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    The Greg Strandberg Show

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    Episodes (43)

    Fast Track, TPP, and Montana Politics

    Fast Track, TPP, and Montana Politics
    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)
    The Greg Strandberg Show
    en-usJune 24, 2015

    Episode 56: Pay or Borrow?

    Episode 56: Pay or Borrow?
    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

    Episode 55: A Frank Talk about ISIS

    Episode 55: A Frank Talk about ISIS
    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

    Episode 53: Montana and National Issues

    Episode 53: Montana and National Issues
    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

    Episode 51: The Select Few

    Episode 51: The Select Few
    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

    Episode 50: Anticipating the State of the State in Montana

    Episode 50: Anticipating the State of the State in Montana
    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)

    Episode 49: Dollars at Work

    Episode 49: Dollars at Work
    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

    Episode 48: Trust in Government

    Episode 48: Trust in Government
    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)

    Where Do We Stand

    Where Do We Stand
    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
    The Greg Strandberg Show
    en-usJanuary 26, 2015

    Episode 46: National Debt and China Buildings

    Episode 46: National Debt and China Buildings
    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)

    The Decay of America

    The Decay of America
    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
    The Greg Strandberg Show
    en-usNovember 25, 2014

    Thoughts from the Sideline

    Thoughts from the Sideline
    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
    The Greg Strandberg Show
    en-usNovember 22, 2014

    Armistice Day Thoughts

    Armistice Day Thoughts
    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
    The Greg Strandberg Show
    en-usNovember 11, 2014