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ajkather
04-07-2010, 09:37 PM
Hello fellow liberty folks.

I've been listening to Jason Lewis for quite sometime. He is a syndicated radio talk show host on KTLK 100.3 in Minneapolis, MN. To be blunt, I am quite a fan of him.

He has a free podcast of past shows going back for quite sometime and it's all free.

Over the past month or two, he has taken on some much needed "sacred cows" and called out his talk radio brethren with a vengeance.

He is not a lightweight intellectually and is well versed on free market (even Austrian) economics.

On foreign policy, he has come flat out and said, "Ron Paul was right" and is a staunch anti-Wilsonian I know that other folks like Mike Church are pro liberty, but Jason Lewis is really a cut above anyone I've heard on the radio.

So, I highly encourage people check him out and look at some of his past podcasts. It's really refreshing to have someone within talk radio call out other talkers and even the Fox News cabal establishment.

1000-points-of-fright
04-07-2010, 09:46 PM
On foreign policy, he has come flat out and said, "Ron Paul was right"

I guess he won't be filling in for Rush anymore.

ajkather
04-07-2010, 09:55 PM
:-) you can say that again! He really is a man possessed. And I llke it.

I've called into his show when he was talking about pro-states rights and Secession show a few weeks back. I brought up Nullification and we had a great discussion on that. He brought John C Calhoun and is very well read on many things history, economics, constitutional law, and natural law.

I'd definitely recommend his 4-6-2010 show... he absolutely lit up neo-cons and rah rah republicans. It was glorious.

Anyone in the Minneapolis area needs to spread the word about his show. Good stuff.

Imperial
04-07-2010, 10:39 PM
Sweet! I may get some opportunities to listen in when/if I am up in Minnesota.

emazur
04-07-2010, 11:04 PM
OK, I'll give him a shot and start with the 4/6 show. Found the podcasts here:
http://www.ktlkfm.com/cc-common/podcast/single_podcast.html?podcast=jasonlewis.xml

specsaregood
05-05-2010, 08:56 AM
He briefly mentioned Rand Paul last night at 28 minutes into hour 2. Just a quick mention while discussing foreign policy.
Would be cool if he had Rand on his show. Now that he is syndicated and on the air in KY.

ajkather
05-05-2010, 10:42 PM
Yeah, I would say he's very similar to Rand Paul on many issues and he has admitted how he has changed his view on Foreign Policy since 2 or 3 years ago (like me0. So, I would recommend listening to him to as many folks as possible. He's very well read and informed.

He has mentioned Tom DiLorenzo's book "Real Lincoln", which I'm about finished with. Can't recommend his book enough. I always thought Lincoln was this "saint"... wow what a wake up call.

I also like it when he takes shots at some of the right-wing talk echo chamber (of the "neo-con") variety and I know he's directly talking about Sean Hannity who has absolutely zero intellectual or policy bonafides. His whole show is "Pelosi, Obama, Reid are taking our country down the crapper..." blah blah. It's about as original as a peanut butter sandwich.

specsaregood
05-11-2010, 07:23 AM
Another mention last night, tied in with a statement by Lewis that McConnell has to be replaced as leader of the GOP in the senate.

samforpaul
05-11-2010, 11:47 AM
He briefly mentioned Rand Paul last night at 28 minutes into hour 2. Just a quick mention while discussing foreign policy.
Would be cool if he had Rand on his show. Now that he is syndicated and on the air in KY.


On what station(s) are Jason Lewis on in Kentucky?
Thanks.

specsaregood
05-11-2010, 12:02 PM
On what station(s) are Jason Lewis on in Kentucky?
Thanks.

Kentucky:
Louisville - WKJK-AM (1080)
9PM-Midnight ET
http://www.wkjk.com

It isn't live, it is a rebroadcast. Still better than nothing.

http://www.jasonlewisshow.com/pages/psn_affiliates.html

MN Patriot
05-11-2010, 08:23 PM
43 stations plus XM satellite radio. Jason is our best ally on the radio, now that he agrees with Ron about foreign policy. Tell people about him if he is in your area.

Flagship Station:
Minneapolis/St. Paul - KTLK-FM (100.3)
LIVE 5-8PM CT
http://www.ktlkfm.com

National:
XM Satellite Radio - Ch. 165 "Talk Radio"
LIVE 5-8PM CT
http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/channelpage.xmc?ch=165

Alabama:
Birmingham - WERC-AM/FM (960, 105.5)
6-9PM CT
http://www.talkradio1055.com/main.html

Mobile - WNTM-AM (710)
LIVE 5-8PM CT
http://www.newsradio710.com

California:
Sacramento - KSTE-AM (650)
9PM-Midnight PT
http://www.kste.com

Paradise - KZAP-FM (96.7)
7-10PM PT

Colorado:
Denver - KHOW-AM (630)
6-8PM MT
http://www.khow.com

Florida:
Brooksville - WWJB-AM (1450)
LIVE 6-8PM ET
http://www.wwjb.com

Ft. Myers/Naples - WINK/WNOG-AM & WNTY-FM (92.5)
9PM-Midnight ET
http://www.925foxnews.com

Georgia:
Augusta - WNRR-AM (1230)
LIVE 6-9PM ET
http://www.newsradio1230.com/

Gainsville - WDUN-AM (550)
7-10PM ET
http://www.wdun.com/

Hawaii:
Honolulu -KHBZ-AM (990)
7pm - 10pm HAST
http://www.khbz.com

Illinois:
Decatur -WZUS-FM (100.9)
LIVE: 5pm - 8pm CT

Quincy -WKXQ-FM (92.5)
LIVE: 5pm - 8pm CT

Indiana:
Centerville - WHON-AM (930)
LIVE 6-9PM ET
http://www.930whon.com

Iowa:
Estherville - KILR-AM (1070)
LIVE 5-8PM CT
http://www.kilrradio.com

Kansas:
Iola - KIOL-AM (1370)
LIVE: 5pm - 8pm CT
http://www.iolaradio.com/index.html

Kentucky:
Louisville - WKJK-AM (1080)
9PM-Midnight ET
http://www.wkjk.com

Massachusetts:
Boston - WXKS-AM (1200)
LIVE 6-9PM ET
http://www.rushradio1200.com/main.html

Minnesota:
St. Cloud - KNSI-AM (1450)
LIVE 5-8PM CT
http://www.1450knsi.com

Baxter - WWWI-AM (1270)
6-9PM CT
http://3wiradio.com

Bemidji - KKBJ-AM (1360)
6-8PM CT
http://kkbjam.com/index.php

Duluth - KDAL-AM (610)
LIVE 5-8PM CT
http://www.kdal610.com/

Mississippi:
Corinth - WTKN-AM (1230)
6-9PM CT

Missouri:
Joplin - KZRG-AM (1310)
8-11PM CT
http://www.1310kzrg.com/

Festus - KJFF-AM (1400)
6-9PM ET
http://www.mymoinfo.com/

Montana:
Bozeman - KMMS-AM (1450)
9-11PM MT
http://www.kmmsam.com/main.php

Billings - KPRK-AM (1340)
9-11PM MT
http://www.kprk1340am.com

New York:
Syracuse - WMCR-AM (1600)
LIVE: 6pm - 9pm ET

Syracuse - WFBL-AM (1390)
LIVE: 6pm - 9pm ET
http://twitter.com/CNYTalkRadio

North Carolina:
Charlotte - WBCN-AM (1660)
LIVE: 6pm - 9pm ET
http://www.americastalk1660.com/

Raleigh-Durham - WRDU-FM (106.1)
9pm - Midnight ET
http://www.1061rdu.com/main.html

Greensboro-Winston Salem - WPTI-FM (94.5)
9pm - Midnight ET
http://www.rushradio945.com/main.html

Ohio:
Ashland - WNCO-AM (1340)
LIVE 6-9PM ET
http://www.wncoam.com

Oregon:
Bend - KBND-AM (1110)
LIVE 3-5PM PT
http://www.kbnd.com

Portland - KXL-AM (750)
9PM-Midnight PT
http://www.kxl.com/

Pennsylvania:
Greenville - WEXC-FM (107.1)
9PM-Midnight

Tennessee:
Cleveland - WPLZ-FM (95.3)
7-10PM ET

Cookeville - WHUB-AM (1400)
LIVE 5-8PM CT

Texas:
Austin - KXBT-FM (98.9)
9PM-Midnight CT

White Oak - KZTK-FM (99.3)
7-10PM CT

Utah:
Salt Lake City- KACP-AM (570)
LIVE 5-8PM CT
http://www.freedom570utah.com/main.html

Wisconsin:
Eau Claire - WMEQ-AM (880)
LIVE 5-8PM CT
http://www.wmeq.com

Wyoming:
Rock Springs - KRKK-AM (1360)
LIVE 4-7PM MT
http://www.wyoradio.com

specsaregood
05-11-2010, 08:28 PM
43 stations plus XM satellite radio. Jason is our best ally on the radio, now that he agrees with Ron about foreign policy. Tell people about him if he is in your area.

Or the link from above:
http://www.ktlkfm.com/cc-common/podcast/single_podcast.html?podcast=jasonlewis.xml

They archive every show there. I just download his show every morning.

Imperial
05-11-2010, 09:06 PM
Sweet! I may get some opportunities to listen in when/if I am up in Minnesota.

I will be up in St Paul all next year, so I'll definitely be listening. :D

FSP-Rebel
05-11-2010, 09:42 PM
Yeah. Who is working our angle now?

specsaregood
05-11-2010, 09:47 PM
Yeah. Who is working our angle now?

I'm not quite sure what you mean by that. But Jason Lewis gave Ron Paul perhaps the single greatest interview back during the presidential campaign, the libertarian/constitutionalist angle isn't new for him.

ajkather
05-12-2010, 08:50 AM
Yeah. Who is working our angle now?

You can go back through his podcasts if you wish. He has a very consistant record and had a great interview with Ron Paul on his End the Fed book, etc.

He has admitted his metamorphasis away from the neo-con foreign policy, but he is a very Conversative/Libertarian guy.

It really irritates me when some folks of the liberty persuasion have some sort of "purity" test. When 99% of talk radio is neo-con and then there are few like Jason Lewis (nationally syndicated) out there saying all of the right things, we should take everything we can get.

I compare this to the Glenn Beck angle. Yes, I disagree with him on certain areas (and his Medina tactics, hawkish foreign policy, etc), I would still rather he be there than not be. Obviously, I wish talk radio or the mainstream was full of Rothbardian whitty intellectuals... but that is not the case.

Personally, I'll take whatever I can get that promotes liberty.

~Andy

samforpaul
05-12-2010, 01:38 PM
If you wanted to make your voice heard that you would lke to hear Jason Lewis what would be your M.O. In the past I'd just naturally call the radio station and ask for the Program Director. Nowadays it seems (at least in the Cincinnati market) that multiple stations are under one ownership and ownership might be in a distant city.

ajkather
05-13-2010, 07:55 AM
If you wanted to make your voice heard that you would lke to hear Jason Lewis what would be your M.O. In the past I'd just naturally call the radio station and ask for the Program Director. Nowadays it seems (at least in the Cincinnati market) that multiple stations are under one ownership and ownership might be in a distant city.

My M.O. is promoting liberty, property, and non aggression. I have no financial gain or tie to Jason Lewis and simply like his show as a fan. His message benefits me and the cause of liberty in my opinion.

I have called his show more than once and it was a good experience.

I know others have plugged Mike Church, but I can't get his show since I don't have XM radio. There are few voices out there on the airwaves that are Ron Paul guys and I just thought I'd let others know about it.

specsaregood
05-13-2010, 07:58 AM
Another brief positive Rand Paul mention last night. Would be cool to get Rand on the show, I think they would have a great in-depth interview/conversation. I still stand by my statement that the Lewis interview of his dad was the best interview of all during the presidential primary.

Edit: here is the interview of Ron from the presidential campaign.
YouTube - Part #1, Jason Lewis interviews Ron Paul (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVBAqrBbqjY)
YouTube - Part #2, Jason Lewis interviews Ron Paul (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1TtegjSY08&feature=related)

specsaregood
05-19-2010, 04:11 PM
sounds like its gonna be a rand paul discussion day.
http://www.ktlkfm.com/mediaplayer/?station=KTLK-FM&action=listenlive&channel_title=

specsaregood
05-20-2010, 04:41 PM
talking all about Rand today.
http://www.ktlkfm.com/mediaplayer/?station=KTLK-FM&action=listenlive&channel_title=

specsaregood
05-20-2010, 05:22 PM
still talking about it, positive of course.

specsaregood
05-26-2010, 08:13 AM
I liked last night's hour 2, where he points out that overall troop levels in the middle east have gone up under Obama and said:
"Obama should be everybody's favorite neocon."
We need this guy on more stations.

specsaregood
05-28-2010, 05:27 PM
Tonights money quote.
"Child labor is a great american tradition" So true.....

/me labored away in the family businesses as a child....

ajkather
05-28-2010, 10:28 PM
I liked last night's hour 2, where he points out that overall troop levels in the middle east have gone up under Obama and said:
"Obama should be everybody's favorite neocon."
We need this guy on more stations.

Good stuff! And, he knows there are lots of neo-cons that listen to his show since he comes on after Hannity on many stations. So, he's quite a breath of fresh air.

help him get on more stations!!! call your local one

specsaregood
07-09-2010, 08:23 AM
Another great show last night.

1. Came out in defense of Mr. Steele.
2. Claims that he has been told that back in 2006 the Taliban approached the US administration/military and said that if the US govt allows the Taliban to be part of the new US-backed government. They would pledge to route al-qaeda and permanently keep them out of Afghanistan. But the US govt refused because, "we don't like how you treat women, especially the first lady doesn't like it"

archives:


http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/18227/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/18227/podcast/MINNEAPOLIS-MN/KTLK-FM/LEWIS070810_1st%20Hr%20Big%20Tent.mp3?CPROG=PCAST&MARKET=MINNEAPOLIS-MN&NG_FORMAT=&SITE_ID=3359&STATION_ID=KTLK-FM&PCAST_AUTHOR=100.3_KTLK-FM&PCAST_CAT=talk&PCAST_TITLE=Jason_Lewis_on_100.3_KTLK-FM
Jason Lewis Show 07/08/10-1st Hour
Michael Steele's comments about the Afghanistan war have kept him in hot water and have some asking for his resignation. Jason thinks this is nuts and wonders where this big tent is now. Didn't the RINOS request a big tent? I guess you're not allowed if you disagree with their foreign policy.

http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/18227/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/18227/podcast/MINNEAPOLIS-MN/KTLK-FM/LEWIS070810_2nd%20Hr%20Middle%20East%20Mess.mp3?CP ROG=PCAST&MARKET=MINNEAPOLIS-MN&NG_FORMAT=&SITE_ID=3359&STATION_ID=KTLK-FM&PCAST_AUTHOR=100.3_KTLK-FM&PCAST_CAT=talk&PCAST_TITLE=Jason_Lewis_on_100.3_KTLK-FM
Jason Lewis Show 07/08/10-2nd Hour
Jason talks about what is going on in the Middle East and what needs to be done.

http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/18227/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/18227/podcast/MINNEAPOLIS-MN/KTLK-FM/LEWIS070810_3rd%20Hr%20Bursting%20Bubbles.mp3?CPRO G=PCAST&MARKET=MINNEAPOLIS-MN&NG_FORMAT=&SITE_ID=3359&STATION_ID=KTLK-FM&PCAST_AUTHOR=100.3_KTLK-FM&PCAST_CAT=talk&PCAST_TITLE=Jason_Lewis_on_100.3_KTLK-FM
Jason Lewis Show 07/08/10-3rd Hour
Jason is joined by Matt Tiabbi from Rolling Stone to talk about the bursting bubbles and Goldman Sachs.

specsaregood
07-24-2010, 11:02 AM
Another blistering 2 hours about our wars and deficits and how it isn't good for our country or a conservative position.

Jason Lewis Show 07/23/10-1st Hour
Jason talks about the news that the federal deficit is nearly $1.5 trillion. That leads to a bigger discussion about the wars in the Middle-East.
http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/18227/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/18227/podcast/MINNEAPOLIS-MN/KTLK-FM/LEWIS072310_1st%20Hr%20Foreign%20Policy.mp3?CPROG= PCAST&MARKET=MINNEAPOLIS-MN&NG_FORMAT=&SITE_ID=3359&STATION_ID=KTLK-FM&PCAST_AUTHOR=100.3_KTLK-FM&PCAST_CAT=talk&PCAST_TITLE=Jason_Lewis_on_100.3_KTLK-FM

Jason Lewis Show 07/23/10-2nd Hour
Jason continues the conversation about our role in the Middle East. Also, Jason has some news concerning the deficit.
http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/18227/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/18227/podcast/MINNEAPOLIS-MN/KTLK-FM/LEWIS072310_2nd%20Hr%20Wars.mp3?CPROG=PCAST&MARKET=MINNEAPOLIS-MN&NG_FORMAT=&SITE_ID=3359&STATION_ID=KTLK-FM&PCAST_AUTHOR=100.3_KTLK-FM&PCAST_CAT=talk&PCAST_TITLE=Jason_Lewis_on_100.3_KTLK-FM

Edit: calls for eliminating the departments including: homeland security and education and others. :)


Jason Lewis Show 07/23/10-3rd Hour
Jason opens up the phone lines for a fun final hour on Friday night. TV shows and topics of the caller's choice dominate this hour.
http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/18227/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/18227/podcast/MINNEAPOLIS-MN/KTLK-FM/LEWIS072310_3rd%20Hr%20Friday%20Fun.mp3?CPROG=PCAS T&MARKET=MINNEAPOLIS-MN&NG_FORMAT=&SITE_ID=3359&STATION_ID=KTLK-FM&PCAST_AUTHOR=100.3_KTLK-FM&PCAST_CAT=talk&PCAST_TITLE=Jason_Lewis_on_100.3_KTLK-FM

specsaregood
03-30-2011, 11:30 AM
Last monday's show was an excellent argument for non-interventionism. If you haven't listened to Lewis' show before give monday nights a try.
In hour 2 you are even treated to a progressive ex-obama supporter caller proclaiming himself now a progressive for Ron Paul. :)

http://www.ktlkfm.com/cc-common/podcast/single_page.html?podcast=jasonlewis2&selected_podcast=LEWIS032811_1st%2520Hr%2520Libya% 2520Conflict.mp3
Jason returns from the weekend ready to talk about the conflict in Libya and prepares to hear the comments from President Obama in the next hour.

http://www.ktlkfm.com/cc-common/podcast/single_page.html?podcast=jasonlewis2&selected_podcast=LEWIS032811_2nd%2520Hr%2520Libya% 2520Comments.mp3
Jason reviews his comments from the first hour. Also, a caller who voted for Pres. Obama shares his view on the President. Also, Pres. Obama comments on Libya

http://www.ktlkfm.com/cc-common/podcast/single_page.html?podcast=jasonlewis2&selected_podcast=LEWIS032811_3rd%2520Hr%2520Libya% 2520Reaction.mp3
Jason takes calls reacting to the President’s comments on Libya.

kpfareal
04-04-2011, 12:46 PM
I've been listening for a few days now. Just finished the 3rd hour from last friday, very dissapointed. Talking about 2012 GOP candidates, no mention of either Paul's, but talk of real conservatives like Rubio and Paul Ryan...

Don't think i'll tune in again.

specsaregood
04-04-2011, 12:54 PM
I've been listening for a few days now. Just finished the 3rd hour from last friday, very dissapointed. Talking about 2012 GOP candidates, no mention of either Paul's, but talk of real conservatives like Rubio and Paul Ryan...

Don't think i'll tune in again.

Interesting, I'm listening to thursday and he mentions Dr. Paul positively in the first half hour. then he followed that up a bit later by saying we should cut the military budget and draw down in the middle east. What is not to like?

Edit: and another dr. paul mention in the 3rd hour.

heavenlyboy34
04-04-2011, 01:26 PM
You can go back through his podcasts if you wish. He has a very consistant record and had a great interview with Ron Paul on his End the Fed book, etc.

He has admitted his metamorphasis away from the neo-con foreign policy, but he is a very Conversative/Libertarian guy.

It really irritates me when some folks of the liberty persuasion have some sort of "purity" test. When 99% of talk radio is neo-con and then there are few like Jason Lewis (nationally syndicated) out there saying all of the right things, we should take everything we can get.

I compare this to the Glenn Beck angle. Yes, I disagree with him on certain areas (and his Medina tactics, hawkish foreign policy, etc), I would still rather he be there than not be. Obviously, I wish talk radio or the mainstream was full of Rothbardian whitty intellectuals... but that is not the case.

Personally, I'll take whatever I can get that promotes liberty.

~Andy

I agree about the "libertarian purity test", but Beck is not good for the liberty movement. He might drop important names like Hayek and RP, but there's little substance to his work. There are others who are much better, like Lewis and Walter Williams (as far as "right libertarians" go). Even better is to dig up podcasts by people like Charles Goyette, etc.

kpfareal
04-04-2011, 01:29 PM
Interesting, I'm listening to thursday and he mentions Dr. Paul positively in the first half hour. then he followed that up a bit later by saying we should cut the military budget and draw down in the middle east. What is not to like?

Saying that Rubio and Ryan are conservatives and mentioning Trump before either Paul as the GOP nominee...

specsaregood
04-04-2011, 01:49 PM
Saying that Rubio and Ryan are conservatives and mentioning Trump before either Paul as the GOP nominee...

at the same time, he already mentions Paul positively more than any other nationally syndicated host. I dont' think a week goes by where he doesn't. And his platform is pretty much inline with Dr. Pauls. eg: the 2nd hour of last thursday was an indictment against keynesianism.

emazur
04-04-2011, 02:00 PM
I don't know what the hell happened on that particular show, but he's always spoken well of Paul and his platform. Maybe someone should do a call in and ask "what the hell happened?". If he kept that up, I would never listen again either

Ray
04-04-2011, 02:27 PM
I listen to his show everyday on my drive home from school. Sadly Glenn Beck is on during my ride to school :/

specsaregood
04-05-2011, 08:53 AM
I've been listening for a few days now. Just finished the 3rd hour from last friday, very dissapointed. Talking about 2012 GOP candidates, no mention of either Paul's, but talk of real conservatives like Rubio and Paul Ryan...

Don't think i'll tune in again.

Ok, I just listened to that friday 3rd hour, it sounded like me was just baiting a caller to mention Paul.
A caller mentioned Ron Paul only a couple minutes later and also mentioned Rand was considering it and Jason Lewis got fairly excited about the Rand prospect.

Travlyr
04-05-2011, 11:21 PM
If I heard him correctly, Jason Lewis misrepresented the gold standard on his show tonight. He said that the gold standard meant that government would pay a fixed price for gold... like $35 per ounce. And he went on to say that the government was limited in its spending because the gold standard kept them in check.

A true gold standard would keep the government in check. But a gold standard, like a meter standard, is simply a standard definition and has nothing to do with price. Since 1983, a standard meter is defined as the length of the path traveled by light in vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. A standard measure of gold is a defined purity and weight of the element Au... it has NOTHING to do with a price of gold. In a free market, the price should be determined by free market trading of the metal based on the purity and weight of the metal.

ajkather
04-05-2011, 11:31 PM
I agree about the "libertarian purity test", but Beck is not good for the liberty movement. He might drop important names like Hayek and RP, but there's little substance to his work. There are others who are much better, like Lewis and Walter Williams (as far as "right libertarians" go). Even better is to dig up podcasts by people like Charles Goyette, etc.

I think it's kind of a mixed bag with Glenn Beck. I've become convinced he has good intentions, but is just wildly misguided on so many levels that his bad impulses water down anything good that he does. It's just so frustrating since I know he is an intelligent man and KNOWS the path but will not get on it. You can't say "I love liberty" and then turnaround and say how much you want the state to intervene.

Jason Lewis on the other hand IS a great defender of liberty and I appreciate his honest, funny, and sharp commentary. While he is no Rothbardian-Natural Rights-Thomist, who is? He really is great and does care about liberty more than the 99% of the frauds on talk Radio. Plus, he does have a pretty good audience and is nationally syndicated.

He has gone to the mat numerous times on Foreign Policy speaking truth to the neo-con death merchants and that alone should yield support from us Ron-Paulians.

ajkather
04-05-2011, 11:44 PM
If I heard him correctly, Jason Lewis misrepresented the gold standard on his show tonight. He said that the gold standard meant that government would pay a fixed price for gold... like $35 per ounce. And he went on to say that the government was limited in its spending because the gold standard kept them in check.

A true gold standard would keep the government in check. But a gold standard, like a meter standard, is simply a standard definition and has nothing to do with price. Since 1983, a standard meter is defined as the length of the path traveled by light in vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. A standard measure of gold is a defined purity and weight of the element Au... it has NOTHING to do with a price of gold. In a free market, the price should be determined by free market trading of the metal based on the purity and weight of the metal.

I think you are correct in that a gold "standard" is simply the government issuing or minting government coins set by a fixed measure of weight of gold. What I believe he was referring to was the 20th Century FDR onward of what the Gold Standard and it's relation to price. So, yes he technically did have it wrong about the semantics of what is considered a "standard" by using gold in a country. If there is an outflow of gold, a country on a gold standard would see other weights of gold coins show up in different denominations and weights I would assume. But, we also had silver used in coins ... so technically we had bi-metalism which can cause problems when one form of money is overvalued against another money (like gold, silver, copper).

I personally do not favor a gold standard and would favor simply competing currencies WITH 100% reserve banking. If gold ends up being the preferred method of money, so be it. That is Ron Paul's position and I support it.

ajkather
04-05-2011, 11:59 PM
You obviously don't listen to his show since he mentions the Pauls all of the time in glowing tone and respect. He bashs neo-con war hawks day and night and all of the Islama-phobes (Spencer, Horowitz, Gellar, et al) who want a totalitarian police state and wars with every nation.

I'm not a particular fan of Rubio or Ryan. They seem like Rand-Paul wannabies with a lot of smoke and mirrors. He also has a lot of CATO people (like Chris Edwards, etc) on to talk about tax policy and shrinking the budget. I usually tune on these since I see a lot of CATO people as rather useless.

He has taken Trump to task in his stances in previous shows. He's not a fan of Trump. I think he likes Rubio and Ryan (had them both on his show), but he has not put them up on a pedistal the way he has the Pauls in his show, I assure you.

He also has had Dr. Tom Dilorenzo on the show talking is a fan of his work since he actually quotes him in his book, Power Divided is Power Checked..

Food for thought....
My only feeling why he doesn't mention Ron Paul as President is that he has said he doesn't know if he will run. But, if he did run, I do believe he would back Ron Paul, no doubt about it.

specsaregood
04-08-2011, 07:40 AM
Lewis said yesterday he will be in Raleigh, NC on April 15th for a tea party rally. He said somebody asked him, so he is going.
Just a headsup for those here that might want to meet him.

specsaregood
04-08-2011, 08:54 AM
I've been listening for a few days now. Just finished the 3rd hour from last friday, very dissapointed. Talking about 2012 GOP candidates, no mention of either Paul's, but talk of real conservatives like Rubio and Paul Ryan...
Don't think i'll tune in again.

Yesterday April 7th in the 2nd hour he was asking a caller about which candidates she would support. Going through the list of all of the big names....
He closed out the list by asking about Ron Paul. The caller said, "Oh! I didn't even know he was out there (running). " Lewis said that he wasn't yet, but they are "trying". She said she would support him.

just fyi.

GunnyFreedom
04-08-2011, 09:03 AM
Ron Paul got some gold on the Lewis show last night, during a telephone call discussing potential Presidential candidates for 2012. Lewis asked the caller about all kinds of candidates (I was wondering if he would leave out Ron Paul) and the caller described all of them as awful. She liked Michelle Bachman, and when Lewis mentioned Ron Paul there was a moment of stunned silence whereupon the caller said "Ron Paul would be fabulous!"

As a side note, Jason Lewis will be speaking in Raleigh on April 15th at the old Capitol building at the Tax-Day tea party.......and so will I! :D