APRIL 22, 2018 |
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Today's shows: |
Hour 1 |
"The
Secretary of State Keeps Elections Free and Fair. Vote Wisely!!" |
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with CA Secretary of State
candidate Mark Meuser |
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Hour 2 |
"Syrian Arms
Control" |
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with Bruce Moran |
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1st Hour |
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"The
Secretary of State Keeps Elections Free and Fair. Vote Wisely!!" |
Mark
Meuser is a native Californian and a small
business owner, committed to fighting for
honest and fair elections.
From a young age, Mark was an entrepreneur.
At age 12, he would pick cherries in the
morning and then have a street-side cherry
stand that he would operate in the
afternoon. He was also hard at work taking
care of orphaned animals, bottle-feeding
sheep, pigs, and cows. Mark believes that
these years of developing character through
hard work were important, formative years in
his life.
By age 15 he was in a management position at
a local restaurant. By age 21, he purchased
his own pizza restaurant. While his
restaurant business was thriving, Meuser
began studying law. He graduated with honors
from the Oak Brook College of Law.
To better help small businesses owners
handle California’s complex regulatory
environment, he opened The Meuser Law Group.
Meuser operated a diverse civil litigation
firm that represented both individuals and
small businesses. Meuser’s unique training
has taught him how to listen to people,
formulate creative alternatives, and achieve
workable solutions to real problems.
As an attorney, Meuser won a major victory
against United Airlines. In the case of
Gilstrap v. United Airlines, Meuser
represented a disabled American. Ms.
Gilstrap had been injured by United when
they failed to follow applicable Federal
Rules in how they handled her travel. United
argued that they were not liable to disabled
Americans for their violations of Federal
Rules. Meuser successfully argued before the
9th Circuit that disabled Americans like Ms.
Gilstrap were entitled to seek damages
against Airlines if they were injured as a
result of the Airlines violating Federal
Rules.
Meuser also defended Troy Worden, who was
the Berkeley College Republican President,
in a civil litigation matter brought against
him by Yvette Felarca, a national organizer
of the organization By Any Means Necessary (BAMN)
which is a part of the Antifa movement.
Meuser was successful in defeating a
Petition for a Restraining Order brought
that was designed to restrict Mr. Worden’s
movement on campus and effected his First
and Second Amendment rights.
In his free time, Meuser loves being
outdoors enjoying California’s natural
beauty. Whether he is hiking, bike riding,
sailing, scuba diving, or snow skiing,
Meuser is always quick to enjoy the
diversity this state has to offer. Meuser’s
favorite bike ride was a five day trip
riding down the Pacific Coast Highway from
San Francisco to Orange County.
When Mark was a young boy, he saw a Saturday
afternoon sports special covering an unusual
sporting event called an Ironman, consisting
of a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride,
and capped off with a marathon run. The
display of physical prowess and achievement
ingrained a desire to someday finish an
Ironman. In 2014, Meuser registered to do
Ironman Tahoe. However, the event was
canceled at the last minute due to the local
forest fires. As Mark rode his bike back to
his car, he was in a devastating bicycle
accident. A cardiologist, who just happened
to be in a vehicle right behind the
accident, immediately performed life saving
CPR. In 2015, Meuser tried a second time to
compete in Ironman Tahoe. This time, Meuser
was 30 minutes into the swim when he was
having a hard time breathing and his legs
and arms cramped. He did not finish. He
discovered that he had cramped because he
was allergic to latex and he was wearing a
latex wetsuit. Three months later, he tried
again, finishing the Ironman Cozumel in 12
hours and 45 minutes.
In the last year before deciding to run for
Secretary of State, Meuser has read over 100
books. Most of the books deal with American
history and biography. Meuser also has a
large collection of American political
biographies, United States and California
State Histories that were published over 100
years ago. Meuser’s rare book collection
includes a First Edition set of the Madison
Papers (the personal notes of James Madison
taken by Madison during the Constitutional
Convention). Of all his rare books, one of
his favorites is an 1859 book titled
California Life Illustrated. This book tells
the story of several individuals who moved
to California during the California Gold
Rush.
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Meuser’s priority is to guide the Secretary
of States office out of the antiquated 19th
Century and into the 21st Century. The
people of California deserve an open and
accessible government that works for them,
not against them.
California needs a Secretary of State who
will fight to protect the rights of citizens
to vote and petition their government.
California needs a Secretary of State who
will restore the people’s confidence in
open, secure, and fair elections. California
needs a Secretary of State who will utilize
the knowledge and experience of Silicon
Valley to modernize the way businesses
register in the State.
On the Issues
When I was growing up, I was consistently
reminded that California was the most innovative state in the most innovative
country in the world. I heard stories of how California’s government was a world
leader. Now it appears that California is crippled with antiquated systems
incapable of keeping up with the world around us. California government seems
ill-equipped to handle the taxpayers’ needs. The advances in technology during
my lifetime have been spectacular and it is time that Californians demand that
their government get out of the Stone Age and join us in the 21st Century.
1. Restore Voter Confidence in Elections
As the chief election officer, the Secretary of State plays a key role in
ensuring fair and honest elections across the state. California elections have
regularly been ranked in the bottom five states in the nation. California is
currently ranked second to last when measured across 14 categories. Some of
California’s shortcomings are:
45th in Mail Ballots Rejected
49th in Mail Ballots not Returned
44th in Military Ballots Rejected
47th in Military Ballots not Returned
42nd in Provisional Ballots Cast
43rd in Registration or Absentee Ballots Problems
43rd in Voter Turnout
42nd in Voter Registration Rate.
(Pew Study –
http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/multimedia/data-visualizations/2014/elections-performance-index#state-CA)
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Californians clearly
deserve better leadership to address these atrocious
results.
Count all Valid Ballots: Recently a lawsuit
was filed by the ACLU against the state claiming
that over 45,000 votes were not counted last
November because signatures did not match. In the
practice of law, it takes an expert with years of
training and experience to certify that a signature
matches. People’s signatures change over time as we
grow older and election officials do not have the
training or the experience to properly validate
signatures. This problem can easily be fixed by
allowing each voter to select a PIN when they
register to vote by mail. The voter will simply need
to write in their PIN along with their signature and
this will help ensure that the person casting the
ballot is the person who registered to vote.
Clean up our Voter Rolls to Remove
those who have Moved or who have Died: California
has over 19 Million registered voters. Many states
have joined coalitions like ERIC (Electronic
Registration Information Center) to improve the
integrity of voter rolls and promote voter
confidence in the electoral process. By working
together, these states are able to help determine
who has moved, who may have died, and which voters
might be registered in multiple jurisdictions. ERIC
is not a partisan organization as many blue states
like Rhode Island, Delaware, Minnesota, Maryland,
and Connecticut are members. Also, many of our
neighbors have already joined like Oregon,
Washington, and Nevada.
Californians deserve voter rolls that are
compliant with both the Help American Voter Act and
the National Voter Registration Act. Properly
maintained voter registration rolls will be critical
to cut down on long lines at polls now that
California has enacted same-day voter registration.
Increase the Number of Registered Voters: One
of the requirements of a state that joins ERIC is
that they commit to contacting eligible but
unregistered residents to educate them on the
easiest method by which they can register.
California needs to join a bipartisan group like
ERIC to help maintain the integrity of our
elections.
Be Proactive to Prevent Unnecessary
Litigation for Potential Election Violations: One of
the duties of the Secretary of State is to ensure
that all election laws are enforced. It is not a
good image for this state when organizations like
the ACLU are required to sue the State of California
because the state does not give voters the ability
to correct clerical mistakes. It is sad when
independent organizations like the Election
Integrity Project California discover major
violations of the law in maintaining voter
registration files. It is the duty of the Secretary
of State to determine whether election laws are
being violated and to make sure the violations are
fixed and/or prosecuted.
Improve Military and Overseas Ballot Process:
California has more registered military voters than
any other state. The fact that we are ranked 45th in
Military ballots rejected and 49th in Military
ballots not being returned indicates that we have a
major problem that is disenfranchising those who are
serving our country. Whatever we are doing is
clearly not working. A detailed audit needs to be
conducted to determine what the source is of
California’s atrocious results in counting the
military vote. Our brave soldiers jump over enough
obstacles as a part of their military career,
obstacles that prevent them from voting should not
be one of them.
Audit Voter Rolls to Ensure No Unauthorized
Individuals are Registered to Vote: In September
2017, the Pennsylvania’s Secretary of State’s office
came under criticism for a glitch that may have
allowed thousands of ineligible individuals to vote.
The Pennsylvania Secretary of State subsequently
resigned. Over the last year, there have been plenty
of news stories of politicians arguing that
individuals who are not permitted to cast ballots
according to the law did so in 2016. The Secretary
of State has the duty and responsibility of
conducting an audit on California elections to
ensure that no election laws were violated. A simple
audit can either shut the complaining politicians or
reveal election fraud that needs to be prosecuted.
It is time for the Secretary of States office to
act. Has there been a Violation of California
Election law?
Increase the Transparency in Elections, not
on Citizens: We live in California. Every time we
look at our flag, we are reminded that we live in a
Republic. This means that the supreme power is held
by the people who elect their representatives. When
Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense, it was not
initially published crediting him as the author.
Likewise, when Madison, Hamilton, and Jay wrote the
articles that were later titled “The Federalist
Papers”, they did so under the pen name “Publius.”
Transparency in government is good, but the people
should have some privacy in making political speech
without worrying what their neighbors and coworkers
might think.
Does anyone really think that a $100
contribution is going to influence a political
candidate in this state? It was 1974 when limits on
anonymous donations were put into effect. While
politicians have been quick to increase the maximum
donations that people could make to their campaign,
no one has been fighting for the little guy to
enable them to make anonymous donations that keep
pace with inflation. If the minimum reporting limits
had kept pace with inflation, today a person could
donate $500 without the government keeping track of
their political speech. By changing minimum
reporting statutes, it would mean less work for
campaign treasurers, less paperwork for the state,
and most importantly, more protections to individual
citizens. This change would greatly benefit
challengers who do not have a ready Rolodex of large
special interest donors.
2. Modernize the Registration Process for
California Businesses
The Secretary of State’s office is the first
place every business must go to when they are
opening a business and the last place they turned to
when they are shutting down a business. The
registration process for businesses in California is
antiquated. It is critical that we scrap the current
legacy systems and create a new registration process
and database so that businesses can quickly file the
necessary paperwork in minutes and not be waiting
weeks.
3. Update the Initiative Process for the 21st
Century
In California, the standard for ensuring that
a petitioner’s signature matches on a citizen lead
voter petition is greater than the attention focused
on an absentee ballot. The ability for a citizen to
place a measure on the ballot is next to impossible
except for the best funded special interest
initiatives.
The California initiative process needs to be
brought into the 21st Century. In California we
allow someone to register to vote online.
Californians are used to doing their banking online
and the technology exists that should allow a
registered voter to go online and indicate that they
desire a certain citizen initiative be placed on the
ballot. By allowing online participation, this will
greatly reduce the cost to the counties in
validating signatures.
Civil Litigation & Election Integrity
Attorney
-See this viral video from Mark's Twitter
Here>
https://twitter.com/MarkMeuser/status/978740239534407680?s=19
19 voters registered to one PO box owned by
the San Pedro Democratic Party.
This is hot!
VOTER FRAUD
Another arrest made in Starr County voter
fraud case
Voter Fraud is rampant across the country. In
Starr county they are addressing this issue but in
California LA has 144% registered voters and any
attempt to clean up the voter rolls is blocked.
READ MORE:
http://bit.ly/2o6QrS9
Group with ties to Obama, Clinton calls to
restrict overseas U.S. military voting
Military absentee voting is 83% in Virginia.
In California it is 16%. Why are the people that
fight for our right to vote being prevented from
voting?
READ MORE:
http://bit.ly/2o1UEqM
As an attorney, Mark has argued successfully
before the 9th circuit and won against United
Airlines. Meuser also defended Troy Worden, who was
the Berkeley College Republican President, in a
civil litigation matter brought against him by
Yvette Felarca, a national organizer of the
organization By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) which is
a part of the Antifa movement. Meuser was successful
in defeating a Petition for a Restraining Order
brought that was designed to restrict Mr. Worden’s
movement on campus and affected his First and Second
Amendment rights
WEBSITE:
www.markmeuser.com
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/markpmeuser/
TWITTER: @markmeuser
Booking:
Jeremypromotesu@gmail.com 760-419-2972.
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2nd
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"Syrian
Arms
Control"
with Bruce Moran
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Moran - National Security
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operations & Hi-Tech systems (connectivity, interoperability, and
interfacing) such as SMART* Fusion protocols and applications. He
consults with the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of
State, U.S. Department of Commerce, Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, House Committee On Foreign Affairs, Joint Economic
Committee, Senate/House Committees on Banking/Finance, Senate
Permanent Committee On investigations and the Senate Select
Committee On Intelligence.
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ARMS CONTROL
– BAN ON
CHEMICAL
WEAPONS
https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/cwcsig |
When did
Syria sign
the Chemical
Weapons Ban?
Syria
09/12/13
The Chemical
Weapons*
Convention
is an arms
control
treaty that
outlaws the
production,
stockpiling,
and use of
chemical
weapons and
their
precursors.
*Chemical
Weapon
agents are
extremely
toxic
synthetic
chemicals
that can be
dispersed as
a gas,
liquid or
aerosol or
as agents
adsorbed to
particles to
become a
powder.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3148621/
Why was it
important
for the
United
States,
United
Kingdom and
France to
act in the
use of
Chemical
Weapons (CW)
at this
stage in
Syria? About
70 different
chemicals or
mixtures of
chemicals
have been
used or
stockpiled
as agents
for the
purpose of
CW during
the 20th
century.
Taking
recent
technological
advances
into
consideration,
easy access
to raw
materials,
the ready
availability
of technical
information
on the
internet,
increasing
crime and
corruption
and
state-sponsored
terrorist
and
globalization,
it is not
difficult
for the
terrorists
to use
Chemical
Weapon
agents* to
achieve
their goals.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3148621/
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*The
Chemical
Weapons
agents used
in warfare
are
classified
as follows:
-
Nerve
agents
-
Vesicants
(blistering
agents)
-
Bloods
agents (cyanogenic
agents)
-
Choking
agents
(pulmonary
agents)
-
Riot-control
agents
(tear
gases)
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Psychomimetic
agents
(loss of
feeling,
paralysis,
rigidity,
etc.).
-
Toxins
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President
Trump is
sending the
absolute
right
message to
Russia and
North Korea:
He means
business!
http://time.com/5218254/kim-jong-un-beijing-denuclearize/ |
North Korean
Leader Kim
Jong Un
Pledges to
Denuclearize,
China Says
Mike
Pompeo’s
Secret Visit
To North
Korea Over
Easter
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43811374
United
States,
France and
United
Kingdom -
Syria
Airstrike
2018:
Precise,
Exact & To
The Point
(3 Permanent
Members Of
The United
Nations
Security
Council)
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https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/1493610/statement-by-secretary-james-n-mattis-on-syria/
https://www.newsmax.com/us/syria-missile-pentagon-chemical-weapons/2018/04/14/id/854510/ |
BASIS OF
MISSION: |
GOAL: Enlist
several
countries to
send a sound
and clear
message to
Syria and
Russia on
the use of
chemical
weapons [Duoma,
Syria]
RATIONALE:
Call to
Russia to
ensure Syria
dismantles
the chemical
weapons
program
[Violations
Of
International
Law]
STRATEGY:
Stop
Chemical/Biological
attacks in
Syria – not
depose
President
Bashard
Assad regime
– stop
brutal and
inhumane
atrocities
TACTIC:
Target 3
specific
Syrian
government
facilities
with exact
and precise
bombing --
minimize
collateral
damage to
innocent
civilians –
4:00AM
Strike – 3
Launch
Platforms
--105
Missiles –
Red Sea,
Northern
Arabian Gulf
& Eastern
Mediterranean
Sea |
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Syrian
Chemical
Weapons
Research
&
Development
Center –
76
missiles:57
Tomahawk
Cruise
Missiles
-- 19
joint
air to
surface
stand-off
missiles
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Syrian
Chemical
Weapons
Storage
Facility
– 22
Missiles:
British
Storm
Shadow
missiles
along
with
naval
and land
cruise
missiles
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Syrian
Chemical
Weapons
Bunker
Facility
– U.S.
Tomahawk,
British
Storm
Shadow
and
French
missiles
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/14/pentagon-us-allies-launched-105-missiles-in-syria-successfully-hit-all-three-targets.html |
Result:
Successful &
Necessary
“Serious
Blow To
Syria’s
Chemical
Arms”
https://www.voanews.com/a/us-britain-france-syria-chemical-weapons/4347934.html |
Germany
didn't join
the United
States,
Britain and
France in
the strikes,
though
Chancellor
Angela
Merkel
called the
attack
"necessary
and
appropriate."
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/latest-haley-us-pulling-syria-54480796 |
U.N. WEAPONS
INSPECTION
PROTOCOL
(HAGUE) OPCW
–
Organization
Of The
Prohibition
Of Chemical
Weapons
Chemical
weapons are
seldom used
around the
world
Syria is
known for
frequent
dispersal of
chemical
weapons
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How is
it that
U.N.
weapons
inspectors
were not
immediately
on the
ground
in Syria
to
determine
type and
kind of
chemical
weapon(s)
used?
-
Should
not a
rapid
response
U.N.
Chemical
Weapons
Inspections
(fast
track)
team be
immediately
available
and
dispatched?
What new
measures
are
needed?
-
Does a
new U.N.
Resolution
need to
be drawn
up to
identify
what
circumstances
would
call for
a U.N.
Chemical
/Biological
rapid-response
inspection
team to
be
immediately
dispatched
– (lock
down the
area)
without
going
through
red tape
and
various
levels
of
approval?
Who
would
have
made the
call to
immediately
go into
Duoma
(Damascus
Suburb),
Syria on
April
7th ?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43697084
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The U.N.
Chemical
/Biological
inspection
team
(fact
finding
mission)
was in
Damascus
on April
13th
when the
U.S.,
United
Kingdom
and
French
airstrikes
occurred
– what
was the
hold-up
from
getting
over to
Duoma.
The nine
(9)
weapons
inspectors
were
given
the
green
light to
go into
Duoma on
April
17th
--10
days
after
the
chemical
attack –
5 days
after
the
Russians
entered
Douma
(Damascus
Suburb
chemical
weapon
attack
site).
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43783427
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If the
Russian
forces
moved
into the
Duoma
site on
April
12th, (5
days
after
the
chemical
attack)
how come
the U.N.
Inspector(s)
did not
accompany
the
Russian
forces
to give
a
preliminary
assessment?
What new
protocols
for the
weapons
inspectors
and
relief
workers/NGO’s
must be
in place
by all
concerned
parties
when a
chemical/biological
weapon
is
dispersed
– for
aiding
the
victims,
appropriate
collection
of
evidence,
and
clean up
measures?
-
Should
permanent
U.N.
Weapon’s
Inspectors
be
assigned
to
(on-site
in)
Damascus,
Syria to
help
with the
verification
of
chemical/biological
weapons
as well
as to
make
determinations
when
chemical/biological
weapons
are
dispersed?After
7 years
of heavy
conflict
creating
a
refugee
crisis,
it is
evident
that
efforts
so far
have
failed.
How does
a UNSC
resolution
put into
effect
an
independent
watch
dog
group
who work
along
side
permanent
U.N.
Weapons
Inspectors
in
Damascus
during
the
Syrian
Civil
war?
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https://businessmirror.com.ph/certain-of-chemical-weapons-attack-allies-struck-syria-before-un-inspectors-report/
https://www.bing.com/videos/search |
How
successful
has the
United
Nations been
in dealing
with the
Syrian Civil
War Crisis ?
U.N
Resolution
2254
12/18/2015
-- Convene
representatives
of the
Syrian
Government
and
opposition
to engage in
formal
negotiations
on a
political
transition
process “on
an urgent
basis”, with
a target of
early
January for
the
initiation
of talks. It
expressed
support for
a Syrian-led
political
process
facilitated
by the
United
Nations
which would
establish
“credible,
inclusive
and
non-sectarian
governance”
within six
months and
set a
schedule and
process for
the drafting
of a new
constitution.
By further
terms, the
Council
expressed
support for
free and
fair
elections,
pursuant to
the new
constitution,
to be held
within 18
months
(June/May
2017) and
administered
under United
Nations
supervision,
“to the
highest
international
standards”
of
transparency
and
accountability,
with all
Syrians —
including
members of
the diaspora
— eligible
to
participate.
2016 SYRIA
ELECTION
[Parliament
Every Four
(4) Years]:
At the time
of the
election,
Idlib
Governorate
was almost
entirely
outside
government
control, as
it was
controlled
by rebels.
Raqqa
Governorate
and Deir
ez-Zor
Governorate
were mostly
occupied by
ISIL (ISIS).
As such,
elections
did not take
place in
these
provinces.
Parts of
Aleppo, Homs,
and Daraa
governorates
were also
held by
anti-government
forces at
the time of
the
election.
Rojava had
also been
semi-autonomous
since the
civil war
began.
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