and nicaragua, daniel ortega has taken away the civil liberties of a great many people for opposing him. so, the picture there is not a pretty one. and i would hope that under the obama administration, we would take a new look and start listening to the central americans on issues such as the role of the military, and particularly, the idea that the u.s. military, the cia, and the drug enforcement administration have formed a policy there that is destructive of the civilian order. host: ambassador white is a graduate of the tufts university school of law and diplomacy and former senior associate of carnegie endowment for peace. his current title is president of the center for international policy. tyrone is on the phone from memphis. caller: how are you doing? we are spending too much money on foreign stuff, all these wars and stuff. we've got a lot of problems over here. we need to bring all of the troops back and give these people jobs over here. a lot of folks here in the united states -- we need to get the jobs that instead of concentrating on other folks issues. host: thank you for

and nicaragua, daniel ortega has taken away the civil liberties of a great many people for opposing him. so, the picture there is not a pretty one. and i would hope that

uribe eventually it will leave power but chavez, ortega, and this guy in honduras and others, they are not going to leave. they are going to try to change the constitution. basically they want to be jr. feel castro -- jr. fidel castro s. guest: the caller has the ability to see in the future, which i did not possess, but it is certainly true alvaro uribe -- and i gave some credit for bringing order out of chaos, but he has amended the constitution in order to perpetuate himself and power. and that democracy cannot depend on one person. the whole point of democracy is orderly transfer of power at the will of the people. and this is what -- and this is why it is wrong to amend the constitution just for the benefit of one offical. host: this comment from a viewer -- you will never stop the drug war. guest: you will certainly never stop the drug war unless you take tough steps to reduce demand. porter spain trinidad, at the summit of the americas -- port- of-spain, trinidad, president obama promised to take steps in that direction. he showed us a grasp of the complexity of the problem. but

canal through upstate new york, accessing their lands off course but also being able then to contact ortega manage of all that the interior of the continent has to offer. cohead. untenanted go-ahead. wanted to wait wait for the microphone. >> if someone were to transport i guess by steam once barges from new york or philadelphia to albany, and then to traverse the canal with mules does the canal company provided meals or what do i not understand about that? >> you mean the workings, how the canal actually worked? >> yes. if one were to deliver once barges to the canal by steam, and the owner of the barges and have mules. >> they did. i mean, the barges that operated on the canal essentially the system was a barge and a mule. it was the mule that pulled apart along the canal. maybe i'm not understanding your question. [inaudible] >> supposed the party started in new york or philadelphia and they were told by steam up to albany. >> right. >> and they were left there. i assume, they would just be left there. and how did they traverse the canal to buffalo, for example? >> most goods would not c