Its unfair. John politician are cronies of businessman, safety nannies and aspiring social engineers. Instead of keeping us safe, they chip away at our liberty. Thats our show, tonight. Obviously, the biggest threat to liberty is one that will take your life. Recently in paris, terrorists killed more than 130 people, and afterward, isis bragged we successfully attacked the capital of prostitution and obscenity. Were prostitution and obscenity the reason the murderers did what they did . I dont presume to know. But i do know that the first and most important job of government is to protect us from enemies, foreign and domestic. And no government can do that perfectly, but its much harder to do when politicians obsess about so many other things that some people do. Prostitution, obscenity, but also gambling, drug use, speech and more. When politicians go after things like that, they cant focus on real enemies, and yet in america thats whats happening. Our government has told colleges you better treat every student equally and make them feel safe, or well cut off your funds. One result is that when people are gunned down in parts of the world, on College Campuses, the most privileged and pampered Adult Children obsess about our right not to be offended. That idea is a threat to free speech. Samantha harris works for the foundation for individual rights and education. There is a terrible conflation of the right to actual physical safety with some perceived right to emotional safety. John lets give some examples. Lets play video from the university of missouri where some students were upset how the university responded to complaints about racist comments. Members of the Football Team joined the protest. Refused to play a game. The game was played only after the president of the university resigned. Then claimed that Media Coverage of the protest was insensitive. So they demanded a safe space. Safe from hostile media. The student photographer showed up to take pictures and this happened. Dont have a right to take our photos. Go no, i do have the right to a photo. First amendment. Hey, hey, ho, ho, reporters have got to go. John that reporter was very composed and said all the right things. I have a job to do. Im documenting this. Hey, hey, ho, ho this is the First Amendment that protects your right to stand here and protects mine they said that the photographer was threatening their safe space, and i can see why they want to feel safe. Yeah, but what they didnt realize is the very same First Amendment protecting the rights of the media to be covering that public protest. John and what was creepy to me is it wasnt just naive students who demanded the photographer leave a public space, a journalism professor did this too, and this university official. Whats your name . My name is 1950. Are you with the office . No, my name is concerned students of 1950. She calls herself 1950. That was the first year the university admitted black students. The protesters pushed the photographer all the way out of area. Youre pushing me youre not doing your job. Youre not doing your job. Its my right to walk forward. John samantha, at least the University Later said that was wrong. They did. And the protesters also did later walk back demands that the media stay out and invite the media to come participate. John but the climate is wrong, you say . Yes, yes, you see that the first impulse of administrators and faculty is often to censor, and its reflective of the dysfunctional cult our campus when it comes to free speech. John the attitude we have to focus on victimhood is amazing to me. A selfdescribed transwoman named emma tweeted out it was repulsive the way journalists used paris to sweep conflict of the university of missouri under the rug. Yeah, just how pathological this conflation of emotional and physical safety has become. John and yet, even crazier than the missouri protest is what went on at yale after the university told students be careful what you wear on halloween. Be sensitive. One professor sent out a thoughtful email who said whos business is it to control the forms of costumes of young people . Its not mine. Some students were outraged by that. Saying not censoring costumes would lead someone to wear an offensive one. To clear things up, the professor went to talk to the students and this happened. What the [ bleep ] did you accept the position . Who the [ bleep ] hired you . Sit down. If that is what you think about sit down. It is not you understand that its about creating a home here you are not doing that you are disgusting i think its the protesters who are disgusting. The email from the faculty member was such a thoughtful invitation to dialogue. The idea that having to be exposed to ideas that one might disagree with, even in the most respectful way is something that for which someone should have to step down from their position, its so illiberal. John North Carolina state referred people to the link which guided them on what kind of costume would be okay or insensitive . Yeah, i like to say that nowadays you need a graduate degree in sociology to figure out what to wear on a college campus. John does this come just from crazy people in colleges or government . Weve seen guidance from the federal government that suggests that universities or more than suggests since they control federal funding that universities adopt broad definitions of sexual harassment. John broad can mean ambiguous, you dont know whats okay . Exactly. Weve seen that in Chilling Effect on a classroom speech. Professors investigated on classroom speech on difficult and sensitive topics. John i see why, the Education Department said any unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature including verbal conduct. Right. And even though the federal government has sort of privately walked that back, fire and other Civil Liberties groups wrote to the office of civil rights after they issued that language about any unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature and wrote back to fire. John fire is your group. Yes, it does not trickle down to universities adopting this language in droves and investigating students and faculty for speech simply because its sexually related and it offends someone. John one more college example. This one from californias Claremont Mckenna college, where after students complained they didnt fit in, a dean emailed a student saying she would like to talk to students who dont fit the mold. Students were offended by that. Now you put into writing we dont fit the mold. Nothing that you have said has made me feel like i am protected by you, that i am safe in your office. Nothing. John the dean then resigned. At least some students found that outrageous. Claremont student Taylor Schmidt wrote this editorial entitled we dissent. Taylor joins us now. You dissent how. To the claims of john you work for the alternative newspaper. Right, the claremont independent. And we dissent to the claims of racial bias that Claremont Mckenna showed disrespect to the administration for easily giving in to the inappropriate protest. John are you an outcast at school for having the feelings . A little bit, yes, weve received a lot of messages from students who are afraid to go public like we did, they feel they will become outcasts. What does that mean . Afraid . Theyre not going to beat you up, are they . There have been instances of students dorm rooms being vandalized, being anything other than progressive on a campus are threats, and there are real threats. The students can get whatever they want if they yell loudly enough. That sets a horrible precedent. John thats going on all over the place. American schools are not alone in this kind of craziness. Check out this short australian film, starts in math class. Question . One plus one. Yes . Two. Incorrect. Yes . Multiculturalism. Well done, simon. Next question, what is three times three . Yes . Nine. Wrong. Yes penelope . Gender equality. Very good penelope. Is this a joke . You think gender equality is a joke . No, isnt this a math class. Dont be so racist. I asked a question. Questions are offensive. John this student presents a brilliant mathematical solution for assessing heart attack risks. It could potentially save thousands of lives. Seven. You barely even read it. You used red pen. Red is considered offensive in many religions. Why would you belittle everything down to a singular color. Humanity is a rainbow of beauty and spirituality. Yeah. John its obviously a parody but does this feel real to you guys . Unfortunately yes, and its gotten worse to the point you are not only going to be vilified for disagrees with the protesters, but there is a new phrase saying silence is violence and use that to demonize those who dont agree with them. John silence is violence . Thats correct. John you didnt laugh because you thought it was too real. Its meant to be a comedy and well done but unfortunately reflects the reality of College Campuses well. John thank you, samantha, taylor. What are other threats to liberty. When i asked you to social media warren waddles responded warren, you are absolutely right. The people who keep asking politicians to fix things pass a law, theyre partially at fault. The media does that all the time. We saw an example in the smarmy questions during the Republican Debate on cnbc, i was surprised when one republican who is antiliberty pushed back. Were talking about fantasy football . John more on that and threats to liberty next. I see trees of green red roses too i see them bloom for me and you and i think to myself what a Wonderful World music the colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky are also on the faces of people going by i see friends shakin hands saying how do you do . Theyre really saying i love you i hear babies cry i watch them grow theyll learn much more than ill ever know and i think to myself what a Wonderful World music oh yeah choose, choose, choose. But at bedtime . Why settle for this . Enter sleep number, and the lowest prices of the season. Sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. You like the bed soft. Hes more hardcore. So your sleep goes from good to great to wow only at a sleep number store, find the lowest prices of the season. Save 600 on the 1 rated i8 bed, plus no interest until january 2018. Know better sleep with sleep number. Trust your numbers, play this sunday for your shot to be a fantasy football millionaire. I play weekly. John its fun. Millions of americans bet on fantasy football and other things. In new york, a control freak politician wants that to stop. The state attorney general Eric Schneiderman ordered the two main fantasy sites draftkings and fanduel to stop accepting bets. Betting in football is illegal gambling and of course it is gambling. But so what the stock market is gambling. I gamble all the time. Im an adult, cant i risk my money as i choose . Schneidermans own government runs a much sleazier gambling operation called the state lottery. They use taxpayer money to fund ads like this. The new york Mega Millions jackpot is now over 195 million the odds of winning the state lottery are far worse than the odds in fantasy football or most any other bet, but lotteries are legal because government runs them. Steve runs a website that gives advice how to bet. 20 years ago started a Sports Betting business but government shut it down. Now you just advise people, if they hadnt shot you down youd be a billionaire now, probably. Maybe i could have fought like they did. John so schneiderman says gambling creates public lelth and economic problems. Right. Well, look, the average bet on football is 15. I dont know how that holds weight. John the law says its illegal to gamble on a no skill game. They call sports gambling no skill, but then again we chase people from playing all the time, they have too much skill. Fantasy is obviously a game. John obviously a game of skill. But that doesnt it make it not gambling. There are plenty of games of skill that are gambling. Black jack, poker, all gambling. John they are antichoice, antifun. Some politicians reflexively resist anything new. When mixed martial arts came about, some people called it barbaric, mma was one of the most popular and lucrative sports in america. Smarter states got rid of the bans not in new york. Uber and airbnb, the ride sharing and room sharing sites are incredible. They deem them unregulated. They are not. Theyre regulated by competition. Politicians think only their regulation is good but competition is better regulation. The politicians think they should decide how you use your property. Also they get Campaign Money from unions and Taxi Companies and hotels. Schneiderman got big bucks from the casino industry. Maybe thats why hes suing. Seen the movie before. They got rid of the sports gambling industry. Created a void. European publicly traded companies fill the void. Now get rid of the two American Companies paying taxes, spending all this money on ads, whos going to come in. The demand is created. John the businesses dont go away. Its offshore. The void is fills and billions go offshore never to return. John during the cnbc Republican Debate, a moderator asked jeb bush this question. Fantasy sports, to play you have to assess your odds, wait for an outcome thats out of your control. Isnt that the definition of gambling and should the federal government treat it as such . First of all, im 70 in my fantasy football league. John bush gave this evasive answer. There should be some regulation, i have no clue whether the federal government is the proper place. John i was surprised that Chris Christie interrupted to say this. We have isis and al qaeda attacking us and were talking about fantasy football let people play who cares who cares . Im all for the government not telling us what to do with our recreational time if it doesnt offend or hurt anyone. [ applause ] it hurts some people. Some people have a gambling problem. Im playing devils advocate. 1 are the degenerate type of gamblers that ruin their life of gambling. Some have it in the dna, if it wasnt gambling, it would be drugs or women or whatever else they want to ruin their lives. John banning it doesnt stop them from doing it. Absolutely not. Lets make regular sports gambling legal, too. Its what americans want, what americans do. Very few things that americans do anymore. Thats one of them. Were good at it, let us make the money, let us bring it here. [ applause ] thank you, steve. Just for the record, we libertarians arent crazy about giving government more tax money, but leaving people free. Great idea. Coming up, other ways government eats our liberty while claiming its covered, its bare, it needs more of our money. Thats a lie. Governments covered this is the one place were not afraid to fail. Some of these experiments may not work. But a few might shape the future. Like turning algae into biofuel. New technology for capturing co2 emissions. And cars twice as efficient as the average car today. Ideas exxonmobil scientists are working on to make energy go further. No matter how many tries it takes. Energy lives here. Choose, choose, choose. But at bedtime . Why settle for this . Enter sleep number, and the lowest prices of the season. Sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. You like the bed soft. Hes more hardcore. So your sleep goes from good to great to wow only at a sleep number store, find the lowest prices of the season. Save 600 on the 1 rated i8 bed, plus no interest until january 2018. Know better sleep with sleep number. Theresits notng you casomething you buy. Ithout. Or something you take. In fact theres only one way to get it. It has to be given to you. Freely. Its consent. Because sex without it. Isnt sex. Its rape. Consent. If you dont get it, you dont get it. Its on us to stop sexual assault. Learn how and take the pledge at itsonus. Org. John when i ask you on social media what are threats to our liberty, mike tweeted the biggest threat is government take more of my hard earned money to use as others see fit. Good point, mike, as government grows and takes more of our money, we are less free because we cant spend on things we think are important. Of course politicians say every dollar we take from you is used for something essential. Thats nonsense. The General Accounting Office said the department of Homeland Security spent 3 billion on salaries for Government Employees who never showed up for work. Drew johnson tracks crazy ways government spends your money. Why did they pay them for not going to work . Basically it was easier to pay these people not to show up than it was to fire them, so they were dangerous or worried about them, they didnt want them in the office, so paid them to stay home. A billion dollars a year. John we keep talking about the federal government, your group focuses on state and local. I was surprised to have you tell me to look at the numbers, they spend about as much . Absolutely. You look at what the federal government spends every year, almost 4 trillion, and the state and local governments added together 3. 8. Almost the same amount of money. John whos worse . The federal governments had a easier time. The local governments, state governments are worse because we dont have as many eyes on them. John how do you find the waste . Filed open records request for budgets, audits. We look at just contracts and Government Credit cards. In tennessee, i remember one time, i found that a mayor had bought his mistress lingerie from victorias secret using Government Credit cards. This time of year, a lot of people take their employees out. A lot of government officials for thanksgiving or christmas dinners or celebrations and dont get a 10 pizza, they go to ruths chris or mortons or flemings and spend a thousand. John you found the department of health and Human Services spend 3,000 to see if monkeys make good decisions on cocaine. 7 million to see if rabbits eyes blink fast or lsd.