Shrinking national monuments. Its been an issue he has cared about in terms of corralling federal powers. Wednesday some type of announcement on israel, the administration has indicated theyre likely to declare that jerusalem is the capitol but punt on this ongoing issue of where the u. S. Embassy should be. In all likelihood it will stay in tel aviv. On president the president will be back on eye the campaign trail so to speak in pensacola, florida, for a rally. That is aimed at roy moore supporters who live across the bay in mobile. So we see the moore issue pop up. We just saw it this morning, the president said that he is supporting roy moore. Overhanging all of this is the ongoing russia investigation, the issue of general flynn, whether he is going to provide information to the Mueller Probe that could implicates other in the white house, and then im sure as mike will be focusing on, at the end of the week we have big budget deadline, perhaps a government shutdown, and the presid
We have no chance. What do we do, ignore the problem . There are things we can do. Thethe goal should be to channel the trade every substance as well as other current illicit drugs and illegal channels come into the hands of reputable businesses which means requiring standards for labeling and dosage so that customers no what there getting. And then as citizens of a free society they get to make there own decisions. People see a percentage of the population has a great desire to get high one way or the other. People have been sniffing glue and paint thinner for decades. We are not about out those substances. It would not be effective if we tried. Again the focus ought to be on Harm Reduction policy one that tries to channel the trade through the hands of reputable businesses, guarantees accurate labeling and dosage and then allows people to remain free to make there own decisions for good or ill. Nobody saidnobody said the ability to make these decisions will always ensure wise decisio
Followed. An agency that over the past several years has been mired in a tory us gridlock. Theyve had difficulty really agreeing on anything of great subs. Substance. As a result, many of these areas that we are talking about are very fuzzy. Court nations, Nonprofit Organizations and whether they can spend as much money as they want to on politics coordinations, Nonprofit Organizations and whether they can spend as much money as they want to on. Many of these issues are being punted. Agencies cannot agree on it. They will be weighing in in 2016 which leaves everything up in the air on these specific questions. Host for the radio listeners we showed a headline to one of Dave Levinthals recent stories about gridlocked elections watchdogs. Questions about these Campaign Reports . Time to call in in general. Democratic line, st. Louis missouri, good morning. Caller good morning. Mr. Leventhal, this is a hypothetical question. If you were to add up all the money that was spent on campaigns,
Which is one of the tragic consequences. Attics okay. Okay. Drug addiction is a tragedy. But it is a bigger tragedy when they die because of the drug war itself. Finally i should wrapi should wrap this up by saying that is futile is this drug warriors as destructive as it is that is not the real reason why we should call for the end to this war. I mean, we see the futility going to put him back in jail make sure he is incarcerated for the rest of his life without parole like they did the silk road guy. You know, for what . What is the. . They put him back in jail or they dont. Nothing is going to change any more than it has over the last four years. But the real reason that we want to end this war on drugs is not just the futility of it but because of the concept of human freedom. Ted mentioned russia and iran. Conservative examples of the war on drugs. Lets look at the leftist examples like cuba and north korea and china and vietnam all of which have drug laws and the drug war because
Who did the same thing and got a similar penalty. So justice requires proportionality and it requires equity in my case, i did exceed the campaignfinance laws, in fact fact i said from the beginning i had done so. So the problem is there seems to be known in the United States who would receive the kind of punishment i got for doing what i did. To give you an example, theres an asian and indian fellow and child low and he gave a 186,000 over the campaignfinance and the Democratic Candidates including Hillary Clinton. He was also convicted of witness tampering to try to get people to lie to him in court. So he got a sentence of three months probation, thats probation, thats it, no prison no confinement. Now im giving in a noncorrupt corrupt way, i gave to a College Friend i had nothing to gain from it, i did it it out of a desire to help a longtime pal, i got a severe sentence. Mike concern is more about equity of treatment of people who are similarly situated, i did do it but i think th