighting wars for the rich.
In this episode we'll look at the following:
Closing Guantanamo Bay 779 Prisoners since 2001 104, or 16.9%, have fought Americans again 70% of Americans want Guantanamo open, according to 2012 Pew Research Poll 9 have died in the prison 6, from suicide $2.7 million/year/prisoner In Montana we pay $35,040/year/prisoner
University in Montana and America $8,893/year for college in state $30,094/year private school $22,203/year out of state at public school
Cost of incarceration vs. Cost of Education Opportunity Costs
In this episode we'll discuss the following topics:
Catering to Job Creators in Missoula; Our Reliance on Low-Income Jobs; The Inability to Move Ahead Socially with Poor Jobs; Social Media in China; Social Media in Politics; The Young Gun Republicans in Montana;
In this episode we'll explore:
The 2014 US Senate Races The 2014 US House Races Why the Winners of Those Races Do Not Matter to You The 17th Amendment and Direct Election of Senators William Jennings Bryan and Progressive Politics The Failure of Representative Government
In this episode we explore:
Montana's Brian Schweitzer and his quest for the Presidency against Hillary Clinton;
Heir Apparent's in Politics Nationally and in Montana;
Offending Someone's Political Sensibilities;
The Fear of Losing in Politics;
Lack of New Ideas in Politics;
Reliance on Old Ideas in Politics;
The Copper Telegraph Wire and Electric Light Revolution of the 1870s to 80s.
Coal in Montana and Changing Technologies;