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22:04:30 02/07/12
Halftime in America: Remy Chrysler Ad Parody
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Halftime in America: Remy Chrysler Ad Parody
It's halftime. Both teams are listening to a Madonna performance that sounds eerily similar to a Lady Gaga song they'll hear 10 years from now. It's halftime in America too. People are out of work and they're hurting. And they're wondering where all their money went. Well, $12.5 billion of it went to Chrysler. In the form of a bailout. But it's okay, because Chrysler is all-American. Though technically 58.5% of Chrysler is owned by an Italian corporation. And Chrysler manufactures many of it's vehicles in Canada. And Mexico. But I guess that doesn't make for a great commercial. Unlike polar bears. Or dogs. Or that digestive yogurt. Yeah, Americans are hurting. And their dollars are being used to bail out the chosen ones. Instead of themselves. What happened to freedom? What happened to choice? Yeah. We need to guard them like Ben Roethlisberger's friend guards a bathroom door. Allegedly. Written by Remy and produced by Meredith Bragg. About 1.30 minutes. "Halftime in America" is one of a series of collaborations between Remy and Reason.tv. To watch Remy's other videos, go to youtube.com/goremy Go to Reason.tv for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason.tv's YouTube Channel to receive automatic notification when new material goes live. Follow Reason on Twitter here twitter.com Follow Remy on Twitter here: twitter.com From: ReasonTV Views: 22195 698 ratings Time: 01:26 More in News & Politics
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18:05:43 02/07/12
Nick Gillespie Talks Politics of Homeownership on Freedom Watch
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Nick Gillespie Talks Politics of Homeownership on Freedom Watch
Reason.tv editor in chief Nick Gillespie appeared on Freedom Watch to discuss government intervention in the housing market and the inevitably disastrous results of such intervention. Air Date: January 17, 2012. About 4:30 minutes. Visit Reason.tv for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason.tv's YouTube channel to receive automatic notifications when new material goes live. From: ReasonTV Views: 1712 68 ratings Time: 04:35 More in News & Politics
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14:00:54 02/07/12
Jim DeMint: Why Republicans Must Become More Libertarian
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Jim DeMint: Why Republicans Must Become More Libertarian
"The new debate in the Republican party needs to be between conservatives and libertarians," says Sen. Jim DeMint (RS.C.). "A lot of the libertarian ideas that Ron Paul is talking about...should not be alien to any Republican." Yet right after the 2010 midterm elections, the influential Tea Party favorite proclaimed that "you can't be a fiscal conservative and not be a social conservative," a comment that was widely viewed as a slap at libertarians. And South Carolina's junior senator is also a staunch pro-lifer, has favored a constitutional ban on flag burning, and is on the record saying that gays shouldn't be allowed to teach at public schools. More recently, DeMint has been leaning libertarian. His new book, Now or Never: Saving America from Economic Collapse, is a warning to the nation that we need radical spending cuts (including putting defense spending on the table) or else face economic oblivion. And he was instrumental in getting Tea Party Republicans elected in 2010, including the most libertarian member of the caucus, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who also wrote the foreword to DeMint's book.Reason's Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch sat down with DeMint for a wide-ranging discussion about fiscal vs. social conservatism, cutting spending, the GOP presidential nomination, whether the Tea Party still matters, and much more. Approximately 29 minutes. Shot by Meredith Bragg and Jim Epstein; edited by Epstein. Go to Reason.tv for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason ... From: ReasonTV Views: 9001 235 ratings Time: 28:57 More in News & Politics
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18:51:48 02/06/12
Brian Doherty Talks Ron Paul Campaign Updates on CNN's Out Front with Erin Burnett
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Brian Doherty Talks Ron Paul Campaign Updates on CNN's Out Front with Erin Burnett
Reason Senior Editor Brian Doherty appeared on CNN's Out Front with Erin Burnett to discuss how Ron Paul has transformed the Republican Party, and what can be expected from him in upcoming primaries and caucuses. Approximately 5 minutes Go to Reason.tv for downloadable versions. Subscribe to Reason.tv's YouTube channel to receive automatic notification when new material goes live. From: ReasonTV Views: 5712 109 ratings Time: 04:53 More in News & Politics
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15:16:07 02/06/12
Arab Spring Update: Freedom House's Arch Puddington on How 2012 Will Be Like 1989.
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Arab Spring Update: Freedom House's Arch Puddington on How 2012 Will Be Like 1989.
"As significant as 1989 when the Berlin wall came down, overwhelmingly the story of 2012 is centered in the Middle East," says Freedom House's Arch Puddington. "People were inspired by events in Egypt, they started demanding their rights." Puddington has helped record the long-overdue revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, and countries in the Freedom in the World 2012 index. Founded in 1941, Freedom House quantifies and ranks the political freedom and civil liberties of every country in the world as "Free," "Partly Free," or "Not Free." Though the Arab Spring has led some regimes to respond with arrests and killings, Puddington remains confident political rights and civil liberties will succeed in the longer run. Since the first Freedom in the World index was published in 1973, he notes, free countries have doubled in number and not-free countries have declined. In the 2012 edition, 87 countries are listed as Free, 60 as Partly Free, and 48 as Not Free. To see where your country ranks, go here: freedomhouse.org About 4.55 minutes. Interview by Matt Welch. Camera by Meredith Bragg and Joshua Swain; edited by Swain. Go to Reason.tv for downloadable versions, and subscribe to Reason.tv's YouTube Channel to receive automatic notifications when new material goes live. From: ReasonTV Views: 1959 36 ratings Time: 04:56 More in News & Politics
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10:56:05 02/04/12
Mormons for...Ron Paul?!
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Mormons for...Ron Paul?!
"I think it's definitely possible to be a libertarian and a Mormon," says Dustin Peterson, BYU-Idaho student and board member of Latter-Day Saints for Ron Paul. Peterson, who spent time volunteering for the Paul campaign in Iowa, spoke with Reason.tv while in Spokane, WA about why Ron Paul might take Mormon votes away from the only Mormon in the race. While many political analysts believe Mitt Romney has a near-monopoly on the Mormon vote, Ron Paul has spent considerable time courting LDS members living in Western caucus states like Nevada and Idaho (which happen to be the states where he performed best in 2008). While he expects most Mormons to fall into line behind Romney, Peterson says Mormons have many reasons to support Ron Paul, including theological ones. "Within our faith, there's a concept called 'agency,' and that's close to liberty," says Peterson. "We're taught to make choices and to decide based on our agency." While Peterson believes that Mitt Romney will still win most of the Mormon vote, he's hopeful about the future. "About half the students at BYU-Idaho are Ron Paul supporters, and the other half support Mitt Romney," Peterson says. "There's a battle going on right now on the campuses about the future of the Republican Party." About 1:40 minutes. Interview by Zach Weissmueller. Shot by Sharif Matar. Edited by Weissmueller. Visit Reason.tv for downloadable versions of our videos. And subscribe to our YouTube channel to get automatic updates when new ... From: ReasonTV Views: 10827 307 ratings Time: 02:00 More in News & Politics
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15:30:49 02/03/12
FDR, The New Deal, and The Expansion of Federal Power with Authors Burton and Anita Folsom
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FDR, The New Deal, and The Expansion of Federal Power with Authors Burton and Anita Folsom
During his first presidential press conference, Barack Obama defended federal economic intervention, stating "there are several who have suggested that FDR was wrong to intervene back in the New Deal. They are fighting battles that I thought were resolved a pretty long time ago." "We were just amazed to hear him say that," says historian Anita Folsom. While this "idea is taught in colleges all over the country, we have to come to the realization that these big government ideas do not lead to prosperity." In his 2008 book, New Deal or Raw Deal, historian Burton Folsom took on the idea that the New Deal "worked." Now he's collaborated on a new book with his wife Anita, FDR Goes to War, which tackles the idea that Roosevelt was a great wartime leader. During the war, the book argues, the Roosevelt Administration stomped on civil liberties, fixed prices throughout the economy, ballooned the national debt, and brought the top income tax rate up to 94%. The Folsoms see Roosevelt's big government approach as instrumental in shaping the modern world. From ObamaCare to the Community Reinvestment Act, they draw a direct line from FDR's actions to the worst public policies of today, along with the general view that "government programs are the solution to economic and political problems." Bert and Anita Folsom sat down with Reason.tv's Nick Gillespie to discuss their new book and the enduring myths of FDR's presidency. About 9:30 minutes. Shot by Meredith Bragg, Jim Epstein and ... From: ReasonTV Views: 5466 265 ratings Time: 09:30 More in News & Politics
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21:53:32 02/02/12
China and Transportation: What We Can Learn In The United States
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China and Transportation: What We Can Learn In The United States
China's economy has been the envy of the world for a decade, but what about its transportation system? With the largest population in the world and growing, maybe we should be looking at its mobility. The economic superpower has built a 21st century road system to keep up with its new appetite for cars. Transportation economist and Vice President of Policy Research at Reason Foundation, Adrian Moore, says that China is using "pricing scientifically" to keep up with the largest car market in the world. He sat down with Reason.tv to talk about what many are calling, "the most important bilateral relationship in the 21st century." Moore has been working with China on free market transportation solutions for booming cities that are attracting hundreds of thousands of people every month. China's demand for cars is being driven by its new middle class, which is roughly the size of the entire population of the United States. Doing transportation right is something China can't afford to do wrong. Moore explains what it is doing right, wrong and what this "capitalist country" can learn from the "avowedly communist system". Filmed and edited by Sharif Christopher Matar. Approximately 10 minutes. Go to reason.tv for downloadable versions of this and all our videos, and subscribe to Reason.tv's YouTube channel to receive automatic notification when new content is posted. From: ReasonTV Views: 6667 238 ratings Time: 09:50 More in News & Politics
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15:34:19 02/01/12
LA Forces Condoms onto Porn Actors! (Nanny of the Month, Jan 2012)
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LA Forces Condoms onto Porn Actors! (Nanny of the Month, Jan 2012)
This month's killjoys are bent on making the Big Apple dry (or not?), and banning electronic (aka "fake") cigarettes from public places (wait, isn't the anti-smoking movement supposed to help addicts kick the habit?). But the new year's top slot goes to the City of Angels mayor who's cracking down on those naughty devils in the adult film industry by mandating that actors wear condoms (what could possibly go wrong!). Presenting Reason.tv's Nanny of the Month for January 2012: Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa! Approximately 1.22 minutes. "Nanny of the Month" is written and produced by Ted Balaker. Opening animation by Meredith Bragg. To watch previous "Nanny of the Month" episodes, go here: www.youtube.com Visit reason.tv for links and downloadable versions of this and all our videos, and subscribe to Reason.tv's YouTube channel to receive automatic notification when new content is posted. From: ReasonTV Views: 7418 193 ratings Time: 01:23 More in News & Politics
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00:40:06 02/01/12
Peter Suderman Discusses Greek Collapse and MF Global Meltdown on Freedom Watch
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Peter Suderman Discusses Greek Collapse and MF Global Meltdown on Freedom Watch
Associate Editor of Reason Magazine Peter Suderman appeared on Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano to discuss Greece's financial meltdown and its subsequent resistance to any austerity measures other EU members want to impose upon it. He also discussed the collapse of financial firm MF Global and whether or not more regulatory enforcement is necessary. Air date: 1/31/2012. Run time approximately 6 minutes. Visit Reason.tv for HD, iPod and audio versions of this video and subscribe to Reason.tv's Youtube channel to receive automatic notification when new material goes live. From: ReasonTV Views: 2548 63 ratings Time: 06:17 More in News & Politics
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17:06:19 01/31/12
Heather Donahue on Growing Marijuana, Life After 'Blair Witch,' and the Beauty of 'Grey' Markets
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Heather Donahue on Growing Marijuana, Life After 'Blair Witch,' and the Beauty of 'Grey' Markets
"To me, the 'canna-business,' it's a great example of community-level capitalism working well," says Heather Donahue, Hollywood actress-turned-marijuana farmer and author of the new book Grow Girl. Donahue sat down with Reason.tv's Tim Cavanaugh to discuss why she left acting only a few years after her iconic role as "Heather" in the Blair Witch Project and how she ended up cultivating marijuana in a small Northern California community known as "Nugget Town." Although Donahue favors legalization of marijuana and acknowledges the terrible toll that prohibition has taken, she also thinks that California's medical marijuana market has flourished in the legal "grey area" that currently exists. "By creating this grey area, you're actually creating a system that works," says Donahue. "This is a system on a human scale, and that's part of why it works so well." Approximately 9:43 minutes. Interview by Tim Cavanaugh. Shot and edited by Zach Weissmueller. Visit Reason.tv for HD, iPod and audio versions of this video and subscribe to Reason.tv's Youtube channel to receive automatic notification when new material goes live. From: ReasonTV Views: 8679 170 ratings Time: 09:44 More in News & Politics
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18:12:15 01/30/12
Matt Welch Talks SOTU Speech and Bailouts on Stossel
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Matt Welch Talks SOTU Speech and Bailouts on Stossel
On Thursday, January 26, 2012,Reason Editor in Chief Matt Welch appeared on Fox Business's Stossel, along with The Atlantic's Megan McArdle, to talk about the implications of President Obama's State of the Union address and why his rhetoric doesn't always seem to match his actions. Approximately 6 minutes. Visit Reason.tv for HD, iPod and audio versions of this video and subscribe to Reason.tv's Youtube channel to receive automatic notification when new material goes live. From: ReasonTV Views: 2457 108 ratings Time: 05:35 More in News & Politics
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16:18:14 01/30/12
Why Geezers Are the True Enemy of Occupy Wall Street
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Why Geezers Are the True Enemy of Occupy Wall Street
"When you look at government policies, there's a massive transfer of wealth from the young and relatively poor members of society toward the old and relatively members of society," says Veronique de Rugy, a Reason magazine columnist and economist at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. In 1970, de Rugy notes, transfers from the young to the old took up about 20 percent of the federal budget. In a few years, that figure will break the 50 percent barrier as the population ages and Social Security and Medicare ramp up. Those programs are paid for by payroll taxes that suck up around 15 percent of every dollar most workers will ever make. Yet the #Occupy movement spends most of its energy railing against "the 1 Percent" richest Americans, whose wealth is not gained at the expense of the "99 Percent." Rather, it comes from providing goods and services that people want to consume. As transfer payments to elderly Americans - irrespective of wealth or need - increase in absolute and relative terms, de Rugy argues that we should scrap entitlements and replace them instead with a "social safety net" that helps poor Americans of whatever age. "There's absolutely no reason to continue paying for lots of people who have accumulated wealth their entire lives," de Rugy tells Reason's Nick Gillespie. About 3.40 minutes. Shot by Meredith Bragg and Joshua Swain and edited by Swain. Go to reason.tv for downloadable versions of our videos. And subscribe to this channel to get ... From: ReasonTV Views: 6953 125 ratings Time: 03:40 More in News & Politics
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15:34:30 01/30/12
"What's missing education reform is courage": Former DC Mayor Adrian Fenty
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"What's missing education reform is courage": Former DC Mayor Adrian Fenty
"What's missing in education reform is courage," says former Washington, DC Mayor Adrian Fenty. "We want to end this ridiculous system where people get automatic tenure and jobs for life no matter what their performance is." Fenty was speaking last week at an event during National School Choice Week (NSCW), a non-partisan coalition of educators, activists, and parents seeking to increase options for all forms of educational choice. Go to schoolchoiceweek.org for more information. Reason Foundation was a co-sponsor of NSCW and Reason supporter Judd Weiss held a reception for Fenty, Reason's education expert Lisa Snell, and others to discuss the aims of the choice movement. About 4 minutes. Video produced by Zach Weissmueller. For a four-video playlist from this year's events, go to http Go to reason.tv for downloadable versions of our vids and subscribe to this channel for automatic notifications when new material goes live. Follow us on Twitter at http From: ReasonTV Views: 870 18 ratings Time: 03:55 More in News & Politics
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21:58:14 01/27/12
California Taxes Rank Worst in US: Tim Cavanaugh Discusses on Good Day LA
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California Taxes Rank Worst in US: Tim Cavanaugh Discusses on Good Day LA
Tim Cavanaugh, Managing Editor of Reason.com, talks to FOX 11 Los Angeles about Governor Jerry Brown's push for higher taxes despite California's dismal national tax ranking. Air date: January 27, 2011. Approximately 3 minutes. Go to Reason.tv for downloadable versions. From: ReasonTV Views: 4836 153 ratings Time: 03:11 More in News & Politics
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17:05:27 01/27/12
There is Hope for Education in America! Andrew Campanella Tells Us Why
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There is Hope for Education in America! Andrew Campanella Tells Us Why
"We can't do this to kids. We are paying far too much money for a public education system that isn't working," says Vice President of National School Choice Week Andrew Campanella. Everyone knows that the US education system is in trouble. Campanella offers a few words on how school choice week can help with promoting "access to better options and empowering parents and kids." According to Campanella, the US ranks 35th in the world in math and literacy. "Other countries are not just nipping at our heels educationally, they've lapped us," Campanella says. Campanella contends that school choice offers real solutions to raising the bar and educating the next generation, and that it's not just empty words. About 3 minutes. Produced by Sharif Matar and Tracy Oppenheimer. Go to Reason.tv for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason's YouTube Channel to get automatic notifications when new material goes live. Follow Reason on Twitter. From: ReasonTV Views: 4427 105 ratings Time: 02:45 More in News & Politics
02/07/12