The Jason Stapleton Program

I will admit, I am as absorbed in this political season as anyone. How could I not be? It's a freak show of American celebrities and felons. Libertarians have thrown their hat into the ring this year with a pot smoking mountain climber and his 80-year-old mentor. It's the worst kind of reality TV, the kind that affects your life.

But beyond the politics and the recent string of shootings, there's a new problem brewing. It's been festering for quite some time but last week it came to a boil when an international arbitration court invalidated Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea. China has refused to recognize the court's ruling and have now stepped up patrols.

In response, the U.S. has increased its presence. Why might you ask? I'm not sure myself. We have almost no interest in the waters off southern China, but that hasn't stopped us from engaging in a game of chicken with the Chinese over who's going to back down first.

It's a major international incident waiting to happen, and I'm going to explain the whole mess to you today on the show so listen and share!

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Nearly 100 dead including 10 children, 25 on life support and 27 in critical condition. Such are the facts in one of the deadliest acts of on French soil since world war II. I wish I could provide some words of hope, but I fear I'm going to come short today.

What I can do is try to explain the specifics about this event. ISIS may be relishing in the chaos, but it does not appear this event was in any way associated with ISIS or any other radical group. Instead, it would seem this was merely another deeply disturbed man, recently fired from his job and rejected by the world.

From there we'll talk about a recent win for privacy as Microsoft wins on appeal a case to protect email information stored on servers overseas. It's a temporary setback for the progressives, and we should appreciate the millions spent by Microsoft to protect is users information.

Then we'll close out the show with a discussion about DUI checkpoints and new roadside drug testing. This issue is one of the things that got me interested in libertarianism.

A short show today since I'm under the weather. Enjoy and have a great weekend!Support the show.

A recent bill just passed in North Carolina that denies public access to police body cam footage. The government says it's trying to protect both the officers and those who come in contact with the police. Opponents of the bill say the footage belongs to the people and should be a matter of public record.

A knee jerk reaction from libertarians might be to demand the footage be released. I mean, you paid for the camera, the uniform it sits on, the officer who carries it and the squad car that drove him to the incident. How can anyone claim it is not a matter of public record?

But what would it mean to make all footage public record? What if the police are called to a domestic disturbance at your house? Should your noisy neighbor be allowed access to the footage because it's a matter of public record? Should the individual lose all privacy rights every time they come in contact with the police?

It brings up some very tough questions, ones I'm going to try and explain in today's show. We're also going to look at the role of the state when it comes to protecting life, liberty, and property.

From there we'll take a look at the latest Obamacare co-op closure bringing the number of failed insurance providers to 15. Not to worry everyone. It only cost you 1.7 billion dollars in taxpayer losses. Shameful.

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Our politicians have no shame. I'm convinced they'll tell us whatever we want to hear. The latest in the long list of lies was Hillary's speech today in Illinois. Durin the speech Darren and I were almost in tears as Hillary chastized Trump as a man who would never respect the separation of powers.

She, however, would, and that's why you should elect her. I thought, "How can someone like Hillary review that speech and ever consider giving it in public?" Doesn't she have a shred of integrity?

The answer, of course, is no. And that's why Hillary has been so successful for so long in American Politics.

From there we talk a little about the anointing of the new British PM Theresa May and then it's on to a discussion about who should be allowed to vote.

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Thanks to the spectacular reporting of award-winning journalist Sharyl Attkisson we have yet another case of government waste and gross incompetence. Hundreds of millions of dollars, your tax dollars, wasted while politicians complain about servicement without rifles.

I love Sharyl. She's one of the few remaining journalists in America and her show, Full Measure, is always a breath of fresh air when searching for a great story.

Today, I'll explain how the U.S. military, spent 600 million dollars on 20 Italian cargo plains that ended up being ill suited for the hot, dusty conditions of Afghanistan. It's just another example of a government crying about a lack of funding while wasting more money than you could count in a single lifetime.

From there we'll move to Cuba and Venesuala. The situations in these countries continue to unravel as socialist policies create crippling economic conditions. The stories I'm going to share will shock you. Not just because of the bloody nature of the tale but because you'll see just how close we are to following in their footsteps.

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You will hear this debate framed in many different ways. As a gun problem, as a poverty problem, as a policing problem, as a racial problem. But these are all superficial rationalizations.They are expressions of a deeper subconscious fear.

What we are living through today is a society that fears a breakdown in the rule of law and is beginning to lose respect for life and liberty.

Think about what we're experiencing now. Corruption at all levels of government. At the local level, civil asset forfeiture. A practice that allows the government to seize your property without any evidence of a crime. Our police are becoming more militant by the day with polished shoes and pressed blue uniforms having been replaced with military boots and OD green fatigues.

We might be willing to overlook these changes if the police still carried a mindset of service rather than enforcement. What we find is the police are now more as a nuisance than a service. And when it comes time to use all that heavy hardware to protect private businesses and property from the violent hoard of protesters, where are they? They're hiding, afraid of doing their job for fear of inciting more violence.

And yet their answer to restrict our second amendment right to defend ourselves?

At the federal level we're told we must purchase insurance products against our will or be subject to an extra "tax," we're lied to about the use of secret government programs only to find out they spy on us daily in direct violation of the constitutions 4th amendment. We face countless agencies from the BLM to the FCC that operate with impunity and carry with them the authority to write laws and enforce penalties.

We see our politicians willfully violate the law yet receive no punishment. Shall I go on?

So I ask again, what do you do when a nation loses its faith in the rule of law, and it's respect for life and property? Why would we suffer under such injustice?

Thomas Jefferson had an answer when he wrote the following, " All Experience hath shewn, that Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while Evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the Forms to which they are accustomed.

In other words, It's easier to go along to get along. (As long as the injustice is not too intrusive.)

He also gave his response to what we should do when faced with circumstances not unlike today.

We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their CREATOR, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

He goes on...

Prudence, indeed, will dictate, that Governments long established, should not be changed for light and transient Causes; But when a long Train of Abuses and Usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a Design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their Right, it is their Duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future Security.

Ladies and gentlemen I don't want you to misunderstand me. I am not calling for revolution. What I am telling you is, as long as we are willing to suffer under an increasingly lawless despotism for the sake of convenience we will see our condition become more and more unbearable.

What you see in the wake of these most recent shootings, is a group of people who are tired of "a long train of abuses and usurpations." but who lack a basic respect for life and property.

Their anger may be justified, but their efforts are doomed to failure because their actions are not morally justifiable. We will not resolve injustice by burning cities to the ground. We cannot throw off a corrupt government by looting our neighbors or gain the support of our fellow man by infringing on his right to travel unmolested.

As long as these practices continue, as long as the right to life, liberty and property are violated by those claiming to stand on principle; we will remain divided, and a people divided are easy to control and enslave. As long as we allow the media, agenda-driven activists, and our government to divide us along social, economic or racial lines we are doomed.

What is necessary is that we stand with one voice and demand a return to the rule of law and a respect for the life, liberty and property of every American. If we do this, no man, no army and no government will dare stand against us.Support the show.

While Jason is out he left the show in the capable hands of Dave Smith from his podcast "Part Of The Problem" and Darren, to talk about the no prosectuion recommendation from the FBI on Hillary. They also discuss what's it going to take for Americans to really get ANGRY at government to actually demand change. Unfortunately, we may be too comfortable yet before anything major may happen. Really excellent and unique show today, make sure to listen and share with your friends!Support the show.

I've been saving this interview for about a month because I knew I would be out of town this week. This is a fantastic talk on the housing market; where we've come from and where we're going.

I'm talking with Greg Frost one of the "good guys" in the mortgage loan business. He is the first man to every write a billion dollars in loans and during the buildup to the subprime mortgage collapse Greg never sold a single subprime loan.

It's an intriguing look into the workings of the mortgage market and by the end I was asking myself a question, "Is all this new regulation really making us safer?"

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I've been promising this episode for a long time. Here is a variety of great books I've read and some discussion on each. Plenty of knowledge to keep you busy for weeks!Support the show.

I've taken a lot of heat over the past couple of years when I said that Europe was in far worse shape than America. As Greece was collapsing, I told all of you to pay close attention to France and Italy because their economies are headed toward the same end.

It would appear the EU is now attempting to calm fears in Italy and prevent a run on the banks by providing a 150 billion euro guarantee on Italian bank deposits. Apparently, the Brexit came at just the right time for Italy, giving the Prime Minister just the excuse he needed for such an extraordinary bailout.

Also in the stack today; Insurance companies are now suing HHS to get paid after Obamacare fails to deliver it's promised profits. The insurers probably screwed, and you might be tempted to say "GOOD! Serves you right for backing such a distinctly socialist policy." The problem is, you're the one who's going to end up footing the bill through higher premiums.

It's another example of failed socialist policies at work.

Happy 4th Everyone! Enjoy your weekend.

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