http://www.blogtalkradio.com/saltchroniclesTired of the constant tirade of politics, celebrity, and current events? Join show host Michael Clapier as he uses humor, hope and humanity to explore those moments that make our lives wonderful, interesting and worth living. enCopyright Michael Clapier (C/O Blogtalkradio)Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:00:00 GMTTue, 28 Jun 2011 22:30:00 GMTLifestyleBlogTalkRadio Feed v2.0https://dasg7xwmldix6.cloudfront.net/hostpics/466fc76c-cc5c-4001-975e-da290df129af_looking_on.jpghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/saltchroniclesTired of the constant tirade of politics, celebrity, and current events? Join show host Michael Clapier as he uses humor, hope and humanity to explore those moments that make our lives wonderful, interesting and worth living. feeds@blogtalkradio.comBlogTalkRadio.comlifestyle,barack obama,celebrity,common experience,conversation,family,foolish leadership,grandmother,happiness,joblessMichael ClapiernoTired of the constant tirade of politics, celebrity, and current events? Join show host Michael Clapier as he uses humor, hope and humanity to explore those moepisodichttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/saltchronicles/2011/06/28/why-are-these-people-in-chargePolitics Conservativehttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/saltchronicles/2011/06/28/why-are-these-people-in-charge/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/saltchronicles/2011/06/28/why-are-these-people-in-chargeTue, 28 Jun 2011 22:30:00 GMTWhy Are These People in Charge? As the 2012 Presidential campaign begins, the candidates are massing on the borders of battleground states.  Iowa is under attack with more to follow.  Is it possible to prepare for this foriegn invasion? I fail to see anyone acting in my best interests.  If they were, it seems that they would be doing things very differently. Three wars, a million dollar trip to Africa, a proposed $1 billion budget to get re-elected, more job less Americans since the Great Depression, a deficit capable of killing our economy for generations to come, and our leaders act either clueless, careless, impotent, omnipotent, don't care, or are actively engaged in the destruction of American exceptionalism. If you think I'm kidding, listen to this. 00:20:00Michael Clapiernopresidential election,Barack Obama,jobless,national debt,foolish leadershipAs the 2012 Presidential campaign begins, the candidates are massing on the borders of battleground states.  Iowa is under attack with more to follow.  Is ithttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/saltchronicles/2011/05/26/have-we-lost-our-beginningLifestylehttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/saltchronicles/2011/05/26/have-we-lost-our-beginning/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/saltchronicles/2011/05/26/have-we-lost-our-beginningThu, 26 May 2011 20:00:00 GMTHave We Lost Our Beginning? Am I the only one experiencing a new passion for knowing who I am, why I started this journey and placed my feet on this particular path?  I feel like a mechanic who has taken an engine apart, and while remaking it into a new and better version, keeps forgetting what the original looked like. I found an interesting insight in my grandmother's journal that illustrated a validation in her life that brings meaning to mine. 00:24:00Michael Clapiernograndmother,family,journals,the meaning of life,happinessAm I the only one experiencing a new passion for knowing who I am, why I started this journey and placed my feet on this particular path?  I feel like a mechahttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/saltchronicles/2011/05/11/the-most-personal-things-are-most-universalLifestylehttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/saltchronicles/2011/05/11/the-most-personal-things-are-most-universal/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/saltchronicles/2011/05/11/the-most-personal-things-are-most-universalWed, 11 May 2011 05:00:00 GMTThat Which is Most Personal is Most Universal Are we losing our ability to engage in personal conversation between one another?  We draw common experience from current events of the day and those politics, celebrity comings and going or sporting events dominate our conversation.  But why?  What is gained by knowing that some professional basketball player has added a hideous tatoo or a politician has broken yet another promise.  Where in the grand scheme of how we live our lives do those topics touch us and how?  In the course of our human experience it is the most intimate of experience that is the most universal among us.  Yet, we choose to draw upon the antics of the foolish rather than celebrate the well worn lives of the wise.  Is it possible to draw richer conclusion about who we are and what we are striving to become?  In this episode we draw a few foundational conclusions regarding our method of connection and the value of celebrating our cohesion rather than our discord. 00:26:00Michael Clapiernoconversation,celebrity,politics,common experience,wisdomAre we losing our ability to engage in personal conversation between one another?  We draw common experience from current events of the day and those politics,