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ed gillespie - the daily show with jon stewart - 120811 - video clip comedy central
Bookmarked 747 weeks ago ed gillespie weighs in on government regulation airdate - 120811 |
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battle for the california desert: why is the government driving folks off their land
Bookmarked 761 weeks ago the antelope valley is a vast patch of desert on the outskirts of los angeles county and a segment of the few rugged individualists who live out there increasingly are finding themselves the targets of armed raids from local code enforcement agents who039ve assembled into task forces called nuisance abatement teams nats the plight of the valley039s desert dwellers made regional headlines when county officials ordered the destruction of phonehenge: a towering colorful castle constructed out of telephone poles by retired phone technician kim fahey fahey was imprisoned and charged with several misdemeanors but fahey is just one of many who039ve been targeted by the nats which were assembled at the request of county supervisor mike antonovich in 2006 la weekly reporter mars melnicoff wrote an in-depth article in which she exposed the county039s tactic of badgering residents with minor but costly code violations until they face little choice but to vacate the land altogether quotthey039re picking on the the people who are the most defenseless and have the least resourcesquot says melnicoff reasontv collaborated with melnicoff to talk with some of the nat039s targets such as retired veteran joey gallo who might face homelessness if he039s forced to leave his house and local pastor oscar castaneda who says he039s already given up the fight and is in the process of moving off the land he and his wife have lived on for 22 years and while antonovich declined an interview we did catch up with him at a public meeting in order to ask the big question at the center of all this: why the sudden enforcement of these codes against people living in the middle of the desert who seemingly are affecting no one writer-producers: zach weissmueller and tim cavanaugh associate producer: mars melnicoff camera: alex manning and weissmueller edited by weissmuellerapproximately 9:48 music by audionautixcomvisit reasontv for downloadable versions of this and all our videos and subscribe to reasontv039s youtube channel to receive automatic notification when new content is posted |
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are we broke yet michael moore says no reality begs to differ
Bookmarked 766 weeks ago quotthe nation is not broke my friendsquot opines guerilla filmmaker and amateur accountant michael moore quotwisconsin is not broke saying that the country is broke is repeating a big liequotrelax america it turns out that all that talk about local state and federal government being broke is just total bs or as the new york times puts it quotobfuscating nonsensea scare tactic employed for political endsquotmoore is a bit skimpy on evidence simply asserting that all we need to do to make things right is to shake down rich people who quothave divertedwealth into a deep well that sits on their well-guarded estatesquot the times039 case isn039t much more compelling quota country with a deficit is not necessarily any more 039broke039 than a family with a mortgage or a college loanquot says the paper of record quotand states have to balance their budgetsquotok but what should you call a family or a country that spent about 20 percent of gdp for each of the past 60 years while raising less than 18 percent of gdp each year and that is facing a massive balloon payment let039s call it entitlement spending on medicare and social security in the not-too-distant future and has to keep borrowing money just to pay today039s bills and has no chance of increasing its take-home pay to cover its expensesit039s a pretty safe bet that most of us would call that family or country broke or something along those lineshere are federal deficit projections from president barack obama admits in his own proposed 2012 budget that the red ink will continue to flow for as long he may be in officeand what about the states it039s true that states have to balance their budgets each year by law but that doesn039t mean they don039t spend more than they take in wisconsin alone is looking at a shortfall of 18 billion in the next year here039s what the center on budget and policy priorities says about the mismatch between spending and revenue: quot2012 is shaping up as states039 most difficult budget year on record thus far some 45 states and the district of columbia are projecting budget shortfalls totaling 125 billion for fiscal year 2012quotthen there039s local government the national league of cities is estimating that aggregate revenue shortfalls between 2010 and 2012 will end up totaling somewhere between 56 billion and 83 billionas president obama put it plainly in his state of the union address just a few weeks ago quotwe have to confront the fact that our government spends more than it takes in that is not sustainablequotso call us broke or call us flush with cash whatever unless you think our elected officials are like charlie sheen - able to cure our problems simply willing it - our fiscal reality isn039t going to get better by pretending that we039re not in deep troublemaybe acknowledging that you039ve got a problem really is the first step to fixing it if that039s the case we039ve still got a ways to go before we even start doing the hard work of cutting out of control spending at every level of governmentin the meantime read quotthe 19 percent: how to balance the budget without raising taxesquot quotfailed states: after a long spending binge governors go begging for a handout it won039t be their lastquot and quothow to save cleveland: turning around america039s dying cities is difficult improbable and necessaryquotto read those stories and get charts and links to all the figures above go to http:reasoncomblog20110307are-we-broke-yet-michael-moorequotare we broke yetquot is written and produced by meredith bragg and nick gillespie about 130 minutes long go to reasontv for downloadable versions of our videos and subscribe to our youtube channel to receive automatic notifications when new material goes live |
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supergirl - official teaser trailer - warner bros uk ireland - youtube
Bookmarked 16 weeks ago look out new trailer for supergirl landing in cinemas and imax june 26 filmedforimaxldquosupergirlrdquo dc studiosrsquo newest feature film to hit the big screen |
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40 years of drug war failure: leap039s neill franklin
Bookmarked 722 weeks ago on june 17 1971 president richard nixon launched the modern-day drug war an effort perpetuated by every one of his successorsas the reform group law enforcement against prohibition leap documents in a new comprehensive study the drug war has destroyed lives and property shredded the constitution and distorted american education health care and even foreign policy that039s why notes leap fully 75 percent of americans and 69 percent of police chiefs agree that the drug war has failedreason039s nick gillespie talked with leap039s executive director neill franklin a retired major in the maryland state police as franklin explains he was one of the most bellicose drug warriors around until a comrade was killed during an undercover operation the best way argues franklin we can pay tribute to his fallen friend - and all the other people whose lives have been laid waste by a war on drugs that has caused far more bad than good - is to turn away from prohibition and embrace regulation and control similar to that used for alcoholshot by jim epstein and joshua swain who also editedfor more videos and information about drug policy go to http:reasoncomarchives20110615the-price-of-prohibitionfor more information on leap and to read quotending the drug war: a dream deferredquot go to http:wwwleapcc40years |
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hulu - the daily show with jon stewart: thu feb 17 2011 - watch the full episode now
Bookmarked 789 weeks ago video description: former chairman of the rnc ed gillespie makes his fourth appearance on the daily show |
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exclusive - ed gillespie extended interview pt 1 - the daily show with jon stewart - 120811 - video clip comedy central
Bookmarked 747 weeks ago ed gillespie thinks that healthcare tax deductions should be shifted from employers to employees airdate - 120811 |
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the truth about fracking
Bookmarked 770 weeks ago hydraulic fracturing - or quotfrackingquot - is a fast-growing source of natural gas used to create electricity heat homes and more it involves forcing water sand and chemicals into super-deep wells and then recovering the gas released during the processfracking is also highly controversial with viral video hits such as quotthe fracking songquot and the 2010 documentary gasland contending that the process leads to polluted drinking water home explosions and worsefracking has been around for more than 60 years and over 100000 gas wells are dug per year most of them in sparsely populated areas in the western us with the discovery of the marcellus shale in the eastern part of the country fracking is increasingly common in populated parts of pennsylvania ohio and new york leading to heightened tensions between drillers and environmentalists indeed the attorney general of new york has called for a moratorium on the practice in the empire stateis fracking safe and what are the potential benefits that will be forfeited if the practice is ended reason039s nick gillespie sat down with science correspondent ronald bailey to learn the truth about fracking bailey reports that the cases of contaminated water supplies were the result of poorly designed wells that had nothing to do with fracking itself as important he notes that the gas generated by fracking would not only massively increase american energy supply it would do so with a relatively clean and cheap fuelshot by jim epstein and josh swain edited by swainapproximately 5:34 minutesgo to reasontv for downloadable versions of the video and subscribe to reasontv039s youtube channel to receive automatic notification when new material goes live |
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brian doherty talks ron paul iowa caucus and cnn walkout on cnn039s outfront with erin burnett
Bookmarked 745 weeks ago reason senior editor brian doherty appeared on cnn039s out front with erin burnett to discuss ron paul039s rise in the polls in iowa what it is about paul039s limited government message that is resonating with voters and why paul walked away from a cnn interview when questioned again about his 20-year-old newsletters approximately 6 minutesvisit http:wwwreasontv for downloadable versions subscribe to reasontv039s youtube channel to receive automatic notification when new material goes live |
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dc taxi heist: how a new law would screw drivers and riders
Bookmarked 769 weeks ago washington dc is considering a bill that would require every cab driver in the city to own a special permit called a medallion the total number of medallions would be capped at 4000 which would reduce the current number of cabs by more than one-third and put thousands of drivers out of business the city government has no idea how many licensed cabs are in the district though estimates range from 6500 to 10000if that weren039t bad enough most drivers wouldn039t have the option of buying a medallion the first set of medallions would be offered for sale to the minority of cabbies who have been driving for at least five years and who live in washington dc again the city government has no idea how many current drivers meet this criteria but rising real estate prices and weak city services have led many drivers to leave the districtwho will be offered the next set of medallions according to the bill that would be cab companies who could then rent medallions to drivers this system would destroy the relatively open-access taxi industry in dc in which the majority of drivers are owner-operators free to make their own schedules and keep whatever money they earn on the job in cities such as new york and boston drivers pay upwards of 800 a week to rent their medallionscab riders would also suffer under the new regime reducing the number of taxis on the street will make it harder to catch a cab especially in non-tourist neighborhoods and areas far from business districts and the medallion system will almost certainly drive up prices a 2010 study by dc039s own department of finance found that fares in cities with medallion systems are 25 percent higher on average than in cities in which the supply of cabs isn039t restrictedgiven all that why would the nation039s capital consider implementing such a system dc039s medallion bill was written by lobbyist and former city councilman john ray who was hired by taxi magnate jerry schaeffer ray has worked as a lawyer for councilman harry thomas and it was thomas who introduced ray039s bill in the city council the other major sponsor of the bill: council member marion barry the former mayor best known for his 1990 arrest for smoking crack in a hotel room with a girlfriendin a recent letter in the washington post ray argued that because the cab industry is open entry and unregulated it039s been susceptible to corruption but in practice the dc taxi commission which currently regulates the industry has its own history of corruption and the commission is so wary of scrutiny that when reporter pete tucker snapped a photo on his cellphone at a recent public meeting he was dragged out and arrested reasontv producer jim epstein captured tucker039s arrest on his mobile phone later epstein was also arrested after resisting attempts by the taxi commission and us park police to confiscate his camera phone when tucker was arrested cab drivers stormed out of the meeting in protestfor more on the medallion bill read reason039s sam staley in the washington post on medallions and on how regulation has spawned corruption in dc039s taxi industryproduced by jim epstein with help from kyle blaine lucas newman and jack gillespie narrated by nick gillespieapproximately 6 minutesgo to http:reasontv for downloadable versions and subscribe to our youtube channel to receive notifications when new material goes live |
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3 reasons why the debt-ceiling debate is full of malarkey
Bookmarked 767 weeks ago all anybody in washington can talk about these days is the debt limit or debt ceiling -- the total amount of money the federal government is authorized to borrow at any given time after a decade in which spending increased by more than 60 percent in inflation-adjusted dollars and the debt limit was raised no fewer than 10 times the government is about to max out its 143 trillion credit line leading to fears that washington is going to default on its bonds stop cutting social security checks and destroy the economy more than it already has but the current debate over the debt ceiling is full of malarkey for at least three reasons 1 august 2 is a phony deadline treasury secretary timothy geithner has pushed back the drop-dead date when the us finally reaches its limit a bunch of times already: march 31 april 15 may 31 were all cited as deadlines before august 2 was inked in as armageddon but this time he means it man really 2 reaching the debt limit is not the same as defaulting on our debt -- which would indeed be catastrophic think about it: you can max out your credit cards but as long as you keep paying the minimum amount due each month your creditors don039t go crazy interest on the debt is a small fraction of total outlays and the government has a series of tools -- from using cash on hand to selling assets to scrimping on nonessential payments -- to make sure interest payments are made and seniors aren039t put on an all cat-food diet 3 legislating-by-panic is no way to run a country the reason we039re in this mess is because government can039t stop spending and the government can039t even pass a budget on a year039s notice but we039re expecting them to come up with a good plan for the country039s borrowing in a couple of weeks trying to force through an expansion of the country039s credit line by promising cuts in spending down the road is exactly why we039re in this situation to begin with it makes far more sense to do something like sell some tarp assets -- the government is sitting on 320 billion in outstanding direct loans and equities investments -- to cover interest payments through the end of the fiscal year then force congress and the president to come up with a budget that cuts spending -- and borrowing -- for real next year not is some distant futurefor more information check out nick gillespie039s 5 uncomfortable facts about the wonderful horrible debt-limit debate: http:reasoncomarchives20110708five-uncomfortable-facts-aboutand mercatus center039s jason j fichtner ampamp veronique de rugy039s the debt ceiling: what is at stake: http:mercatusorgsitesdefaultfilespublicationdebt20ceillingderugyfichtner42811pdfabout 235 minutesproduced by nick gillespie and meredith bragg edited by joshua swaingo to reasontv for downloadable versions and subscribe to reasontv039s youtube channel to receive automatic notifications when new material goes live |
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retroactive mitt romney time travels to escape bain responsibility
Bookmarked 715 weeks ago from the majority report live m-f 12 noon est and via daily podcast at http:majorityfm:senior adviser to mitt romney ed gillespie would like you all to know that mitt romney was not in charge of bain from 1999-2002 because he quotretroactivelyquot resigned |
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la food police ban burger joints: is your city next
Bookmarked 783 weeks ago first lady michelle obama hopes to curb childhood obesity by teaching children about nutrition and exercise quotthere039s no expert on this planet who says that the government telling people what to do actually does any good with this issuequot she saysbut local government officials around the country have already adopted a more forceful tack whether it039s new york039s salt assault san francisco039s frown at happy meals or most recently south la039s all-out ban on new fast-food restaurantsreasontv spoke with los angeles city councilman bernard parks one of the architects behind the ban who argues that quotin order to force choice into the market we have to limit one that is overconcentrated and attract others that provide other optionsquotreason magazine editor in chief matt welch is skeptical of quotthe idea that you can create more choices by reducing choicesquot and fitness consultant and documentary filmmaker chazz weaverwho ate mcdonald039s for 30 days and lost body fatpoints out that consumers can eat fast food in moderation and still stay healthy reasontv also spoke with the co-owner of the burger stand in south los angeles about why he thinks that banning new fast-food restaurants is bad for business and bad for his community writer-producer: zach weissmueller senior producer: ted balaker camera: hawk jensen paul detrick alex manningapproximately 8 minutesvisit reasontv for hd ipod and audio versions and subscribe to reasontv039s you tube channel to receive automatic notifications when new material goes live |
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what does quotretroactively retiredquot mean
Bookmarked 715 weeks ago share this: http:ofabozfpf1gtweet this: http:ofabovaunnuwe asked people in north carolina their thoughts on mitt romney saying he was retired quotretroactivelyquot as ceo of bain capital from 1999 to 2001 |
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3 reasons we shouldn039t bail out student loan borrowers
Bookmarked 749 weeks ago total student-loan borrowing is approaching 1 trillion dollars and both barack obama and occupy wall street ows protesters are adamant some or all of that debt should be forgivenbut forgiving such loans ignores that the debt is voluntary is relatively small for the average borrower and merely continues the same bailout mentality that has already gutted the american economyfor a link-rich heavily documented text version of this argument go to http:reasoncomarchives201111183-reasons-we-shouldnt-bail-out-student-lquot3 reasons we shouldn039t bail out student loan borrowersquot is written and narrated by nick gillespie and produced by meredith braggabout 333 minutes long go to http:reasontv for downloadable versions and subscribe to reason039s youtube channel to receive automatic notifications when new material goes live |