recently by sherman himself. just because you hear it, compton, you hear watts, you just think thug, he s a gangster, he s this, that, and the other, and then you hear stanford, and oh, man, that doesn t make sense, it s an oxymoron, and you fight it for so long, and to have it come back up, and people start to use it again, it s really frustrating. back with me is laura flanders, host and founder of grit tv, and jonathan, msnbc contributor and opinion writer for the washington post, and joining is jalani of the university of connecticut and john mcwarter, columnist for the new republic and time magazine. all right. less about whether or not we want to defend a seattle seahawk who beat the new orleans saints twice. because who wants to do that. and more about whether or not in this moment, we learn something about the continuing realities of race in america. well, we absolutely did.
staggering 716 per 100,000 african-americans. so while it may be a sign of progress that attitudes are changing, there are those calling for allies in the decriminalization movement to grow more vocal about the racial disparity in arrest rates. among them is dr. carl hart, one of the contributors to the special issue of the nation and author of high price: a neuroscientist s journey of self-discovery that challenges everything you know about drugs in society. still with us is laura flanders of grit tv. dr. hart, let me ask, why do you think it s important to put race at the center of this conversation about legalization? well, one of the reasons i think is important is because when we think about drug policy in general, it just becomes another tool by which we further marginalize groups so we don t think about this in terms of drug policy. we don t think about it in other domains in our society. one of the things that you make an argument towards in your piece for the nation is
maybe that explains why the republicans voted unanimously. that would be everybody last month to continue taxpayers subsidies for big oil. that s right. republicans voted to make sure that $53 billion in taxpayer funds keep going to oil companies that have reported record profits again. for the latest quarter. joining me now is tyson slocum director of public citizens energy program and laura flanders host of grit tv, free speech tv, and the editor of the book at the tea party. tyson, good to have you with us tonight. we ll start with you. while these prices go up gas companies are going to be reporting record profits this quarter. why are taxpayers still subsidizing these companies? what s happening? that s an insane policy. in its first budget back in february, 2009, obama slated about $4 billion a year in tax breaks that are currently going to oil companies for repeal and
cycle. republicans got three times as much money from big energy than democrats got. maybe that explains why the republicans voted unanimously. that would be everybody last month to continue taxpayers subsidies for big oil. that s right. republicans voted to make sure that $53 billion in taxpayer funds keep going to oil companies that have reported record profits again. for the latest quarter. joining me now is tyson slocum director of public citizens energy program and laura flanders host of grit tv, free speech tv, and the editor of the book at the tea party. tyson, good to have you with us tonight. we ll start with you. while these prices go up gas companies are going to be reporting record profits this quarter. why are taxpayers still subsidizing these companies? what s happening? that s an insane policy. in its first budget back in february, 2009, obama slated
what s wrong with that? ed, you remember that story about the scorpion and the frog? the frog takes the scorpion across the river and when they cross the river the scorpion stings the frog and he says, well that s in my nature? let s be clear. i just want to be very specific about the point i m making, which is not that the president is reaching out to business. that s great. you know, i ran a small business for eight years. i have an mba from business school. i studied business for two years. this is not about the president speaking to business. this is about the fact that the president of the united states just went and cowtowed to a bunch of lobbyists who were standing in between us and the future. a whole lot of small businesses he could be talking to and if people want to know more about the chamber we ve done a series on this on our program. i recommend they check it out. all right. laura flanders host of grit tv. erica payne president of the agenda project. thanks for your