around in government when you ask questions. they don t get the joke any longer. john: you file a freedom of information requests. why? we have a legal right to records. their public. i m paying for this microphone. we re paying for all of this government. the progressives got one right. we have a need for these things. john: and that is why there is the freedom of affirmation that passed during the vietnam war because congress was upset that lyndon johnson was keeping secrets. it allows anyone get even than non citizen to demand correspondents documents, and the government can refuse only if it can show the national security issue or just an irrelevant private matter. all records are present hours because we are the employer. there are nine. personal, private, national security, the geologic
unbelievable. it s all hidden because they don t use dollars. they use this surrogate currency john: he also wants to ban guns, caffeine sprays, high-frequency trading. they can t ban it because they cannot get their hands on it really. sites that allow you to do these kinds of transactions anonymously increase the power of the individual, decrease the power of government. they take some of the control away from people like chuck schumer and give it to you and me. of course the eighth that. john: of course that s a good thing. thank you. coming up, robots keep getting better. soon there will be smarter. what does that mean for freedom?
they could not to the gate keeping any more. i look at these comparisons. getting huge numbers of viewers. and here, you re successful. 90 million, and the 25 million. garrett s 6 million. town hall which carries all of these columnists, including my column just its 4 million. how do you get six? i have no idea. i think i am a boring guy. it s amazing when you think that not very long ago if you wanted to challenge the integrity of the traditional press the only way you could do was to write a letter to the editor. which we ignored. or submit an op-ed. hope that your letter might be run. i don t think so much power has ever been transferred from so few people to so many ordinary people almost all the world almost overnight. john: all part of freedom 2.0 .
everyone. john: that technically is illegal as well because in not allowed add this to been reasoned alternative currency. but a basic part of freedom. they allow that, but here is the part that freaks people out. this silk road website where people spend. they sell all kinds of nasty stuff. heroin, cocaine. is just like any other on-line retailer. they have user reviews, so you can no his ripping you off into selling you did. the fact is that anything that kind of normalizes even black markets i think is ultimately a force for good. people don t get dangerous products is often, get ripped off. they re still vulnerability. if you bite of lunch they have to send this summer. john: seven address. with the fact is that most of the transactions that are happening have incredibly high user ratings. people like this. they want it. they want to buy these things.
thank you. and coming up, want to buy something the government does not want you to buy? and new on-line currency makes that easier. is that a problem or a good thing? that s next as we return with more of freedom 2.0 . [ lisa ] my name s lisa, and chantix helped me quit. i honestly loved smoking, and i honestly didn t think i would ever quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it put me at ease that you could smoke on the first week. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of depression or other mental health problems, which could get worse while taking chantix. don t take chantix if you ve had a serious allergic or skin reaction to it. if you develop these stop taking chantix an