Hector And Mike Experience - Common Sense In An Uncommon World

Make no mistake – the looting and smash and grab crime taking place in California is being seen around the country. It’s in the news everywhere, and it leaves people inside and outside California asking: Why is this happening? The question is a natural one. How could a state which boasts so much prosperity become as unsafe as a third world country? The answer is simple: It is human nature. Crimina...

Today, we talked with Lance Christensen about his work with Fix California Education - Education Saving Account Act of 2022. Californians pay high taxes for an expensive and outdated public education system that fails our children and does not prepare them for the 21st-century economy. Despite record spending on education this year, California public schools continue to rank below the national ave...

In this special Thanksgiving edition of the Hector and Mike Experience, Common Sense in a Turkey World, we look at the positive things to be grateful for this year - family, friends, and life. We share some ideas on how to stay positive when it seems that everything is falling apart in our state and country. Happy Thanksgiving!

On this episode of the Hector and Mike Experience – Common Sense in an Uncommon World - we talk about the new presidential polling numbers from Quinnipiac Poll. Biden is tanking and the American people signal that they no longer trust Democrats on the economy. Will the New Year be better for Joe and Kamala? Also we discuss Governor Gavin Newsom's response on California’s high gas prices: “Californ...

Gavin Ghosts California, Biden Payout/Reparations Ignores African & Japanese Americans Governor Gavin Newsom goes missing, and after ten days, he said his kids wanted him to spend time with them. This is a noble and a wonderful thing that a father should do, but do you believe it? If that was the reason, Newsom should have said something from day 1. He is the Governor of one of the largest sta...

The Biden Harris Administration now wants to pay $450,000 to individual undocumented immigrants who came across American borders. Will the polling numbers go lower as people's ire goes higher? And what about the trillion-dollar infrastructure bill - $550 billion for roads, bridges, and highways, but where did the rest go? The answer will make you wonder what infrastructure means to Congress. ...

Virginia is for lovers...of common sense - https://www.virginia.org/ The Commonwealth elects a Republican Governor, a Republican African-American woman Lt. Governor, and a Republican Hispanic Attorney General. Is this a path to success for the GOP for 2022? What's next for a Biden Administration that threw everything they had into Virginia? Was Kamala right when she said, "What happens in Virginia...

As President Joe Biden hits the campaign trail to promote his Build Back Better Plan, are Americans buying it? They might have no choice. It's about the only thing on the shelves these days—a shortage of paper products, chicken, and other staples at the market. The energy price skyrockets and media reports of a lack of Christmas trees and turkeys are daily stories. Will the Biden message cut throu...

As inflation and supply chain problems drive up the cost of diapers, spaghetti sauce and other products, a California State Assemblywoman tweets to Elon Musk “FU," and now Elon is moving Tesla’s headquarters from California to Austin, Texas. If that wasn’t enough, more California schools are reporting budget deficits, even after the state of California provided them with almost 40 BILLION in new f...

The Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, addressed a small crowd this past week at the groundbreaking ceremony where a 19-story homeless housing project, consisting of 278 units, is scheduled to be built by December 2023. At a cost of $160 million, the housing project comprises 47 one-bedroom units, 228 studio units, and three units for the managers. I get that property in Los Angeles is expensive...

Virginia gubernatorial candidate, Terry McAuliffe is in some hot water after he was recorded saying that parents should not control what schools teach their kids. But Terry’s type of thinking isn’t just limited to Virginia, it is found throughout the country - critical race theory, and with the idea that math and test are racist, and if you object, then you get labeled as a racist or white supremi...

Yes, you read that right. The city of San Francisco, home to the Speaker of the House and the Governor of California and the Vice President of the United States is doing a pilot program where it pays known criminals not to shoot people. What happened to personal responsibility? Either the population of SF is so bad, or the politicians are so oxygen deprived from the forest fires that they have dec...

In this episode, we look at Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe’s comments that parents shouldn’t have a say in what schools teach their children. If Terry’s comments are accurate, why do we get asked to join the PTA, help raise money, or volunteer if we, as parents, don’t matter? Now we know who comes first – the union, then the teachers, then everybody else. We also look at the insa...

"Don't Let California Become Texas" was the message that Governor Gavin Newsom and other state Democrats used to defeat the recall campaign. It galvanized dispassionate Democrats, rang true with Independents, and even cut into recall support among Republicans, especially women. For Republicans, the Texas law is like kicking a hornet's nest with national implications. What worked in California will...

In this episode, Hector and Mike discuss the closing days of the California recall election, and some of the underlying issues, which have many moms and other Californians frustrated and angry at Gov. Newsom. The recall election has become a national thing. Latest poll numbers show that 58 percent of Californians now oppose the recall - a massive swing from just two weeks ago. Gov Newsom is bringi...

Recorded on 8/30/2021.  As the Biden administration keeps on fumbling with the withdraw in Afghanistan, Vice President Kamala Harris cancels her trip to California to help Governor Gavin Newsom with his NO on the Recall Campaign. 

As the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan falls to the Taliban, Biden says the buck stops with him but then blames others. With a chaotic evacuation, the criticism mounts. 

The summer of Cuomo and Newsom - two pillars of the Democratic Party could be gone in September.  *** As mentioned in our podcast, Pearl is a rescue. There is a lot of great work being done by the people at the Golden Retriever Club of Greater Los Angeles Rescue. grcglarescue.org 

In this episode of the Hector and Mike experience we look at the $10 million that Gov. Gavin Newsom is spending on campaign ads. Will that be enough or will he need a lot more than $10 million? We also discuss Simone Biles and the pressure faced by other young athletes. Let’s stop with the criticisms, because it is easy to do from the cheap seats.

In this episode we discuss the 80 year old grandmother and former U.S. Senator, Barbara Boxer getting assaulted and robbed of her cell phone. What type of justice will this criminal justice warrior demand? Now that a lenient liberal of the left has become a victim of crime, will liberals in California and their rich do-gooder supporters understand that thanks to them,  in California...Cr...

In this episode we look at Los Angeles County mandating masks indoors and out as billionaires get ready to take their millionaire friends for a trip around Earth. What are the environmental and social implications of space travel? Will California mandate that all space travel be solar powered? We also look at Biden’s infrastructure plan and will the proposed tax hike doom Democrats in 2022? Will t...

Gas prices shooting up as Biden Administration sounds out of touch. Almost 50% of Americans DISAPPROVE of Kamala's handling of border crisis. 83 and counting for the recall...does more candidates help or hurt Republican chances.

As former President Donald Trump forces Vice President Kamala Harris to the border, the recall of Gavin Newsom has been set. Candidates have until July 16 to turn in their paperwork and get ready for the September 14 sprint.  In addition, New York prosecutors go fishing for flipping as they announce the first criminal indictment in a two-year investigation into Donald Trump's business practic...

After 94 days, Kamala finally goes to the border, 800 miles away from the border crisis. But, as the liberal media (NY Times) has an opinion piece, "Dear Kamala Harris: It's a Trap." Joe Biden starts a whisper campaign to make people think he is ok. It doesn't work. Then Joe starts a fund the police campaign to make people believe Dems are for the police. It doesn't work. Is DC in an alternate uni...

In our first episode of the " Hector and Mike Experience, Common Sense in an Uncommon World," we look at the disastrous foreign affairs trip that VP Kamala Harris took while President Biden had a cakewalk. So what does it mean for Harris? Did the Biden Administration set her up for failure? We look at the Fauci Effect and whether he has worn out his welcome. Is Fauci still credible or has he becom...