I wanted to finish with this. I wanted to bring it back to what i think are three key ethical the first one is this. I do not think that there is any legitimate basis in science, medicine, or any ethical code that i know of or the bible, for that matter for our criminal law tdistinguishing between those wo have alcohol and tobacco and people who put other substances in their body. There is no legitimate basis for distinguishing between the alcoholic on the one hand under criminal law and between the drug addict on the other. That is first. The second ethical point is i hope most of you agree with this. I do not believe that anybody should be punished simply for what we put into our own bodies absent harm to others. Nobody deserves to be punished for what we put in our bodies absent harm to others. Hurt somebody, yes and not tell me your addiction was the excuse. We need to be regarded as sovereign over our minds and bodies. The criminal law should not be treating anyone as a criminal f
East coast, 9 00 a. M. Out west. Five stories trending out of this hour. Out of afghanistan but is it Mission Accomplished . Epidemic virus the flu will it slow down . California cold snap, citrus in danger. Admission imminent. Word of a Lance Armstrong tell all. And oops, did britney do it again . We have details on all those stories. But first now were getting to the president as he is sharing new details today on americas future role in afghanistan after meeting with afghan President Hamid karzai on friday, he is giving us an update on how he will end the war in afghanistan. This remains a very difficult mission. The work ahead will not be easy. Our forces are still in harms way. But make no mistake. Our path is clear, and we are moving forward. Because after more than a decade of war, the nation we need to rebuild is our own. Now at the same time, Democratic Leaders in the senate are advising president obama to consider any lawful steps to avoid a debt ceiling crisis, even fit mean
Simply, i think, is a testament to her professionalism and character. President obama called her to suppress his appreciation for her time served in the agency. I want to talk now with congressman cummings. Is this the move that had to be made . It absolutely had to be made because a culture has developed in the secret service whereby secret Service Agents feel more comfortable coming before a member of congress and talking about the problems in the secret service and revealing information that they were either afraid to or feared or did not think would be heard if they took it to higher ups like the detector pierson. Why was it like that congressman . Why . Im not i dont know. But that culture zdoes not help when you are trying to change an organization and it erodes the trust within the organization with the public and the first p family. There was anotherecurity breach in atlanta september 16th, apparently an armed contractor with a criminal record was on the the president and the w
You know the rest. Oops. These are dangerous extreme radical times. Today has been awesome, girl. I think i could serve well as president. I do not like this uncle sam. Gays can serve openly in the military but our kids cant openly celebrate christmas. I hope jeb runs. I think he would be a great president. Obamacare is more like jason. Or freddie. Running for the president is not an iq test. Good to have you with us tonight we start with major news on the political front concerning 2016, yet another bush is setting his sights on the white house. Earlier today, jeb bush, former governor of florida changed the news cycle with this facebook post. Well, some republicans think jeb bush could be their savior. Heres what former secretary of state james baker said last month. I hope he does. He would make an extraordinary fine president. Hes a very, very capable young man. Jeb bushs older brother george w. Bush made it clear he wants jeb to run. Last week he had this to say about his brothers
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