later, they were going to have to take that position. and you saw the president announce it today. really very interesting series of event dylan that started sunday with the meet the press statement that the advice president said he is comfortable continuing with the president of education. arnie duncan, concurring with that opinion. a cone of silence deaccepteding over the white house after a contentious briefing with jay carney. then the president making this announcement in that broadcast interview just about an hour ago. dylan? thank you very much. i want it bring in the mega panel after the bat here. two completely conversations here. one is, the history, if you will, or the historic nature of, a, sitting american president openly saying they do agree with the principles of same-sex marriage. the other issue is the politics of how this president did it. i want it start with, we seem to be moving away with fr closer to having a bigger conversation about this nation s
i want it bring in the mega panel after the bat here. two completely conversations here. one is, the history, if you will, or the historic nature of, a, sitting american president openly saying they do agree with the principles of same-sex marriage. the other issue is the politics of how this president did it. i want it start with, we seem to be moving away with fr closer to having a bigger conversation about this nation s relationship on the state by state and national level on the sanctity of marriage, whether it is whatever that means. biden outed the issue. which is great. the president has been nudged into making a decision. i with say be the problem one could have it the right decision. you say politically the problem. it felt like a political decision, an principle decision. this is the problem we have had with the presidency on a number of issues. leadership, is you don t get pushed into making a decision. come out front and argue your case and bring the peo
system and you give them community services and head start programs, they are going to become a productive citizen who creates value as opposed to a citizen of society who needs government support in order to just merely exist. and i think that is, yet again, the lack of forward-looking thinking here in washington. it s stunning. you wouldn t think such simple principles would require such effort to discuss, like saying, what do you say we invest in our country? what do you say we invest in our young people? what do you say we invest and use the discreet data to have the 21st century to do it with hot spotting? you re leading that crusade. thank you for r your efforts. matt segal, thank you. if you re looking to end the
new math of racism in america. the greedy bastards have rebranded racism by calling it the war on drugs. they made it both acceptable and profitable. the concerns of racism from the 1950s and 60s have improved in this country, if you look at the numbers, the war on drugs has become a racist war. blacks are 10 times as likely as whites to be incarcerated for the same drug crimes. there are more blacks in prison or on probation in america today than there were enslaved in this country prior to the civil war. but remember, this is greedy bastards -style racism. there s a profit to be made from the war on drugs and in keeping a huge number of folks in prison. law enforcement agencies are allowed by federal law to use seized drug money to supplement their budgets. an appealing carrot at a time of cutbacks. u.s. taxpayers, you and me, spent $74 billion on prisons in 2007 with the biggest increase of our money going to for-profit prison companies. and yes, publically traded for-
they made it both acceptable and profitable. the concerns of racism from the 1950s and 60s have improved in this country, if you look at the numbers, the war on drugs has become a racist war. blacks are 10 times as likely as whites to be incarcerated for the same drug crimes. there are more blacks in prison or on probation in america today than there were enslaved in this country prior to the civil war. but remember, this is greedy bastards -style racism. there s a profit to be made from the war on drugs and in keeping a huge number of folks in prison. law enforcement agencies are allowed by federal law to use seized drug money to supplement their budgets. an appealing carrot at a time of cutbacks. u.s. taxpayers, you and me, spent $74 billion on prisons in 2007 with the biggest increase of our money going to for-profit prison companies. and yes, publically traded for-profit prison companies exist. these companies have massive lobbying and political wings to keep the war on