is richard fowler host of the richard fowler show we thank you both let's pick up on the earlier discussion amy what do you make of edward snowden the hero or villain well i wouldn't say that he's a villain that's too strong of a word but i think that he is dodging responsibility and that if he wanted to be a responsible whistleblower he would have gone through responsible channels hired a lawyer go to the house intelligence committee the senate intelligence committee and let them know that what he had discovered but what we also know that is very troubling to me about mr snowden was that back in two thousand and nine when he was working for the cia his supervisor alleged that mr snowden was trying to hack into top secret national security files so we know that this was a guy with an agenda he didn't go through the proper channels and even beyond that his revelations go far beyond possible privacy violations of american citizens but he's revealing very important national security secrets about how we gather foreign intelligence against foreign enemies. bridget fowler how do you view but i t

here to debate this is richard fowler.u many times, you've been inspiring and have convinced me america has more fossil fuel resources, natural gas, shell oil, than the middle east combined? tell me if i'm wrong? >> well, we have more than we'll ever need, sean. that is the key point. you can never believe reserves of other countries. let's just say we'll have more than we ever need. because if you talk about the first part of the energy independence plan, which is transportation fuel independen independence, you're going to talk about putting a $500 stimulus into the economy over the next 20-30 years to make sure we have the fuel we need. that gets us to 10 million barrels per day of oil converting 5 million barrels equivalent of natural gas to methanol for france pore tags fuel and growth of battery, transition to hydrogen cells and anything else we need from the transportation fuel standpoint. benefitting from canada and mexico. >> one question... >> but that is only part a. part b is transforming the electrical generat

richard fowler, is host of the richard fowler show. welcome to both of you on this friday morning. >> hi, jon. >> hi, jon. jon: monica, peace breaking out all over? >> not quite, jon, not quite. the republicans have a couple of things they're dealing with in this retreat and they have a lot of internal divisions particularly on immigration and how to handle that. one thing they're doing right is handling of obamacare. they were totally united opposing it when the democrats and the president were ramming it through. miraculously for a party known to be something of a hot mess, the republicans last couple years stayed united in their opposition to it. what they say, look we've been talking about alternatives to socialized medicine for years, but for whatever reason they can't punch through the media, but for whatever reason we haven't been able to speak with one voice. what they're doing is what senator tom coburn and senator orrin hatch put together and presented this week so they can speak about market-based and patient-centered altern

joining me now is richard fowler, to believe this race issue, that the president is making here, white, black, hispanic, and asian americans that voted for him in 2008, and he carried those voting blocks himself, we're to believe that some that voted for in in 2012, that those same voters are now racist? the same people that put him in office. is that how he justified the latest execute. >> i think the president has taken a fair characterization of the status quo. some people that happen to hate the president because he was african-american, there is just no and or buts about it. >> 76% approval rating in 2009, now it's down to 39% -- >> whoa. >> does it have anything to do with him doubling the debt, record high labor participation lowing, doubling the number of people on foodstamps, a horrible website, broken promises about keeping your plan and doctor, none of that factors in at all? >> i'm not saying they don't factor in at all. i'm saying they do factor in. in 2008 he got about 39% of the white vote, less than that in 2012, but george w. bush could make the same comment when he wa

joining me now to discuss it richard fowler. david webb. by the way, trysta and ryan are still together and have two beautiful children in case you were wondering. >> thank you. >> my shelg obama is in this article saying jane fonda is politically savvy, what do you make of it. >> why don't we have a poll of vietnam veterans and ask what they think. i'll leave it at that. my father was a vietnam veteran, i went to many gatherings. i would pick someone else who is politically savvy. >> if she said i want to have a body like jane fonda when i'm 70 zm everyone would say, absolutely. but when she added the politically savvy. >> 60,000 american troops that died. why are you sitting there with the north vietnamese with the helmet on your head, sitting there smiling and making these anti-war comments when you have pows, and tens of thousands of american troops that died. she said they're liars and hypocrites. >> she's very alienating to some vietnam vets. she started this movie the bachelor, and she got pushed back for portraying nancy reagan. she

, former spokesman for former florida governor jeb bush, and publisher of "safety review.com, richard fowler, democratic vat gist and radio talk show host. welcome to both of you. >> thanks. >> okay. >> thanks for having me. >> richard, i'm going to start with you on this one. so if the president is saying that he is feeling like he's working with a do nothing congress, are you surprised or not that he is saying that he's going to take executive action? >> i'm not surprised at all here. i think what the president is saying and the american people are saying is they want the congress that works for the american people and that's what we need. sadly, we haven't seen any of that from the republican side. >> justin, do you see a danger in that approach? >> well, i do. look, the president is a president of the united states. he's a leader and he's the one who on monday will have been in office for five years and to hear him talking about trying to do things to help jobs, where trillions of dollars more in debt than we were five years ago when he took office. and his so-called stimulus -- >> i'm s

richard fowler disagrees. charles, do you think these tax measures that bill deblasio -- do you think he will elevate the position of poor people in new york city? >> absolutely not. it's interesting. he wents out of his way, me thinketh how to -- thou protest too much. this is his rhetoric and the tale of two cities. maybe it was the best of times but it's not the worst of times. what i hate about this ideology is people who are doing well, -- if have a buddy, in construction, made over 100 grand last year. best year of his life, and normally he should feel good about himself. takens care of his family, they go on vacations, but when he looks at what other people are feels bad. that has nothing to do with an economic system. that is pure envy. and with the bill deblasio wants to do is actually fan those names into something extraordinarily dangerous. >> richard, where is charles wrong? >> i don't think we're asking for millionaires to billionaires to feel bad. about themselves. >> people who aren't millionair

extraordinary information to reporters and work to provide more >> i am joined by michael graham and richard fowler what did you think of that? >> they can push the white house to release more information and every white house will tell you it is important to keep the press happy. i think this speaks to the power of the press. i think it is good. >> the executive editor of the new york times says the opposite of what you just said. let's put the quote up. ism she said it is the least transparent and has been covering since regan. i didn't get to read the first part, but you read it at home and we have shown it in previous segments, but she said it was the least transparent. how do you respond, richard? >> as technology is increasing we get more and more technology. the white house has been at the leading front and cutting-edge of technology. and there is more openness. so to some extent not as open to the press, but they are open to the american people. they are on twitter, flicker and facebook. >> as a liberal and supporter of the president, he came in on hope and change and said it isn't going to

we have richard fowler here. what do you think about the comments, richard?s no medical evidence that says alcohol is more damaging than marijuana. one is legal and one isn't which is there the problem and that is the point the president is saying. they are both vices but some are legal and can are not. if we are picking winners and losers on the vice you chose. >> i find it surprising, michael graham, it is legal in two states now, but was for most of our lives, and was when he was a kid, but he doesn't say it was illegal. >> i want to celebrate the fact if you remember the bud bowl commercials and you will be having the first bud bowl as they are heading to your town. and the same white house that is screaming put down the ice cream is telling me pick up a bong, what is the big deal? >> that is not what the president said. >> we should not have tell you to drink sodas or eating fatty foods but the pot smoking is up to you. and the more pot you more the more you want that food. >> it is confusing as a mom of three kids they are being told don't drink, don't

bill: for more, radio host richard fowler and syndicated radio host lars larsen.i'm assuming this goes forward. what do you think of that, if it indeed does? >> i think he has no business being the head of civil rights for doj. remember, i've been covering this case more than 20 years. the murder goes back of course more than 30 years. the murder of a police officer, and in the performance of his duties and abu-jamal and walks up to gun him down in cold blood. he is fairly convicted. the court bent over backwards for this guy. the naacp jumps in and voluntary says let's see if the death sentence can be overturned t stinks. this man has no business being anywhere near the doj. bill: i take it confirmation should not be fronted? >> it should not be granted. bill: richard, should it be granted? >> it should be granted. no matter what we think about the dibo has the right to get his team. the senate's job is only to confirm nomination made by president of the united states. not to mention the fact this lawyer was just doing his job. he was arguing the legal merits of

nation, david webb is the host of the david webb show on sirius xm and a fox news contributor, richard fowler welcome, gentlemen, to you both. >> good morning. martha: you know, 21 states now medical marijuana, but i think what's getting the most attention is whether or not that opens the door to the recreational use issue that we're seeing playing out in colorado and washington state. so, david, how do you feel about that? >> well, first, martha, like many americans i'm for the proper use, legislated and proper use of medical marijuana for the severely ill, cancer patients, severe cases of flaw coma. i'm not for doing it by executive order because then it opens the door to not only other issues, but to enforcement issues, to preventive issues when it comes to preventing misuse. these programs have been badly administered in the past, and rather than lack of go with the albany dysfunction where democrats want to tax something and republicans don't want to go at and discuss how to write proper legislation for the state, we now have a case that opens the door with a keys case which is no monito