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Andrew Huszar with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Andrew Huszar.

Huszar said the Federal Reserve, at the time of the Great Recession, went to quantitative easing which means the Fed bought the credit of the big banks to give them money to lend.   He noted that the program worked very well for the banks, but that the money didn't trickle down to the average American, whom mostly don't down large amounts of stock.  

Huszar said that while he is a huge supporter of the Federal Rserve, but feels we need a conservation about these practices which is basically printing money that will lead to future inflation which would make credit and mortgages very expensive.  Ingraham and Huszar agreed that it's been a jobless recovery and that the Fed can't cause the recovery itself.  Huszar said that there have been three rounds of QE.  

Huszar said the risks are that the market will sell off when the Fed stops printing money.  This may come to the point where the Fed will have to sell its debt it bought.  Huszar said the big issue is how the Fed unwinds and pulls back which will be the hardest thing the Fed will have to do.  Ingraham said that basically the US decline is being managed by the Fed as the country's economy is based on productivity.  He said the Fed is well audited and the big issue is that the Fed can't effect the recovery by itself.  He said the Fed's role is to maximize the employment of the US and manage the value of the dollar.  He feels that we need ofre government R and D spending.   

Hadley Arkes with Laura Ingraham on the Supreme Court's Decisions on Same Sex Marriage

Laura Ingraham hosted Hadley Arkes, Amherst Professor of Jurisprudence. 

Arkes responded to President Obama's contention that he won't interfere with religious institutions not performing same sex marriages and said that there will be litigation that will force the issue based on Justice Kennedy's opinion.  He noted that over 30 states have laws on the books not allowing same sex marriage.  He said that there is only one side throwing hte hate speech and that's been the same sex marriage advocates.  

Arkes said same sex marriage advocates state that their beliefs are right and that now the public schools will be forced to instruct and advocate same sex marriage.  He and Ingraham pointed out that holding traditional views could jeopardize applicants from getting jobs, churches getting tax exemptions, etc.. Ingraham called it the legacy of the squishy moderates.  

Michael Rubin of AEI with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Michael Rubin.  

Rubin said the machete murder of a soldier in Britain is tragic, but not surprising as al-Qaeda has promoted such horrific tactics.  He said it isn't the job of any government to determine what is or isn't part of Islam.  He cited several tracts on beheading that were deemed metaphorical until Middle East petro dollars started to flow and prop up such criminality and terrorism.  He said political correctness kills which isn't due to grievances, but ideology.  

Rubin said that when he asked a Rotterdam city council what it means to be Dutch and they couldn't reply.  He said the West is sinking into a moral equivalency in which any sort of aberrant behavior is justified.  He spoke about Osama bin Laden's mentor speaking of the elimination of Western culture under the tenets of religion.   

Ayaan Hirsi Ali with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

Ali said that as UK soldiers continue to be in Muslim countries, these incidents of beheading will continue.  She says they see themsevles as Uma and that it is them against the rest of the world.  

Ali said there aren't more of these incidents due to the authorities' vigilance.  She said we'll have to see if this is part of a network in the UK or not.  She said that these terrorists have been driven by the Koran and basic Islamic teachings and that a spade must be called a spade.  Ingraham pointed to sharia councils and divided societies within European countries where there is no integration.  She predicts that immigration will become more selective in the future. 

Laura Ingraham on "Fox & Friends": Boston Marathon Terror Attack

Laura Ingraham appeared on "Fox and Friends" on April 23rd.

Ingraham and the hosts commented on the details emerging from the Boston Marathon Terror attack.  She decried the Obama administration's lack of identifying such terror attacks what they are.  She cited political correctness in the mainstream media that warps the understanding of what provokes these attacks, endangering the country.  

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Roger Cressey with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Roger Cressey, former National Security Director. 

Cressey said that Russia's security services (FBS) should be interrogated as to Tamerlan Tsarnaev's activities in Russia during his visits there.  He said the Tsarnaevs weren't members of a sleeper cell as their behaviors showed and that he finds the brothers' relationship as the key.  Ingraham questioned why Chechens after September 11th were allowed into the US.  

Cressey said it is important we learn the triggers to radicalization for national security purposes. He said anyone who is using violence along with religion is problematic and Ingraham cited Tom Brokaw's comments on Islamic rage.  

Cressey is interested in what the overseas interest may have been involved.  

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Steve Emerson with Laura Ingraham on the Boston Marathon Terror Attack

Laura Ingraham hosted Steve Emerson of The Investigative Project on the Boston Marathon terror attack.

Emerson said there is no doubt the second suspect will be caught and noted the Tsarnaev brothers came here under asylum provisions.  He said the videos they posted are among the most radical he's ever seen and said their videos will be on their site.

Emerson and Ingraham spoke about the thousands of visa violations including many from Middle Eastern countries and that it's not just students.  He said the Obama administration doesn't want to deport or prosecute these people.  

Ingraham and Emerson spoke of the lack of assimilation among radical Muslims who want the US transformed and see Sharia law as above US law here.  The heat is put on law enforcement to not break up cells or to oversee radicalism in mosques.  

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Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch with Laura Ingraham on the Boston Marathon Terror Attack

Laura Ingraham hosted Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch.

Spencer said there is lots of information about the Tsarnaev brothers jihad and Islamic ties on social media.  Ingraham commented that even Attorney General Eric Holder has held back the focus on radical Islam.  Spencer noted that political correctness allowed these brothers to enjoy the privileges of US society without assimilating US values.  He said the jihadis pick and choose and can be culturally assimilated but still radicalized.  Ingraham cited a Muslim friend who expressed regret over Islam being used for terror.  Spencer said there isn't an effort by the Muslims to combat this sort of distortion of Islamic teachings.  

Spencer and Ingraham criticized the new immigration bill that has loopholes for student visas as far as their potential radicalization.  Spencer said it is very easy to be radicalized online and in the US without going overseas.  He cited a study that 80% of mosques favor Sharia law trumping US law.  

 

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Pope Francis Tweet: Pray For Victims of Texas Fertilizer Blast

Pope Francis tweet: Pray for Texas fertilzer plant blast

In a message posted Thursday morning, Pope Francis said: "Please join me in praying for the victims of the explosion in Texas and their families."

 

The 4 Minute Speech That Helped Elect A Pope

In an essay from the Wall Street Journal, "15 Days In Rome: How The Pope Was Picked", one of the most important factors cited as leading to the election of Pope Francis was his 4 minute speech among those given by the cardinals that articulated his vision for the Catholic Church. The essay was excerpted from the new ebook, Pope Francis: From the End of the Earth to Rome

"When the church is self-referential," he said, "inadvertently, she believes she has her own light; she ceases to be the mysterium lunae and gives way to that very serious evil, spiritual worldliness."

Roman Catholicism, he said, needed to shift its focus outward, to the world beyond Vatican City walls, to the outside. The new pope "must be a man who, from the contemplation and adoration of Jesus Christ, helps the church to go out to the existential peripheries, that helps her to be the fruitful mother, who gains life from the sweet and comforting joy of evangelizing."

 

Catholic Chaplain Captain Emil Kapaun Awarded Medal of Honor

President Obama award Chaplain (Captain) Emil J. Kapaun, U.S. Army, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry at the White House. Chaplain Kapaun is receiving the Medal of Honor posthumously for his extraordinary heroism while serving with the 3d Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division during combat operations against an armed enemy at Unsan, Korea and as a prisoner of war from November 1-2, 1950. April 11, 2013.

 

 

 

Laura Ingraham on "Fox & Friends": North Korea, Media Bias

Laura Ingraham appeared on "Fox and Friends" on April 9th.

Ingraham said it's troubling that the US is outsourcing its foreign policy on North Korea to China as it assumes greater power on the world stage.  She questioned what we could do as we know very little about Kim Jong Un despite AQ Khan's contention that nothing will happen.  She noted that it's a sign of the US as a declining power and Obama's lack of engagement on the issue.  

Ingraham defended Fox News Jana Winter's right to protect her sources on her story on Aurora shooter James Holmes. She stated that if this had been the elite media, there would have been great interest and defense of Winter.

Ingraham contrasted the media coverage of the obits of Margaret Thatcher and Hugo Chavez with Chavez getting an "Entertainment Tonight" coverage and that Thatcher has received derisive language from the left.  Ingraham who enjoyed a small luncheon party for Thatcher, described,  as a great lady.

 

Pope Francis Calls For Decisive Action On Clergy Sex Abuse Cases

 Pope Francis called for decisive action on clergy sex abuse on Friday by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Church which deals with this issue.

Francis said the department should continue to "act decisively as far as cases of sexual abuse are concerned, promoting, above all, measures to protect minors, help for those who have suffered such violence in the past (and) the necessary procedures against those who are guilty," a statement said.

It said the pope wanted Catholic bishops around the world to promote and put into place "directives in this matter which is so important for the witness of the Church and its credibility".

 

Pope Francis Very Popular With US Catholics

Pope Francis has poll numbers that politicians would salivate for.

The former archbishop of Buenos Aires has an 84% favorable rating, including 43% who hold a very favorable view of him, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.

Nina Shea, Author of "Persecuted" on "The Laura Ingraham Show"

Laura Ingraham guest host Raymond Arroyo spoke to Nina Shea, author of "Persecuted".

Shea said the persecution of Christians as detailed in a recent Pew report is a result of radical Islamism and the number of Christians.

Shea said Christians in North Korea are sent to concentration camps and is the worst country for such activity.  She said the death penalty or long prison terms given in Iran for prostylatizing.  She also mentioned Pakistan and said that international pressure can ease these effects.  She cited speech codes that are used to implicate people, causing mob violence against the accused.  Anyone who defends Christians risks their lives.  

Shea feels the United States has been too quiet in responding to these outrages.  She thinks misguided political correctness causes leaders to shy away from condemnation and Arroyo stated it's a human rights issue.  Shea sees it the gravest issue of our time.