http://glenmeakem.com Conservative Talk Show Host Pittsburgh Economics Liberty Thu, 17 May 2012 14:42:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 2008-2009 glen@meakem.com (Meakem Communications Company LLC) glen@meakem.com (Meakem Communications Company LLC) 1440 http://glenmeakem.com/images/meakem-podcast144.jpg http://glenmeakem.com 144 144 Glen Meakem Program Meakem Communications Company LLC Meakem Communications Company LLC glen@meakem.com no no http://glenmeakem.com/2012/05/17/9723/ http://glenmeakem.com/2012/05/17/9723/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 14:41:13 +0000 glenmeakem http://glenmeakem.com/?p=9723 http://glenmeakem.com/2012/05/17/9723/feed/ 0 http://glenmeakem.com/2012/05/17/operation-hot-mic/ http://glenmeakem.com/2012/05/17/operation-hot-mic/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 14:36:10 +0000 glenmeakem http://glenmeakem.com/?p=9716 http://glenmeakem.com/2012/05/17/operation-hot-mic/feed/ 0 http://glenmeakem.com/2012/05/11/reasons-for-optimism-about-2012-politics/ http://glenmeakem.com/2012/05/11/reasons-for-optimism-about-2012-politics/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 01:16:18 +0000 glenmeakem http://glenmeakem.com/?p=9708 http://glenmeakem.com/2012/05/11/reasons-for-optimism-about-2012-politics/feed/ 0 1:45:56 By Glen Meakem This past weekend on my radio program, I talked with an all–star cast of political thinkers about the current economy and the 2012 elections.  United States Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA), Steve Moore of the Wall Street Journal, and Rein[...] By Glen Meakem This past weekend on my radio program, I talked with an all–star cast of political thinkers about the current economy and the 2012 elections.  United States Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA), Steve Moore of the Wall Street Journal, and Reince Priebus (Chairman of the Republican National Committee) all expressed optimism about Republican chances to hold the House, pick up seats in the Senate, and win the White House in the fall.  Furthermore, all believe that President Obama is down in recent polls because of the failed Keynesian economic policies that he has forced – and continues to force – onto the American people, and the weak economy that has resulted.  President Obama is also polling poorly because of his destructive energy policies, which are so unpopular with Americans that a federal inmate pulled 41% of the Democrat vote away from Obama in West Virginia’s Democratic Presidential primary.  Specifically, the President’s war against coal – which has been waged by his Environmental Protection Agency – will shut down 30% of our coal powered electricity and drive thousands of West Virginians out of work while raising electricity costs for all Americans.  And for what?  Our air is 40% cleaner than it was in 1990 and will already continue to get cleaner incrementally with cleaner cars and trucks, cleaner coal technologies, new nuclear power plants, and new gas fired power plants coming on line slowly over time.  Even wind and solar will help in places where they actually make sense economically and environmentally.  So why the rush to shut down a huge part of a whole industry when cleaner air is not a pressing issue and thousands of legitimate scientists are questioning the theory of man-made global warming?  The fact is that more and more Americans are realizing that President Obama is leading us in the wrong direction on energy, the economy and jobs.   Of course, despite the optimism that my guests and I expressed on last weekend’s show, it is still early in this political season, and Steve Moore of the Wall Street Journal offered a warning that all conservatives must heed.  Although it does not currently seem likely, it is possible that President Obama could win re-election.  And if he does, it is possible that on his coattails he wins a new Democrat majority in the House of Representatives, while maintaining the Democrat majority in the Senate.  Such an outcome would leave us close to where we were politically in 2009 and 2010 — when Democrat Party leaders had free reign to impose their left-wing agenda ($1 trillion dollar stimulus, 20% across the board increase in government spending, crony capitalist bailouts, Dodd-Frank regulations, and Obamacare) on America.  Do not forget that when Democrats controlled the Presidency and both Houses of Congress, President Obama said “Republicans can ride in the back of the bus.”  No effort was made to reach across the aisle or to be bi-partisan.  Obama and the Democrats simply jammed their policies down our throats.  Steve Moore argued that if the Democrats regain total power, they will wreak havoc on the economy.  Even if Obama can remain in office for four more years and defend the radical agenda already passed into law, our economy — and all of us — will suffer greatly.  And these terrible outcomes are possible if all of us do not take this election seriously.  If you are a Republican voter, you must make sure you are registered — make sure your Republican friends and relatives are registered, and VOTE in November.  In addition, please support Republican candidates with your time and or financial donations — any and all amounts help.  It is the duty of all patriotic citizens of the United States to participate in the political process in November.  With the possibility of voter fraud out there, we must win the November elections convincingly.  We all must participate and we all must vote! John Rosso, CEO of Peak Performa[...] News, Radio, Show Meakem Communications Company LLC no no http://glenmeakem.com/2012/05/10/front-page-slider/ http://glenmeakem.com/2012/05/10/front-page-slider/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 13:03:15 +0000 admin http://glenmeakem.com/?p=9704 http://glenmeakem.com/2012/05/10/front-page-slider/feed/ 0 http://glenmeakem.com/2012/05/05/freedom-and-liberty-or-government-control/ http://glenmeakem.com/2012/05/05/freedom-and-liberty-or-government-control/#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 15:03:23 +0000 glenmeakem http://glenmeakem.com/?p=9697 http://glenmeakem.com/2012/05/05/freedom-and-liberty-or-government-control/feed/ 0 1:46:16 Activist Chen Guangcheng. Via abcnews.com This weekend, Glen talks about Chinese human rights and pro life activist Chen Guangcheng, and the fumbling of Chen’s request for safety by President Obama’s State Department.  Glen also talks a[...] Activist Chen Guangcheng. Via abcnews.com This weekend, Glen talks about Chinese human rights and pro life activist Chen Guangcheng, and the fumbling of Chen’s request for safety by President Obama’s State Department.  Glen also talks about the political heat that President Obama took for this week’s victory lap one year after the killing of Osama bin Laden.  Glen also comments on the weak economic numbers, and the foiled bombing attempt in Ohio by 5 individuals associated with the Occupy Wall Street Protests. Glen Meakem is a successful technology entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and conservative talk radio show host, who offers information and insights on how individuals, our states, and our nation can be more successful. Glen’s unique perspective has been shaped by his experiences as founder, chairman and CEO of the B2B internet success Freemarkets Inc – which he founded in 1995, took public in 1999, and sold to Ariba in 2004. In 2006, Glen co-founded Meakem Becker Venture Capital, a firm that invests in early stage start up companies. Concerned about the liberal political agenda that has gripped the United States and his home state of Pennsylvania, Glen launched the radio program, “Glen Meakem on the Weekend” in 2008. Glen served as an officer in the United States Army Reserve and is a veteran of the First Gulf War. He earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard and his MBA from Harvard Business School. For more information about the Glen Meakem on the Weekend Radio Program, or to read Glen’s blog, please visit http://glenmeakem.com. Proudly sponsored by  News, Radio, Show Meakem Communications Company LLC no no http://glenmeakem.com/2012/05/02/dr-terri-l-orbuch/ http://glenmeakem.com/2012/05/02/dr-terri-l-orbuch/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 18:14:48 +0000 glenmeakem http://glenmeakem.com/?p=9678 http://glenmeakem.com/2012/05/02/dr-terri-l-orbuch/feed/ 0 http://glenmeakem.com/2012/05/01/incredible-ad-by-the-catholic-church/ http://glenmeakem.com/2012/05/01/incredible-ad-by-the-catholic-church/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 13:04:55 +0000 glenmeakem http://glenmeakem.com/?p=9671 http://glenmeakem.com/2012/05/01/incredible-ad-by-the-catholic-church/feed/ 0 http://glenmeakem.com/2012/04/28/obama%e2%80%99s-continuing-war-on-energy/ http://glenmeakem.com/2012/04/28/obama%e2%80%99s-continuing-war-on-energy/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:37:12 +0000 glenmeakem http://glenmeakem.com/?p=9657 http://glenmeakem.com/2012/04/28/obama%e2%80%99s-continuing-war-on-energy/feed/ 1 1:46:10 This past weekend, I talked about President Obama’s continuing war on domestic energy.  If you don’t believe there is such a war, then please read below. Last week, President Obama’s Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar, told the National Press Club tha[...] This past weekend, I talked about President Obama’s continuing war on domestic energy.  If you don’t believe there is such a war, then please read below. Last week, President Obama’s Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar, told the National Press Club that “no one has the ability, not even Harry Potter, to simply wave a magic wand and say that we’re going to have gas prices at $2.00 or $2.50 or $3.00.  It doesn’t work that way.”  Salazar was right about “waving a wand” to change gas prices.  Oil and gasoline are global commodities with millions upon millions of market participants, so no one person, company, or government can set prices.  However, Salazar was obscuring the fact that the United States government, regulating the largest economy, and sitting on top of some of the largest oil and gas reserves in the world, does — through its actions or non-actions — have a huge impact over time on energy markets.  These actions or non-actions are a huge policy club, and Secretary Salazar is already on-record saying he would like to see gasoline prices at $9.00 per gallon. So, do you believe that the Obama Administration is trying to restrict the supply of American produced oil and gas and raise prices over time?  Well, for a clear window into how the Obama Administration is using its policy club, all you had to do this past week was listen to the words of District 6 EPA administrator Al Armendariz on how the Obama EPA enforces regulations.  District 6 is the most important oil and gas producing region in the United States, including Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.  Armendariz, Obama’s chief EPA regulator for this critical region, said that his ”philosophy of enforcement,” is “like how the Roman’s used to conquer villages in the Mediterranean.  They’d go into a little Turkish town somewhere, and they’d find the first five guys they saw and they would crucify them.  And then, you know, that town was really easy to manage for the next few years. “   That’s right; Armendariz equated his enforcement of EPA regulations with how the Roman Empire randomly crucified people in order to intimidate and control conquered peoples. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney (President Obama’s Minister of Propaganda) tried to back away from the comments, saying that Armendariz had chosen inappropriate words.  But, the fact is, Armendariz was caught telling the truth.  Here are some examples of how the Obama Administration is using its big policy stick to curtail American energy production and raise prices on all of us.  Among other actions, The Obama Administration has done the following: 1) imposed new regulations on U.S. based oil refineries, forcing five refineries in the North East that produce gasoline to close in recent months, with three more refineries near closing; 2) reduced drilling permits on public lands by 30%; 3) refused to issue new drilling permits in the Gulf of Mexico even after a judge ordered Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to do so; 4) withheld critical permits that would have allowed Shell to access 27 billion barrels of oil in Northern Alaska, keeping the Trans-Alaska pipeline flowing at good capacity (environmental extremists inside and outside the Obama White House want to reduce the amount of oil coming from Alaska, forcing a shut down of the Trans-Alaska pipeline); 5)  rejected construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline that would have transported one million barrels per day of Canadian and American oil at low cost to Texas refineries, and created 20,000 immediate construction jobs, with thousands of additional spin-off jobs in the future; 6) imposed regulations that will close at least 32 coal-fired power plants (with 36 additional plants at risk of closing) and take at least 8% of all current U.S. generating capacity off line; 7) imposed questionable new “air pollution” restrictions on deep horizontal drilling and hydrofracking in an effort to slow down private development of new oil and gas [...] News, Radio, Show Meakem Communications Company LLC no no http://glenmeakem.com/2012/04/27/energy-pennsylvania%e2%80%99s-choice-america%e2%80%99s-model/ http://glenmeakem.com/2012/04/27/energy-pennsylvania%e2%80%99s-choice-america%e2%80%99s-model/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:47:22 +0000 glenmeakem http://glenmeakem.com/?p=9653 http://glenmeakem.com/2012/04/27/energy-pennsylvania%e2%80%99s-choice-america%e2%80%99s-model/feed/ 0 http://glenmeakem.com/2012/04/24/teddy-roosevelt-for-president-in-2012/ http://glenmeakem.com/2012/04/24/teddy-roosevelt-for-president-in-2012/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:39:55 +0000 glenmeakem http://glenmeakem.com/?p=9650 http://glenmeakem.com/2012/04/24/teddy-roosevelt-for-president-in-2012/feed/ 1