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Monday, November 7, 2011

400-408 – Jerry Bowyer, nationally-syndicated economist with Forbes, and author of The Free Market Capitalist's Survival Guide: How to Invest and Thrive in an Era of Rampant Socialism (Amazon), appears regularly on CNBC, Fox News, and Fox Business News, is also a Lay Eucharistic Minister in the Episcopal Church and lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, Susan, and the youngest five of their seven children (bowyerbriefing.com).

• Jerry Bowyer (Forbes, 10/27/2011) EU-Topia: Why Europe Can't Exist.

• Stephen Moore (WSJ, 11/7/2011) A Look Inside the Super Committee: The GOP opposes raising tax rates, but one idea being considered is limiting deductions as a percentage of income.  The deadline for the group of 12 is Nov 23., and if no deal is struck, then a $1.2T sequester of spending will go into effect, with $600B coming out of our defense budget.

•• Janet Daley (Telegraph, 8/7/2011) If we are to survive the looming catastrophe, we need to face the truth. The idea that a capitalist economy can support a socialist welfare state is collapsing before our eyes, says Janet Daley.

413-423 – Jerry Bowyer, Great point:  "risk" is not volatility but whether the foundational principles are sound or unsound.  A well-built house on sand will still fall, as will a poorly built house on a rock – the idea is to build a well-built house on a solid foundation, and that solid foundation is Biblical principles.  Jesus wasn't just talking about individuals or families, he was talking about governments and nations.  Federalism actually roots at the dispersion of the Tower of Babel.

428-438 – Jerry Bowyer

443-452 – Jerry Bowyer

458-508 – Dr. Peter Robbins (and Dr. Kevin Downing) of Turning Point Counseling (turningpoint.org, 800-99-TODAY, 800-998-6329), have trained over 500 professional Christian therapists over the past 28 years, with offices on 40 church campuses in Southern California, each one providing Christ-centered marriage, family and individual counseling.  Today, we talk about their Four Keys to Getting Your Teen Back on Track – and you can download the pdf and/or the two-hour live seminar they did entitled "Power Tips for Parenting Teens" from their website. 

The Four Keys are:  1) Major on the majors.  2) Increase their time away from home.  3) Increase your awareness by decreasing your involvement.  4) Listen don't lecture. (Drop n' Run).

512-523 – Dr. Peter Robbins

523 – The FREE Line In The Sand event is coming to the Rose Bowl, Saturday, November 11th, pre-register at kkla.com.

528-539 – Dr. Peter Robbins

544-554 – Dr. Peter Robbins

558-608 – • Howard Blume (LAT, 11/6/2011) Focus on standardized tests may be pushing some teachers to cheat.  The number of California teachers who have been accused of cheating, lesser misconduct or mistakes on standardized achievement tests has raised alarms about the pressure to improve scores.

612-623 – Calls – Does the teachers cheating to help students indicate a need to eliminate standardized testing?

628-639 – Calls – Does the teachers cheating to help students indicate a need to eliminate standardized testing?

644-654 – Calls – Does the teachers cheating to help students indicate a need to eliminate standardized testing?

• Curt Levey (WSJ, 11/7/2011) Sexual Harassment's Legal Morass: Even an employer who avoids trial and prevails on summary judgment will ring up a defense bill of $100,000.   Mr. Levey, an attorney specializing in civil rights and constitutional law, is executive director of the Committee for Justice.

• WSJ (11/7/2011) Jerry Brown's Canoe Lesson: California unions oppose even modest pension reforms.

• Fox News (11/7/2011) Cain Accuser Claims Candidate Proposed Interlude For Job.