Taking Back America's Podcast

"The first Afghanistan memoir ever to be written by a Marine Harrier pilot, A Nightmare's Prayer portrays the realities of war in the twenty-first century, taking a unique and powerful perspective on combat in Afghanistan as told by a former enlisted man turned officer. Lt. Col. Michael "Zak" Franzak was an AV-8B Marine Corps Harrier pilot who served as executive officer of VMA-513, "The Flying Nightmares," while deployed in Afghanistan from 2002 to 2003. The squadron was the first to base Harriers in Bagram in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. But what should have been a standard six-month deployment soon turned to a yearlong ordeal as the Iraq conflict intensified. And in what appeared to be a forgotten war half a world away from home, Franzak and his colleagues struggled to stay motivated and do their job providing air cover to soldiers patrolling the inhospitable terrain.

I wasn't in a foxhole. I was above it. I was safe and comfortable in my sheltered cocoon 20,000 feet over the Hindu Kush. But I prayed. I prayed when I heard the muted cries of men who at last understood their fate.

Franzak's personal narrative captures the day-by-day details of his deployment, from family good-byes on departure day to the squadron's return home. He explains the role the Harrier played over the Afghanistan battlefields and chronicles the life of an attack pilot—from the challenges of nighttime, weather, and the austere mountain environment to the frustrations of working under higher command whose micromanagement often exacerbated difficulties. In vivid and poignant passages, he delivers the full impact of enemy ambushes, the violence of combat, and the heartbreaking aftermath.

And as the Iraq War unfolded, Franzak became embroiled in another battle: one within himself. Plagued with doubts and wrestling with his ego and his belief in God, he discovered in himself a man he loathed. But the hardest test of his lifetime and career was still to come—one that would change him forever.

A stunning true account of service and sacrifice that takes the reader from the harrowing dangers of the cockpit to the secret, interior spiritual struggle facing a man trained for combat, A Nightmare's Prayer brings to life a Marine's public and personal trials set against "the fine talcum brown soot of Afghanistan that permeated everything—even one's soul(http://books.simonandschuster.com/Nightmare's-Prayer/Michael-Franzak/9781439194980).""

To find out more and to purchase the book, please visit:

http://michaelfranzak.com/#

http://books.simonandschuster.com/Nightmare's-Prayer/Michael-Franzak/9781439194980

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Sharron Angle is running for NV's Senate Seat against incumbent and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Harry Reid has said and has done some really controversial things, such as declaring that "the suge has failed..the war is lost," when talking about the Iraq War. Angle, is a conservative candidate who gained support of the state Tea Parties as the Republican Primary drew closer. She is now seen as a major threat to unseating Harry Reid and her campaign of "Dump Reid" is gaining major traction.

To find out more about the Senate Hopeful please visit:
http://sharronangle.com/

What does the National Libertarian Party espouse and why? There has been a lot of misconceptions and a lot of people that are throwing out different statements asserting different things about the Party. Wes Benedict came on to talk about these assertions.

A little background:
"Wes Benedict serves as Executive Director of the Libertarian National Committee in the Libertarian Party's headquarters in Washington, DC. He previously served as Executive Director of the Libertarian Party of Texas. There he broke records and made Texas one of the best performing state Libertarian Party chapters. He recruited a record 173 LP candidates for office in Texas for the November 2008 elections, which was 29 percent of the nationwide LP total. Mr. Benedict holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a Mechanical Engineering Degree from the University of Texas. He has previously bought and sold a kitchen and bath countertop manufacturing business, and he has worked as a management consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers and a manufacturing engineer for 3M Company (http://www.lp.org/wes-benedict)."

To learn more about Wes Benedict and the National Libertarian Party please visit:
http://www.lp.org/
http://www.lp.org/wes-benedict

From Andy Mcken, Founder & President of Liberty Day
"When I founded Liberty Day with my wife Kathy in 1996, we never anticipated the things we would accomplish.
Ben Franklin challenged us that we will have a republic only if we can keep it. But this great nation will be unable to heed his words if our citizens are not proactive in educating others—especially fifth graders learning about government for the first time.

I hope you will take a look at what our new website has to offer."

To find out more please visit:
http://libertyday.org/

Twitter - www.twitter.com/unitedweremain
Twitter – www.twitter.com/edu_reform
Facebook – www.facebook.com/letssaveAmerica

Dr. Peter Lillback is the author of several notable titles suchs as "George Washington's Sacred Fire", "Wall of Misconception", and "Lessons on Liberty: A Primer for Young Patriots."

On this show we spoke about was George Washington's Sacred Fire.

"An enlightening, engaging, and long overdue correction of the falsehood that Washington lacked faith. --Rodney Stark, Baylor University

. . . . Dr. Lillback burries the myth that Washington was an unbeliever - at most a "deist" - under an avalanche of facts . . . . --Robert P. George, Princeton University

Secular historians ignore George Washington's ward Nelly Custis, who wrote that doubting his Christian faith was as absurd as doubting his patriotism. But they cannot ignore this mountain of evidence suggesting Washington's religion was not Deism, but just the sort of low-church Anglicanism one would expect in an 18th century Virginia gentleman. His "sacred fire" lit America's path toward civil and religious liberty. --Walter A. McDougall, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author (Source: Amazon.com)"

To learn more or to purchase the book please visit:
http://www.providenceforum.org/
http://www.amazon.com/George-Washingtons-Sacred-Peter-Lillback/dp/0978605268

Ryan Ellis is the tax policy director for the Americans for Tax Reform organization. "ATR was founded in 1985 by Grover Norquist at the request of President Reagan."
"The flagship project of Americans for Tax Reform is the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, a written promise by legislators and candidates for office that commits them to oppose any effort to increase income taxes on individuals and businesses. Since ATR first sponsored the Pledge in 1986, hundreds of U.S. Representatives, more than fifty U.S. Senators and every successful Republican Presidential candidate have all signed the Pledge. In the 111th Congress, 172 U.S. Representatives and 34 U.S. Senators have taken the Pledge never to raise income taxes."

Source - http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=about

To find out more please visit:
www.ATR.org

Dr. Alveda King's father protested and fought side by side with the great Martin Luther King Jr. to help ensure equal rights for blacks. Today she is fighting the deteriation of the black communities from both socio-economic issues and abortion. Dr. King plays a major role in the Too Many Aborted campaign to educate people on the dangers and social ills that abortion has brought.

To find out more please visit:
http://www.toomanyaborted.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveda_King

http://www.priestsforlife.org/staff/alvedaking.htm

Steve Bannon's "Generation Zero" chronicles how the post WWII generation had dreamed of a better life for their posterity and ended up spoiling the subsequent generations.

To find out more please visit:
http://generationzeromovie.com/

SE Cupp is an atheist and she's unafraid to make that statement, however that has not defined her view of the importance of religion for our nation. Our founders believed that once we forget who G-d is, we lose the republic. SE Cupp talks about her new book "Losing our Religion" and it's negative impact.

Brian Sussman has openly challeneged Al Gore and his theories on climate change aka global warming. Sussman has compiled his research into a book that desputes everything that the left has said about the Earth and our atmosphere over the past 100 plus years in his new book Climategate.

To learn more please visit:
http://www.theclimategatebook.com/

Peter Andrews wrote Legacy of Lies as means of a check on Obama's promises that have been broken. Some of the promises were trampled over multipes times and the American people have felt betrayed as a result.

From Amazon:

"Legacy of Lies - The 2009 Obama Administration" - The ultimate Conservative American tea partier's guide! This book features an amazing list of 924 lies, flip-flops, broken promises and scandals from Team Obama! 154 items in just the ObamaCare Nightmare section alone! Includes details of 105 Czars, lobbyists, appointment scandals and nominees with tax problems! Obama's radical friends, his outrageous comments, and teleprompter gaffes! Far from a political rant, Legacy of Lies is a reference guide backed up with dates, facts, figures, sources and links. Use the 18-page index to easily search for scandals on the economy, war, terrorism and more! Featuring 22 pages of sources! Legacy of Lies is the most interesting political history of 2009 you'll find. Hundreds of these items were never on your nightly news! You will be stunned to meet the real Barack H. Obama, Hypocrite-in-Chief! And you'll want to buy more copies of Legacy of Lies for all your friends and relatives!

To find out more about this book or to purhcase it please visit:
http://www.amazon.com/Legacy-Lies-2009-Obama-Administration/dp/0557302528/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280363960&sr=1-4

Former FBI, special agent Gary Aldrich and was assigned to the task of cleaning up government corruption. He has seen firsthand how power corrupts and how those corrupted do whatever necessary to keep themselves relevant and in power. He came on my show to talk about how we can return back to the virtuous days of our founding.

Below is the mission statement of the Patrick Henry Center for Individual Liberty:

Patrick Henry once noted that, "When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object." The Patrick Henry Center for Individual Liberty is committed to fostering, promoting, and advocating the restoration of Liberty as the primary object of American society.

To achieve these ends, the Patrick Henry Center has committed itself to eight core principles that define the ideals of liberty and freedom as exemplified by our Founding Fathers, and articulated in our Constitution.

-Individual Liberty
-Limited Government
-Limited Taxes
-Constitutional Rule of Law
-States' Rights
-Free Market Economy
-Provide for the Common Defense
-Protection of National Sovereignty

To find out more about the Patrick Henry Center and learn about Liberty and our founding, please visit:
http://www.patrickhenrycenter.com/

In this episode, Robert Muise discussed the legality of the recent Health-Care Legislation that was passed and the probability that it will be overturned in court. He also spoke on the fact that even if one small part of the bill is deemed unconstitutional, the whole thing could be tossed out.

To find out more about the Thomas More Law Center please visit:
http://www.thomasmore.org/

http://twitter.com/thomasmorelaw

Joel J. Miller is the author of "The Revolutionary Paul Revere." Written as a novel, Joel's intent was to show the early life and political/professional progression of Paul Revere. This books is not only well written and enthralling but it's a wonderful story of the life of one of the most famous and well known early-American patriots.

To find out more about Joel and to purchase his books please visit:

http://joeljmiller.com/

Bob Bowdon catalogs the diseasterous role that politics, special interests, and the unions have played in the ruing of the education system in America. Along with gross ineffecienecy, and in my opinion inhumane corruption of our youth's abilities, as well as robbing them of their future, intellect, and creativity. As a result, society has been in a downward spiral morally and mentally over the past 40+ years and our education system is in a large reason as to why this has become a sad reality.

To find out more about The Cartel please visit:
http://www.thecartelmovie.com/

http://twitter.com/TheCartelMovie

Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski collaborated on this endeavor to expose the Obama administrations power grab attemps, successes, and motives and what could be coming next.

Reviews from political and social heavyweights have showed their support:

“With their characteristic style, Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski offer compelling arguments and insights demonstrating that much of President Obama’s agenda undermines our Constitution and America’s system of limited government that keeps us free. An important and timely book.”
—Edwin Meese III, Former Attorney General of the United States and Counselor to President Ronald Reagan

“Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski do an outstanding job showing how much of President Obama’s agenda, which is undermining America’s families, also violates our constitutional rights. This is a must read!”
—Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council

“The Blueprint proves beyond a doubt that much of Barack Obama’s power grab is more than just terrible for our economy; it’s unconstitutional. Share this book with your friends.”
—Steve Forbes, Chairman and CEO of Forbes Media, and former presidential candidate

To find out more about this book or to purchase it please visit:
http://www.amazon.com/Blueprint-Subvert-Constitution-Imperial-Presidency/dp/0762761342

Brenda Elliot is a brilliant investigate journalist who teamed up with one of the best in the business in Aaron Klein to put together this book to expose the administration, their radical ties, and their ascent into power.

Elliot and Klein are working on a follow up to this shocking release that stormed it's way to NUMBER 1 and raised a lot of eye-brows in the grassroots circuits.

To find out more about the book or to purchase it please visit:

http://www.amazon.com/Manchurian-President-Communists-Socialists-Anti-American/dp/1935071874

Guy Rodgers is the Executive Director of ACT! for America, an organization that's confronting the issue of radical Islam in America and internationally. They work tirelessly to push awareness of what radical Islam is doing and their plans for bringing Sharia Law to America and more.

To find out more and to volunteer, donate, etc. please visit:
www.actforamerica.org

Author Chris Horner joins me to talk about the cap and trade legislation and the dangers of giving the government any more power over our energy policies. Chris has been actively reporting on abuses of power and corruption in the energy and power sector.

To find out more about and from Chris Horner please visit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQHXrTgmPbo

http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/personfactsheet.php?id=281

To purchase Chris Horner's published works please visit:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Chris+Horner

Jim Harper is the Director of Information Policy Studies and also launched www.WashingtonWatch.com to help the people keep in touch and get a sense of what politicians are doing behind those closed door meetings in DC.

To find out more about Jim Harper please visit:
http://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper

www.washingtonwatch.com

Renowned author and political commentator Dr. Jerome Corsi joined me on my live show to speak about his books, including America for Sale, the Late Great USA, The Shrouded Codex, and others. Dr. Corsi is frequently on national radio and television shows in addition to his frequent blog entries and in depth reporting pieces.

To learn more about Dr. Corsi, please visit:

http://redalert.wnd.com/

Lindsey Burke heads up the Education policy wing of the Heritage Foundation joins me to speak about education reform and what NJ Governor Chris Christie is doing by standing up to the unions. She also talked about her work and the local and national headlines when it comes to reform.

To learn more about the Heritage Foundation and to become a member please visit:
www.twitter.com/Heritage
www.heritagefoundation.org
www.askheritage.org

Jackie Gingrich makes her third appearance on my show, this time to focus more on education and the need for national reform. She is working with the Learning Makes a Difference Foundation to help our youth and to fix education. The Foundation also boasts a few different types of projects including Project Go, which encourages healthy eating habits and active children.

To find out more about Mrs. Gingrich Cushman please visit the below:
www.twitter.com/jackiecushman
www.jackiecushman.com
www.lmdfoundation.org

Robert Romano is the Senior Editor at the Americans for Limited Government organization and uses his knowledge of the economy to educate his readers and ALG fans through social media and his blog entries.

To find out more about ALG or Robert Romano please visit:

http://www.getliberty.org/

Phillip Jennings, author of the The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Vietnam War came on to speak about his book, War, and the rampant misconceptions. This is a show to be heard as you will learn a ton about the forgotten and shunned battle.

To purchase or find out mroe about the book please visit:

http://www.regnery.com/books/pigvietnam.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704117304575137933430396268.html?mod=wsj_india_main

http://www.amazon.com/Politically-Incorrect-Guide-Vietnam-Guides/dp/1596985674

http://www.patriotdepot.com/pigvietnam.aspx

Major Herbert W. "Bill" Donahue Jr., USMC Ret - Founder/President, United American Patriots joins me to talk about his project and the significance of honoring and remembering our veterans both past, present, and future. In the eyes of many, the US military is the most precious resource and arguably our best chance of preserving freedom both here and abroad.

To find out more about Major Donaue's organization please visit:

http://unitedpatriots.org/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/United-American-Patriots/189922340698

Larry Greenfield, Executive Director of the Reagan Legacy Foundation came on my show to talk about the recent surge of interest in modern day conservatism that Ronald Reagan preached. The ideals and principles extolled before, during, and after the Reagan years still ring true around the world today.

To find about more about the legacy of President Ronald Wilson Reagan please visit:
www.reaganlegacyfoundation.org

Eric Lansing is the National Grassroots Director for the Parental Rights organization and is making waves throughout the social grassroots with there legislation to empower parents and families. The bill currently has over 130 co-sponors in the house and 7 in the senate.

To help support this bill or to urge your representatives to co-sponsor it, below is the info:
House Resolution Bill 42
Senate Resolution Bill 16

In a short description of the organizations goal from their Twitter page:
"We exist to protect children by empowering parents through the passage of the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution."

For more information about Parental Rights please visit:

http://www.parentalrights.org/
http://twitter.com/ParentalRights

Ed Lynch is running for congress and has a much anticipated special election that could set the pace and trend for the 2010 mid terms. The increasing importance of what used to be minor local elections have rapidly gained national attention and as much as being talked about by Rush Limbaugh.

Karin Hoffman is a grassroots organizor and runs the DCworksforus.com site that gives people a clear picture of where she stands on government and the current direction we're heading in.

To find out more and contribute/help either Ed with his campaign or Karin with her project please visit:

http://www.electlynch.com/

http://electlynch.com/follow_edward

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Edward-Lynch-SR/27223841208

http://www.dcworksforus.com/

Christopher P. Marshall, director of the documentary An Inconvenient Tax talks about the wave of new and existing taxes that hinting at the days pre-American revolution. From the progressive tax rate to potential alternatives we cover numerous things tax related.

To find out more about An Inconvenient Tax please visit:

http://aninconvenienttax.com/aitblog/

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