el paso has low unemployment, it's hard to get an participant. you know, fancy houses, forget it, they're all sold. so we make money through the sale of guns, we get all this dope that we use and also sell, and we benefit from mexico's economic problems. we get stronger as they get weaker. so there's a kind of perverse relationship there. and yet the united states feels so wounded by all these mexican drug cartels invading our country. but it's all parent of this long -- part of this long, complicated i would say incestuous history between the u.s. and mexico. >> the gentleman in the back and then someone else over here. >> you keep talking about mexico and not talking about demand. and do you cover the demand with something quantifiable so that we all can know what, that all of us are on drugs in this room? where are all these drugs going? and what is that demand? so i'm asking whether you cover that and why it's not being covered, if it's not. >> well, see, my research in my book is about drug trafficking, not drug consumption so much. but i th

compared to just ten in el paso. the 2100 this year have died in just ten in el paso. my daughter goes to el paso to high school, told her classmates about relatives murdered in juarez this year. so you're talking about a serious tragedy. the juarez murders have included 100 women more than any year during the searching by spiritualistic deepness imprimis as distortion activities burgundy come october 29 was at first industry with no homicide. think about this. every day leap in the the paper five, ten, 15 people murdered to october 29 listing a celebration of what is because no one was murdered and every other day including yesterday included murders. the violence as a result of a war between the cartel and the juarez cartel and attempting to take control of the lucrative plats from the juarez. the mexican military said 10,000 troops in 2000 federal police to training purposes only worsen the violence. the military has alleged to create human rights abuses in the police are notoriously corrupt. there's no end in sight to this bloody conflict. the purpose of my book is

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but from brownsville to el paso.nd a long border to chose off. but if you are willing to spend the money and make the effort to do that, best of luck to you. chris: keowa, washington next. independent line. stpwhrao good morni john: i would like to ask the individual why it is his understanding why our nationñr doesn't engage our own citizenry to the level that we expect other nations to engage their citizenry in regard to this drug probl problem. our nation predominantly is creating the need for it. other nations' citizens are supplying it. why don't we apply the same pressure and intensity of effort in our own land? thank you. guest: well, that is an excellent question. as a matter of fact, it is a question mexican governments have been asking american governments at least since i can remember, sense 1969 when the first crisis occurred with president nixon who had recently opinion inaugurated. i think that the answer lies in the fact that highly industrialized societies like the united states an western europe, now

to allow medical marijuana inxd el paso.t was then vetoed by i think the mayor or the governor of texas. but what the el paso community wanted exactly was to liberalize consumption and possession of marijuana and some other drugs because it is such a safe community it seemed like the best idea. so, yes, there is violence on the mexican said but the issue is is this a war because there is violence or is there violence because there is a war? s juarez seems to indicate the war comes first. chris: lumpkin texas is next. democrats line. james, go ahead. john: yes. i hear this gentleman up here saying that, oh we should protect our borders, we should do this and that. we are giving so much money to that phony mexican government over there, there have been dictator ships the whole team. they are the most crooked government. i was born and raised on a ranch outside of laredo and my family, my grand father all was raised on this same ranch. i'm 80 years old, corine veteran, veteran -- tkroeen veteran. they were coming across that bo

if they build the texas t-bone, el paso is not -- >> el paso is one of strongest supporters of in texasf high speed rail. the not that they think 900 miles from houston to el paso. longer than works on these kind of systems. they see that as real possibility and they see that the proof in the system on the t-bone, the would be next step to provide the capacity to move for -- forward to build el paso rout to albuquerque and other points in the west. >> one of the things that has been fascinating in new mexico, governor richardson, stepped up and did commuter rail and there were a lot of doubts. an earlier governor talked about doing it and was ridiculed by the press, but he stepped up and did it, on time, on schedule and ended up, it has been going about nine months now. it has passed the two millionth passenger. and, in a very short period of time. and, one of you, i think it was mr. skancke, mentioned reliable, you used term reliable ridership and predictions. i don't think anybody would have predicted in new mexico -- granted this is the same period where we hit the $4 gasoline and we

is on its. >> senator, el paso is one of our strong supporters of the high-speed rail, not that theyo see the 900 miles from houston to help pass so built in this before, it's lager in e-systems but the line from all basso to albuquerque to denver see it as a possibility in the see the proof in this system on the t. bone. it would then provide the capacity to move toward. >> one of the things that has been fascinating governor richardson stepped up and did a commuter rail. and there were a lot of doubts and an earlier governor had talked about doing it and was ridiculed by the press but he stepped up and did it. on-time and on schedule, and ended up as it has been going about nine months now. it has passed the 2 millionth passenger. in a very short time one of you i think mr. skancke mentioned a reliable, you used the term reliable ridership and predictions. i don't think anyone would have predicted in new mexico -- >> this is the same time or hit the $4 gasoline and when are a terribly rural state and people are known to travel 120 to 150 miles per day to work just to commit to. but

especially in juarez across the border from el paso.e government has not released official figures but the unofficial count shows 7600 mexicans lost their lives last year. more than 2500 of those deaths happened right in juarez. >>> an orphan finds happiness through a chance encounter, a new life, a new family, after a good samaritan intervened. a last host at tavern on the green, i was there almost there at the time it closed and now take a look, we'll go back and take a look for you at the restaurant that shut down, maybe for good. we'll update you. let me take this. wait, there's no such thing as a projector phone. no, it's the lg phone and projector. there's no such thing as an lg phone and projector. ta-da. what ? the man said "ta-da" ! introducing the lg expo smartphone and lg projector. only at at&t. pediatricians trust children's tylenol. to help their fevers, aches and pains feel better. the chevy malibu and toyota camry received 5 star crash safety ratings. but only malibu has onstar. big deal. i'll just use my phone. let's sa

across the border from el paso, texas.t has not released official figures but the unofficial count shows 7,600 mexicans lost their lives last year. more than 2,500 of those deaths -- or 25 of those deaths, i should say, happened in juarez. >>> a tragic truth, when guns are fired into the air, the bullet has to fall somewhere. celebratory gunfire on new year's eve proved dangerous in three cities. a 4-year-old in decatur, georgia, was killed by a stray bullet that pierced the roof of a church where he was attending a new year's eve service. the child died after being rushed to a hospital. and in environmentingham, georgia, a man was asleep in bed just before midnight when he was hit by a bullet. the slug fell through the roof of his mobile home and hit him in the leg. and in miami, florida, a 6-year-old was hit by a stral bullet when eating at an outdoor restaurant. the boy is in serious condition but is expected to recover. the city's mayor says it will warn people about the dangers of firing weapons in the air. >>> how ca

texas book festival in austin, howard campbell talks about the drug war in the border towns of el paso texas, and juarez mexo. . .

thank you host: el paso, texas is next, on our independent line. caller: of course, we need campaign finance laws. the supreme court trying to decide to make corporations human beings is fundamentally wrong. money right now has our whole congress and even the executive office held hostage. big money and big corporate interests and wall street, these people do not care about what is best for the country. they care what is best for profits. they get people who formerly worked on committees to then go and lobby for them. we, the americans who do not get a seat in the bleachers to see what is going on in congress, they are constantly getting laws changed, they are constantly getting loopholes so they can get away with whatever they want. we have seen this. congress has tried a couple of times to pass reform because of the financial debacle with this recession. they have been ablsbé get nothing done. they have been getting congressional aides to change the wording. this is fundamentally wrong for the country. i do not believe in it at all. you see const

one can see that absenteeism rates range from pretty close to zero to 11.1 paso robles.the median is about 6%. there are cost implications as well as student achievement implications here of course. on the financial side, a district with 10,000 fte teachers an an absentee rate of 11.1% could save $230,000. a district with 50,000 teachers could save $1.1 million by cutting its absenteeism rates. we have many, many more examples in these and other functions. again, some 227 indicators in all, all of which you can find at our web site at www.cts.org. it's a little hard to calculate the potential for total savings but we estimate that a district with about 36,000 students, that is consistently in the bottom quartile of its peers could of save between $20 million and $50 million a year by moving closer to the median performance. a larger district might be able to save between 50 and $100 million by pursuing these targeted strategies, or about 5% of its budget. one has to be cautious with these data of course, because districts will sometimes rate poorly on one indicator or an

the long-term care population is elderly and half are non-elderly, non-elderly are only getting 20 paso robles. so let me conclude. i think this chart shows fairly clearly that what we have is the long-term care system that's out of balance. most of the money goes to services that people don't want, institutional services, and the services that people do want, namely home and community based services, are often tightly rationed. i think it's going to be fairly hard to justify this 5-1 cost ratio when we found out that the populations really aren't that different, of course in terms of adl's and there may be other things that are going on and weephole anyway, the authors feel that the emphasis on institutional services for the elderly may end up denying non-elderly people who need long term services their fair share of the long-term budget. and we also think that there's evidence, some of which i showed, some of which i did not, that most people don't seem to use paid help when they have an alternative. and if fact, it's interesting that people don't even use paid help as secondary, as a