they didn t take a dime. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money ? if your bank takes more money than a stranger, you need an ally. ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. so we re continuing our conversation about the obama administration s stances, that means plural on discrimination when it comes to sexual orientation and gender identity. joining us, kai wright, author of drifting toward love black, brown, gay and coming of age on the streets of. mara keisling, joy-ann reid, of the grio and allison kilkenny. before we went to break, we were talking about leadership and
shelter and if they get hud money, you can t discriminate, pe obama administration bans discrimination from housing entities, getting government money and a month or so later, another aspect of the administration doesn t ban it the hud rule is meaningful policy change, one that might get them in a lot of trouble and the failure to sign the executive order, feels like, well, a failure. how do we assess the us are kai wright, author of drifting toward love. and mara keisling, joy-ann reid, and allison kilkenny, reporter. all right, folks. is there the obama administration succeeding or
then, but this week s pop quiz is taking a star trek twist. on one side, we have mr. spock, the logical cold vulcan from the original star trek series who struggles with emotions and human side. on the other, we will have presidential candidate mitt romney. who, unlike spock, doesn t have pointy ears. so each of my guests gets a paddle for today s pop quiz. here we go. with rick newman, randa familiar knee hud ohm, allison kilkenny and joy ann reid. you have to guess whether it was said by mr. spock or mr. romney. computers make excellent and efficient servants, but i have no wish to serve under them. which one do you think said it? three spock votes. oh, yeah. romney would have fired the computer. that s right. it was, in fact, mr. spock.
today, we re talking auto politics, gas prices and the detroit big three and energy policy, all in an election year. back here with me at the table, rick newman, chief business correspondent of u.s. news & world report, randsa familihmy hudo hudome, joy-ann reid and allison kilkenny. i want to show you listening to the republican superpac american crossroads ad, the radio ad hammering president obama on energy policy. our health care, pensions, and way of life are on the line. say no to the obama administration s extreme epa rule. american cross kroed roads responsible for the content of this advertising. the epa is extreme. newt gingrich, getting surgery,
i love that analogy. we think of the 14th amendment, passed in the aftermath of the civil war, the 14th amendment creates american citizenship, full stock. equal protection due process may have happened in result of racial inequality movement. if we can get to that level of coalition and start to have conversation likes this, to your credit. having conversations where we are hatching out some issues, labels versus coalition, separation versus togetherness. how do we move forward? what kind of laws can we put into place? allison, a quick chance to weigh in. as i listen to you talk about the issue around prisoners versus marriage, one of the reasons marriage is one of the issues versus prisons is a respectability issue. we all want to be nice and