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What We're Talking About 04-22

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On the Chris Plante Show:

Thursday, 04-22-2010

Hour 1 : What Role Should Government Play?

Well look at that, it's Earth day!  And on this most wonderful national holiday, there are some fun GREEN stories in the news.  DC is going to force all new buildings to capture 90% of rainwater by covering their buildings with either plants or water collectors.  At the same time, one Montgomery County councilman wants to tax a Power Plant for its carbon emissions.  An AP Piece says that now on the 40th Earth Day we've had, its getting harder than ever to spur people into action, because we've fixed the visable problems and now there's just climate change to tackle!  All this makes Chris Plante ask - What SHOULD be the Government's role when it comes to the Environment?  What should the government do or not do about mother earth?

Hour 2: Are You Anti-Wall Street?

So on MSLSD last night, Chris Matthews was talking to Savannah Guthrie and he asked her if Obama seems happier to be fighting Wall Street than he was in the Health Care battle.  Savannah said yes, mainly because this time a majority of people are on his side, anti-wall street!  Is there a big anti-wall street majority?  Do people really hate Wall Street?  We know Obama hates Wall Street and capitalism and making money and the like, but does a majority agree with him?  Do you hate Wall Street?

Hour 3: Should He Have Been Fired?

So there's a voice actor in LA named Lance Baxter, who goes by DC Douglas when he does his voiceover work.  He's known for work in ads and video games, but recently he's mainly done work in Geico ads.  However, that has come to an end due to a voice mail he left last week.  He got all steamed at the Tea party rallies, and called in to 'Freedom Works'.  He left a message asking what percent of people there are 'Mentally Retarded', and if they had a plan in place for when a tea partier actually kills someone.  He also left his real name and phone number.  So then, FreedomWatch posted the voicemail online, and 10 hours later Lance was fired.  Yep, Geico got some calls from angry Tea Party people and dropped Lance like a hot potato.  Was it the right thing to do?  Lance didn't post the voice mail, it was something said in private, he's hardly the voice of the Geico ads (He's not the gecko or anything), so did Geico do the right thing?

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Chris plays the Voice Mail and lays out the question on Lance Baxter.  Click Here to hear it again!