Reverend Dean Becker: (00:00…

Reverend Dean Becker: (00:00)
Those who believe in drug war, do not believe in public safety because of law enforcement's stubborn belief in this policy. Criminals around the world make hundreds of billions of dollars each year selling ever more deadly and contaminated substances. I am Dean Becker, the Reverend most high broadcasting and standing upon moral high ground. Hello, my friends. Thank you for being with us on this edition of Moral High Ground. I am Dean Becker, the Reverend Most High. I appreciate you being with us. We have a show today that's, uh, that's gonna set a record for the most guests on one program that we've ever had. Uh, we have with us today. Uh, Chris Conrad and his wife Mickey Norris. Um, authors, activists, uh, uh, people that have been at this for decades. On end, we have a regular Mr. Phil Smith of, uh, stop the Drug War. 

Reverend Dean Becker: (01:00)
He's going to join us as well. And we have Lauren Mendelson. She of, uh, well, an expert in California, works with California normal and many others in smoothing things into the future. And, uh, there's a chance we're going to have another guest if he shows up. Uh, Mr. Chris Bennett, the Canadian activist and author. But, uh, I wanna open with my, my thoughts. I've determined over the years that the biggest gang in America is law enforcement, the police, the sheriffs, the constables, and the prosecutors. It's a brotherhood, a brotherhood of mutual absolution of tyranny and pretend paranoia, paranoid delusion, uh, just a gathering of often fools and idiots. They're all prophet from domineering over the rest of the population. It gives them this little prince or princess perspective, a pretense of being lords of society, feeling that they have subjects us to be governed. Uh, with that, I want to go ahead and, and we're gonna have a diverse, uh, set of topics today as well, uh, the past, the future, and what may be. But I want to talk about a story that breaks all too often, police getting confused, getting numbers and addresses mixed up, getting, uh, I don't know, just headed in the wrong direction. And Chris Conrad has a story about a 16-year-old who suffered from that set of circumstances. You wanna tell us about that, Chris? 

Chris Conrad: (02:27)
Yeah, sure. Uh, and thanks for having me on, Dean. Uh, yeah. This particular incident is coming back to the forest. It's actually from 2023, but, uh, the reason that it's coming to the forest is because, uh, the family has, uh, of a guy named Randall Sison has, uh, filed for a no-knock, um, excuse me, for a, uh, wrongful death suit against Alabama Police and Mobil for, uh, shooting, uh, the young. He was a teenager. He was asleep. Uh, there was a no knock raid. They smashed in the door. When he heard the door getting smashed, he grabbed the gun. Uh, everyone agrees on that point. He also, as soon as he saw it was the police, he, he dropped the gun and raised his hands. Everyone agrees on that point. Uh, then the police shot him four times in the chest and killed him. And so, uh, there's video showing that that was the case. 

Chris Conrad: (03:16)
And, uh, basically, uh, now finally, the family has decided to pursue this in the, uh, civil course to get some, uh, relief from what happened there. And, uh, this has just been a pattern according to the Miami Herald and the Associate Press. They both mentioned that this is a, there had been at least four similar shootings, uh, in the mobile area of law enforcement. And in these cases, it seems like that they don't end up going to prison for criminal charges. They, uh, wait till the family sues for civil case, uh, a civil matter. And so that, that's really the story in a nutshell, that, you know, finally, uh, a year later, a year, a little over a year later, the family decided that it had to take Madison in his own hand and try to get some justice for this young man who was killed. 

Chris Conrad: (03:58)
And, uh, like I say, the, the interesting thing with it was, is that the police were after his brother who did not live at the house. And so it wasn't like a wrong address where they just got the wrong address. They took his name and they knew his family lived, and they went after the family. Uh, even though the, uh, the alleged drug dealer, uh, was not there, of course, we don't know if the drug dealer had any drugs at the time because the police were busy shooting his brother to a different location. So they didn't seize any drugs. 

Reverend Dean Becker: (04:25)
And again, this, this underscores my thought, mutual absolution and just delaying the, uh, the consequences for the police are the, the ones who get it wrong. Uh, um, Phil mentioned in our earlier discussion that, yeah, they get a year's vacation while they're waiting for the video to be released. And, and for the, the prosecutor to, you know, pad the, the, uh, witnesses to, uh, in their favor. I, anyone else wanna respond to that? Please? 

Lauren Mendelsohn: (04:53)
You're a paid vacation, usually. 

Reverend Dean Becker: (04:55)
Yes. Yeah. Oh, yeah. No, that's, that's true. 

Chris Conrad: (04:58)
I, I would just wanna say right off the back, thank you Phil Smith for your, uh, ongoing series of reports on law enforcement, uh, violence and brutality, and, uh, you know, what's going on there? Because I think you're one of the, you're keeping one of the best, uh, lists over there that's out on the drug War Chronicle 

Reverend Dean Becker: (05:14)
Keeps us busy. 

Chris Conrad: (05:17)
, unfortunately, yes. 

Reverend Dean Becker: (05:19)
Yeah. That, that is the problem. That it's, it's not that it's not a rare occurrence. Uh, it is the whole point. It, it probably happens, uh, every day in, uh, in America to some degree. Maybe not four bullets to the chest, but wrong address, wrong arrests, et cetera. Right. 

Chris Conrad: (05:35)
It's also worth noting it, urban area and a young black man. This seems to be another part of the typical profile. 

Reverend Dean Becker: (05:43)
Norris, go ahead, please. 

Mikki Norris: (05:45)
Yeah, I think the problem really is the policy of no-knock search warrants. I mean, that needs to, to end. They, they've ended in lots of tragedies. One of the most, uh, notable ones was Breonna Taylor, for example, in Kentucky, who was shot in 2020. They went to the wrong address. Her, her boyfriend, uh, with, they're awakened in the middle of the night. And, you know, here's these strangers coming in and starting, you know, to shoot at them and they shoot back. So, what, you know, the, it's a, it's a terrible policy. And she also really did not get the justice that, that she deserved. I don't think the cops were held that, uh, responsible at least criminally, I think civilly. They might have had a payout to her, but it was, it was terrible. And these, these go way back. And we had in our book, shattered Lives Portraits from America's Drug War. 

Mikki Norris: (06:43)
We highlighted the story of Donald Scott, and where they wanted, um, I think the state or, or the Park Service wanted his property down in Southern California. And they used the pretense of him growing marijuana on his property. And they came in also in, you know, early morning meal, you know, guns blazing. And he was killed as a result of that. And that was a matter of them wanting his property. So this policy of no-knock search warrants, I think is really probably unconstitutional. You might know that, Lauren. I mean, is it, I mean, is it a violation of our Fourth Amendment rights as well? 

Chris Conrad: (07:28)
Yeah. I just wanna throw in also that the, the, um, Randall was shot at five 30 in the morning, and likewise, Donald Scott was, uh, it was like dawn when they did the raid. So they do these raids when people are asleep, and yet they come in like they're, they're hitting, uh, you know, invading, uh, another country or something with all the weaponry. I'm sorry, 

Lauren Mendelsohn: (07:47)
Go ahead. Right. And they, they ought to be, uh, unconstitutional legal. I feel like they, in my opinion, they, they violate the constitution, however, thus far, they've, you know, withheld and stood up against these legal challenges. So that doesn't mean there won't be a situation someday that's so egregious that, um, you know, we might set some new precedent there. But it really is, uh, you know, is the government really achieving its, uh, the objectives of public safety, uh, and getting this, uh, you know, control of the situation? I, I would, I would disagree strongly based on these multiple tragedies that continue to happen. 

Reverend Dean Becker: (08:28)
Uh, Phil, Phil Smith. 

Phil Smith: (08:30)
Yeah. A matter of public safety. Uh, that's one reason why we wanna legalize drugs, because every mm-hmm . Potential interaction with a law enforcement officer endangers the safety of the public. Yeah, you might end up dead, uh, but if, if legal or other drugs are legal, they have no reason to interact with you. Mm-hmm . That saves lives 

Lauren Mendelsohn: (08:53)
Absolutely frees up their resources and time to, to, you know, really focus on legitimate crimes, save taxpayer dollars. Um, there's mind blowing that we're still in this situation to me, 

Chris Conrad: (09:07)
And, and it doesn't end when they go to jail when you're in prison, because we have like a several cases where a prison guards are beating people to death and things like that. Right. There's a new case that's been well uncovered. 

Reverend Dean Becker: (09:18)
That's, that's a story I I wanted to cover. A very recent story, um, happened this month. Uh, a gentleman was in prison for, um, I think some years, and I don't know why this situation occurred, but apparently this prisoner was taken to, looks like an infirmary. And there a gang of New York officers pummeled the man severely kicked him in the groin, ground their foot into his groin, beat him so hard that he died the next day. Uh, and, uh, I think 11 and perhaps as many as 15 officers have now been dismissed from that, uh, that force. And it, it's, again, this idea that we, under their control are deserving of abuse, of punishment, of, you know, chastisement of making us change our ways. That's where the, the, uh, the law enforcement has just tried to gather this, this, this club, this means to, to control us. And if, if you give them any objections, they're, they, they're willing to kill you. Uh, please respond to that one, folks. 

Chris Conrad: (10:31)
Well, one of the things in that particular case that I believe that the medical staff helped to cover up the incident is one of the reasons it took long to find out what had happened there, because the medical staff was supposed to be helping him out the, the victim, but instead of that, they worked to cover up for the police. And so some of the medical staff have been fired as well. Whether they're charged or not remains be seen. 

Reverend Dean Becker: (10:51)
Right. And, uh, it's, well, and again, the long justice for these cops, whereas if you or me, we would already be behind bars if we had done something similar. Uh, I see that Chris Bennett has joined us. Uh, now we have our first international, uh, panel as well. Thank you, Chris. How you doing? Uh, your audio not working, not working on 

Lauren Mendelsohn: (11:14)
Mute. 

Chris Bennett: (11:15)
Oh, uh, how about now? There you go. Yeah. Good, good. Okay. Sorry for being late. Uh, I feel really bad. I nodded off there, . 

Reverend Dean Becker: (11:22)
Well, it's still holidays. You're allowed. Yeah. . No, that, that's good. Uh, Chris, um, I, I saw, um, uh, a piece you had released, a gentleman had written up there that really just, uh, chastised the US government that just showed that we're, we are the bullies, and that, uh, we're way off track. I, I, well, 

Chris Bennett: (11:43)
It's the first time, you know, that Canadians had had to really consider being annexed by America, you know, under, uh, under under Trump. And he's not even president yet, along with a Panama Canal and, uh, Greenland, you know, so, uh, it, it's, it's looking really scary from here in the USA where we're gonna, we're wondering what's gonna happen January 20th, you know, when 13 to 20 million, uh, immigrants are pushed to the borders and, uh, uh, forced to look for new places to live, you know? And, uh, what, what's that gonna do to the American economy? What's that gonna do to the Canadian economy? Uh, um, it's a time of unstability worldwide. Trump has unstabilized nato, he is unstabilized the world situation. And, uh, who knows what 2020 five's gonna look like. 

Chris Conrad: (12:30)
On the bright side, though, I think that what you're finding, Trump is just saying those things so that the media stops talking about his nominees. Uh, you know, this is, I I, I don't think he really intends to do any of that stuff. I think that it's just the, the usual, uh, dog whistle to the media is like, oh, you're focusing too much on, on facts. That's gonna, some hypothetical thing to di you know, uh, here's a squirrel over here, 

Chris Bennett: (12:50)
. Yeah. It destabilized things here, though, you know, regardless of that, it's, uh, uh, the caused an early election, uh, um, and, uh, the, the, the right-wing government of the conservatives under Pierre Pulver are taking advantage of that and pushing for a new election. He lost his, uh, finance minister over it. Uh, um, so it's, it's successfully destabilize things. And it's, uh, uh, um, so that, that type of talk, you know, it's like you can't write off presidential talk as, oh, he is just joking around. He's just saying thing. And I think that what that does is normalize his behavior. You know, uh, um, we don't know what Trump's gonna do. I don't think he's gonna, you know, we're too white to invade. So, uh, um, it's not gonna be like that. But, uh, you know, uh, there's well-known Canadian meeting with, uh, the Trump White House right now talking further about, uh, uh, making us become the 51st state. 

Chris Bennett: (13:39)
So there's definitely, you know, true through Jess, he didn't just do it once. This has been multiple times now. Uh, um, and, uh, um, you know, the situation in Ukraine and Russia as well, uh, um, you know, he's totally, totally flipped the thing. It's like, we don't know what's gonna happen, and the people that he has hired and his cabinet are, are loony loyalists, uh, uh, and extremists. So, yeah, I don't think it can be written off, uh, purely as, uh, you know, it's definitely gone from cheaper bread and eggs to, let's take over Canada, and Greenland and the Panama Canal pretty quick. You know, it's taking, taking the talk away from some things. And, but I think there's more to it than that, 

Reverend Dean Becker: (14:18)
Right? Uh, clearly 

Chris Conrad: (14:19)
Part of his overall platform, like, for example, I was reading in the paper today, they said that people aren't as worried about inflation as they were three weeks ago, when the new news media was talking about every minute of every day, and polling people constantly about it and so forth. Now that Trump's doing this stuff, people aren't thinking about inflation because, you know, they're thinking about invading Canada, how, how nice the state that would be for us. But I do agree with you. You can't, he's, there's no telling what he will actually do. 

Chris Bennett: (14:42)
Yeah. 

Reverend Dean Becker: (14:43)
Chris, I, I was gonna say, I, I opened up this discussion with the thought that there is this mutual absolution society with the cops, the prosecutors, even the judges, and the politicians, uh, that, uh, forgives mistakes. Um, some not so minor by cops, by, uh, even prosecutors doing their job, as long as there's this quote, moral sense that it's for the right reason, whether it's legal or not. And, uh, I, I think we, we have a very, well, uh, maybe not similar, but the situation with these goons that Trump is trying to hire on as his helpers, uh, that many of them have criminal records, have been very deviant, um, members of society. And yet through this, uh, Christian nationalist movement, they can be forgiven. They can be allowed to move forward and, and to take control despite their prior sins. And I, I just feel that, um, you know, that's, that's just, uh, leading us in the wrong direction. Anyone want to comment on that? 

Chris Bennett: (15:48)
Well, I think Trump's kind of like the peak of all that . He's like the ultimate felon. 

Lauren Mendelsohn: (15:54)
Yeah. Yeah. 

Reverend Dean Becker: (15:55)
No, 

Chris Conrad: (15:57)
I, I would have to say that when you look at somebody like Matt Gaetz, uh, who is being proposed for the Attorney General, and yet you've got, you know, he is a pedophile, you know, basic a, a, a sexual predator and a peau file, and yet Trump wants to put him in there. I mean, the one good thing about it's, he favored legalized marijuana , unlike the person who's replacing him and so forth. But I was just reading that in his, uh, home district, he's popular, has gone up since the release of that report detailing his pedophilia and, uh, and, and prostitution and drug use and all that stuff. And, uh, they're saying, 'cause it is like they, they feel like if you say something bad about one of their guys, that's political. Uh, but if it comes to anybody else, then of course, then they should get the full extent of the law levied on them. 

Lauren Mendelsohn: (16:44)
That's a big difference 

Chris Bennett: (16:45)
Between the left, you know, like we're always capitalizing our people and, uh, uh, criticizing them and stuff like that. So it ends up just being a double down on the left, because the right's, so, uh, reluctant to do any sort of criticizing of their own people. Mm-hmm 

Lauren Mendelsohn: (17:00)
. And I was very, you know, I'm very concerned by, uh, the normalization of this, uh, lack of integrity, I suppose. Lack of compassion, uh, hatred, um, quite frankly is, is what it is. Um, and, uh, a lack of empathy as a young person. I'm shocked by how many young people support these ideas. You know, I think it's, uh, we tend to think that maybe, you know, the older generation is more stuck in their ways and less open to new ideas. But, you know, I've, I know a lot of young people that are supporting this, uh, you know, Donald Trump and, and, and his cronies, and this, this rhetoric of, of hate, uh, quite frankly. And, and it's, um, and if the, you know, the only justification seems to be economic, I think, uh, and or, you know, they wanna be an too, and they feel that they can do it because that's how the president's behaving. 

Lauren Mendelsohn: (18:00)
And I, I'm deeply troubled by that sense, you know, across our country. And I think some of us can get in our very, um, you know, progressive bubbles, um, in the Bay Area. And I surround myself with folks in the left, and, and the whole state of California is relatively progressive, but if you go to the rest of the country, I was on a, a road trip earlier this year, right before the election. And, um, it is, it is very different out there. And, and I think that there's, um, we need more people getting together. Uh, and maybe not talking politics, but just, you know, getting together and having a meal and, and reconnecting as humans, because we've kind of lost the ability to respectfully disagree with our neighbors, um, and to have rational discussions that aren't, you know, driven by emotion, at least kind of on, on the right. Um, so, you know, and so I, I, I've just, you know, as many people have been just kind of very depressed since the election, you know, the first time it was a mistake. I understand electing him once when we didn't really know what he was gonna do, but to then have him get, you know, impeached, have him get convicted of all those, you know, various different crimes, uh, and then to elect him again, it's, uh, that's on us America. That's, it speaks to some, you know, very deep sickness that we've gotta reckon with, 

Chris Conrad: (19:17)
You know, a couple things there. Say something. Yeah, I, I, I was saying that, uh, I know that there's, in the medical field, there've been a real decline in the number of people who want to get involved in medicine since Trump did his war on science, uh, with the first term in office. I'm just wondering me, Lauren, what do you think? How is this affecting people's interest in being attorneys, or, or what kind of people are gonna wanna be attorneys in a situation where it seems to be like maybe bribery is gonna be the main ex mm-hmm . Uh, substituted in place of justice. We might just have, you know, crony, bribery, uh, running the course. 

Lauren Mendelsohn: (19:48)
Yeah, I mean, I think that, you know, I could see it both ways. I could see how some people are gonna be motivated to try to get, become, you know, into the legal field to help seek justice and, and help hold these, you know, people accountable. Um, but at the same time, it is, you are entering this, uh, this treacherous kind of swamp. Um, and a lot of people don't wanna have to deal with that. Um, I'm glad to not live too close to DC right now, but I did, uh, you know, I went to college at the University of Maryland right outside DC when Obama was president. And I loved, uh, that atmosphere, uh, being there during the Obama years. Um, and I'm so glad I'm nowhere near there now, you know? Uh, but I'm, I'm gonna try to do what I can from afar. 

Lauren Mendelsohn: (20:33)
Um, I think the threat to, uh, you know, undocumented people and immigrants is super real. You know, Chris, I, I do think he's gonna act on some of those things. And I'm, I'm concerned for, you know, members of my community that are gonna be impacted. I'm, I think they're gonna try to take away reproductive whites even more. They're clearly, you know, making efforts on that front. And so there's so many things in addition to the, you know, the drug war, which I think is, you know, what we're focusing on. But they're all related. It's all about power, uh, at the end of the day, power and, and money . And, uh, and, and unfortunately, you know, compassion, uh, is not at the forefront like it should be. 

Reverend Dean Becker: (21:10)
Again, that was Lauren Mendelson, uh, Mickey Norris, you have something that you wanted to add? 

Mikki Norris: (21:14)
Yeah, I think the Republicans have lost their right to call themselves the, the party of law and Order at this point. I mean, they, they have lost a total respect, uh, of the law. They, they challenge it every step along the way, trying to move, uh, do judge shopping, do, you know, move things up if they don't like the, the result of a, you know, the ruling of the judge, they just, you know, keep bringing it back up. And hopefully, and I know Trump's counting on bringing it to the Supreme Court because they, he nominated a, you know, three of the justices that are there and feels like they're, you know, on his side. But I also think I'm, I'm concerned that this is become, we might be entering like another McCarthy era, you know, where, where he wants to bring prosecutions against his enemies, that they, you know, if they don't see things the way he does it, then they're enemies of the state. And, you know, that, that's very concerning to me. Where are we heading with, with all this? And are people gonna stand up? I, I, I think, uh, a lot of people will, I know that a lot of, in California here, we've got, you know, our Justice Department is gearing up for challenges along the way. And I think in other states they are too. So hopefully they'll hold them, you know, back or from all the terrible things that they're, they're hoping to achieve. 

Reverend Dean Becker: (22:49)
I, I wanna add this, that, uh, kind of tagging onto what Lauren was talking about, that the cartels are advancing. They are taking over more positions of authority right here in the United States. They are beginning to be, uh, the powers that be in some cases, or at least influencing the powers that be. And, and we have to realize this, that there, uh, as, as, as we keep giving them hundreds of billions of dollars, uh, to criminals around the world, every year, they use half of that money to bribe and control, uh, other authorities and, and move us closer and closer to where they can maintain their, their positions of power and, uh, make those billions. And we, we have to be aware that the, the, the dissolution, the, uh, diminishing of our rights gives more power to these cartels and the gangs to, uh, control our lives. And it's, it's, uh, it's, it's really sad that we can, that the, the power, our current powers that be, cannot see how this is beginning to take away their power and give it to criminals. Uh, Phil Smith, what do you have to say, sir? 

Phil Smith: (24:04)
Well, I think a slightly different angle on the cartels. I'm, I'm concerned about the cartels, but in regard to, uh, what the Trump administration may try to do about it, I mean, they've made that a huge issue during the, uh, the campaign, you know, even accused Canada of being a fentanyl importer, which is pretty ridiculous. Um, but, uh, in the, uh, in this last session of Congress, there were several bills coming out from Republican members about waging war in Mexico against the cartels. So I really have some concerns about whether we're gonna see some sort of, uh, wild, you know, military action in Mexico, um, with all the consequences that could have. 

Reverend Dean Becker: (24:45)
I don't know if it's a direct quote from Trump, but there was some discussion with him, I think, about lobbying missiles at the Cartel labs, uh, just taking it to that extreme 

Phil Smith: (24:58)
That could really destabilize, uh, relations on our southern border 

Reverend Dean Becker: (25:01)
Border. Yeah. But that's what he wants. He wants a war, he wants to be seen as a conqueror, as a, a dictator, as somebody who ruled things. And I, I think he, he would dig on that, I, to be honest. Um, and speaking of which, uh, uh, the New York Times has been doing some series, uh, a series on the situation with fentanyl in Mexico, and one of the stories talks about how do they test the fentanyl and what they do? Well, I, I've seen some pictures. They, they actually toured, uh, they were given permission by one of these cartel manufacturers to tour the lab to, um, come in and spend a, a a, a short time before they heard the police were coming. But again, that's part of the, their mechanism. The cartels have, you know, ears everywhere, and they know what's happening. But what they do, they take the fentanyl, they go down to the local homeless camp, it says, who wants to try some? And they see if somebody wants to shoot up a, a bit of fentanyl and see what happens. And, uh, they even tested on chickens and rabbits, uh, to, to see if it'll kill them. Uh, they wanna get somewhere in between killing rabbits and I guess keeping humans alive. But, uh, that's the quality control that the US government demands that we have in this drug war. 
 

Reverend Dean Becker:  

All right. Well, uh, uh, once again, I, I want to thank Mr. Phil Smith. Mr. Chris Conrad. Uh, Sam Azar joined us here late. I might've seen you late. Sorry, Sam. Uh, Lauren Mendelson, thank you very much. We will do more shows. Uh, Chris Conrad. We of course will do more. You and Mickey both know that, and I want to thank you all. Alright. To close out the show and help us transition to the new year, I present the words of Roger Goodman. He's a representative for the state of Washington. 

Rep Roger Goodman :  
Yeah. Our drug policies over the last century are, uh, exhibit one of fascism and what I said before, where our system is based on greed and racism and fear. If anything, our drug policies have been based on greed, racism, and fear for the last a hundred years. And the, I'd say the best worst example of, of fascism. And so I hope, uh, uh, although there are worrisome trends that the drug war might be cranked up again, but I hope that we're seeing, uh, uh, the end of the drug war eventually. But right now it's a little bump of the road. 

Reverend Dean Becker:  
Yeah. Uh, well, and the heck of it is, well, in the last month, Trump has said that, uh, he wants to follow in on the heels of China and, uh, arrest drug users, uh, try them quickly and then execute them quickly. And yeah, 

Rep Roger Goodman :  
I, I, I mean, you know, that's, that's bluster. Uh, we do have a court system that functions, at least for the moment. But, uh, I am concerned about the people in states voting against, in this last election, a number of progressive drug policy measures related to cannabis, related to psychedelics. Uh, most of them failed. And so we are seeing a retrenchment now, uh, into these, uh, uh, I guess I said it as part of our interview just now, like, we are a democracy. We got what he, what we deserve. You know, 

Reverend Dean Becker:  
Part of it is even him being elected, that disturbs me, scares me, but I I know it's, it's living in a country where that many people prefer fascism. Right? And that's, that's all Hitler needed. And, and once it's rolling, nobody's gonna stand in the way and stop Sea Island. They're gonna just do it to all the Drug Truth Network listeners out there. I wanna wish you a very safe and happy New Year. Take care of yourself. The government don't give up nothing. And I wanna encourage you, I wanna kick you in the butt this coming year, become more of a citizen. Do your part, help to end this stupidity. And again, I remind you that because of prohibition, you don't know what's in that bag. I urge you to please be careful and remember that euphoria is a blessing, not a crime. As the Reverend Most High, I consider it my job to teach you the choir to sing solos. We bring you the complete unvarnished truth about the drug war and find there is no one in law enforcement willing, daring to attempt to refute what we present here. Please help to expose the abomination of this drug war. Until next time, this is Dean Becker, the Reverend Most High claiming the moral high ground, DEA Agent Cuomo, I'll come on your show.