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The Doug Collins Podcast
"matthew charles" Discussed on The Doug Collins Podcast
"Point. I look forward to that. Moving out, so from Lexington standpoint from where you grew up, it was an economic decision. And I'm not saying right or wrong, I'm not moralizing here, but your choice and you might have very clear there. Your choice wasn't was easier to earn the quote quicker illegal but than it was to actually, you know, do the other. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Yeah. And I think how does that affect and again, because you're now and we're going to get to what you're doing now, but you've seen this, you're able to talk to people across the country, both old men and new men and new women and old women. But how can do you think that economic driver is another issue that is affected a lot, especially the drug issues that we see in our prison system? Are you talking about the people that have been able to end up in prison? Definitely, the talent that I was from was a furniture to recession hit. It was hit hard as a matter of fact, a lot of those furniture factors closed their doors never to reopen. So the poverty level definitely is one of the greater causes. And the fact that oftentimes, you know, you're looking at a population of 18,000 intellects to not Carolina. And you're looking at the disadvantages of educational, you know, some people don't have the ability to go to college because financially, they're unable to, even if they had the schools in high school, they just can't cross over because their parents are not able to pay for their schooling. So a lot of those things come into play, and then also because at that time, especially we're talking about in the 80s being enemies late 80s, probably 90s when the new drug that came out on the scene was crack crack cocaine and the communities and a lot of people because we understand what the Congress died and set in the law at a 101 because of not fully understanding that the center that would be imposed because of that. But at the same time, they were aware that this was a crisis gone all something needed to be done about it. So crack cocaine was being sold in the inner communities and it was easy to get and it was easy to sell. And you may a profit from it. So a lot of people gravitated toward that. So like I said, we always want people to be held accountable for, you know, because we know selling drugs is not legal. So we definitely want them to be held accountable for their wrong actions. We just want to make sure that they receive an appropriate sentence for that. Exactly. Well, one of the things that I want to go back is we've discussed your sort of comment is you after you got out of high school two weeks later, you went into the army. How long did you spend in the army, Matthew? I spent a little bit over two a little bit over two and a half years with the gang time and everything that I was able to see once they told me that I was able to leave. I left. Ryan, you got out. With honorable discharge, but I thought, well, and I said, and it's interesting here to note that here you came out of the military, serving your country at honorable discharge. You came out in the economic drivers and you went back to your hometown. It sounds like, I mean, the economic drivers, even for a veteran, you know, the choices you made were more toward the drug at the time. Yes, sir. Yes, I was. And there's a whole different argument there to be made, especially about the transition out of military and I won't ever say that it's by no means the same, but there are similarities to getting out of the military in which you've repositioned your life for a certain amount of time and then going back out into a society that doesn't resemble anything that you've been doing as someone who gets out of prison and goes back to the same area and what they've had for several years probably in prison doesn't exist outside. And it's a struggle isn't it? Yes, it is. And even though the opportunities for veterans, it's gotten better over the decades with the alternatives of the sentencing with the more employers willing to hire vets and with, you know, like I said, the different administrations are doing different things for veterans, but all of those things weren't available. Well, some of them were, but all of those things were not necessarily available in the 80s and early 90s. It just started to change to where more attention was being put on people with drug addictions and veterans and why veterans after they honored their country can't find jobs or as alcoholics are addicts themselves. So now because of those studies things have started to get a whole lot better for veterans now..
The Doug Collins Podcast
Matthew Charles on the Economic Decision to Deal Drugs
"So from Lexington standpoint from where you grew up, it was an economic decision. And I'm not saying right or wrong, I'm not moralizing here, but your choice and you might have very clear there. Your choice wasn't was easier to earn the quote quicker illegal but than it was to actually, you know, do the other. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Yeah. And I think how does that affect and again, because you're now and we're going to get to what you're doing now, but you've seen this, you're able to talk to people across the country, both old men and new men and new women and old women. But how can do you think that economic driver is another issue that is affected a lot, especially the drug issues that we see in our prison system? Are you talking about the people that have been able to end up in prison? Definitely, the talent that I was from was a furniture to recession hit. It was hit hard as a matter of fact, a lot of those furniture factors closed their doors never to reopen. So the poverty level definitely is one of the greater causes. And the fact that oftentimes, you know, you're looking at a population of 18,000 intellects to not Carolina. And you're looking at the disadvantages of educational, you know, some people don't have the ability to go to college because financially, they're unable to, even if they had the schools in high school, they just can't cross over because their parents are not able to pay for their schooling. So a lot of those things come into play, and then also because at that time, especially we're talking about in the 80s being enemies late 80s, probably 90s when the new drug that came out on the scene was crack crack cocaine and the communities and a lot of people because we understand what the Congress died and set in the law at a 101 because of not fully understanding that the center that would be imposed because of that. But at the same time, they were aware that this was a crisis gone all something needed to be done about it. So crack cocaine was being sold in the inner communities and it was easy to get and it was easy to sell. And you may a profit from it.
The Doug Collins Podcast
"matthew charles" Discussed on The Doug Collins Podcast
"I mean, that is just an amazing story. I want to go back something though, Matthew, if you don't mind, one of the things that we see a lot in from folks incarcerated in the background that you came from was, and you're dealing in drugs. We're mainly just dealing drugs, or did you have an addiction issue as well? No, I just left in drugs. Yes, sir. There are people that actually have an addiction to it, but also deal, and to fuel or feed their addiction, they do that. But at the time, I was selling drugs because that was a means of being able to get money and attain the things that I knew I couldn't get otherwise. Well, I'm not going to say I knew I couldn't get otherwise because you could get them otherwise legally. It just takes a little bit longer and persistent in the right way. So I don't want to say that I couldn't attain those things. I was just saying that it was an easier way and that's what was going on in the community or the neighborhood that I was actually in. 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It's an interesting problem because there's, again, one of the things I'm loving this conversation and I hope that the podcast listens across the world listen to this and see, is there's a lot of stereotypes out there that, you know, if you're dealing drug, you're just a drug addict. You're doing it. But sometimes and what part of North Carolina were you from, Matthew? I was from Lexington, North Carolina. No, could barbecue. Okay, come on now. We gonna get on the problem. Oh yeah, you can say, wait, we're gonna, oh my goodness, let's talk about the barbecue. Oh, no, okay, now before we get in, we got the this is my brother here. I love it. Okay. In barbecue, I'm a north George boy, you know. I'm not far from the Carolina border up here, Murphy and I but I am and I grew up we used to, you know, for family unions, everything else, we'd get split the hog, you'd have the whole hog roast. I mean, that's all we did on this. And we used what would be known in most parlance is the Carolina, the vinegar based. Please tell me. You're a Carolina vinegar based guy. Oh, yes. There we go. Yeah, how many people want to put ketchup on? No. It can't get this done. And it is sort of funny, our producer James is just moved to Texas and now they think barbecue is beef. So it's a whole different issue. As we go, but pork, golly, that is so much fun. I mean, I've had some good barbecue in North Carolina. I have to tell you funny, they were going to get back to this story, but because you just got me off on barbecue at this one, I'm starving. Have you ever heard a little town called Clinton in North Carolina? A little bit more playable area. I went out there, I had my funniest barbecue story in life. It's back before I was a pastor and I was working training fire departments and other stuff and it was in early January. And the guy that I was working with took me to eat those lunch, barbecue, and it was at and again, most good barbecue joints as you well know in the south are either reconditioned service stations or old dairy queens or something. And we're sitting there and I am just stuffing myself and look up at the TV and this was back in 92 or 93 Clinton Bill Clinton was being inaugurated as president. I'm sitting in Clinton, North Carolina, eating North Carolina barbecue. I mean, I'll always remember that process, but we'll have to get together and get some barbecue at some.
The Doug Collins Podcast
Matthew Charles Shares His Story of Redemption
"The things that we see a lot in from folks incarcerated in the background that you came from was, and you're dealing in drugs. We're mainly just dealing drugs, or did you have an addiction issue as well? No, I just left in drugs. Yes, sir. There are people that actually have an addiction to it, but also deal, and to fuel or feed their addiction, they do that. But at the time, I was selling drugs because that was a means of being able to get money and attain the things that I knew I couldn't get otherwise. Well, I'm not going to say I knew I couldn't get otherwise because you could get them otherwise legally. It just takes a little bit longer and persistent in the right way. So I don't want to say that I couldn't attain those things. I was just saying that it was an easier way and that's what was going on in the community or the neighborhood that I was actually in.
The Doug Collins Podcast
"matthew charles" Discussed on The Doug Collins Podcast
"Well, look, let's talk about that for a second, because I mean, I love that story. I mean, Matthew, apart from anything else, I can't tell you 'cause, you know, you know, well about me that I'm a rhyme minister, pastor for over 11 years, still an air force chaplain. And I can't tell you how many times I have heard a story that began with, I read, I found a Gideon Bible. Oh, yes, sir. I mean, it is amazing. And I hear so many times, you know, the gideons who do such a great work, you know, they used to and again, I think we've lost so much in our society when they can't hand out voluntarily handout scripture to 5th writers. Remember that? And but it's interesting. In list explore this because this is a podcast where look, people know that I'm my faith and they're going to hear about faith and they want to call me and email me. I'll talk to them about it. But talk about that for a second. It ended up on a side note here. The power of the bi, just the Bible. You didn't have it, you didn't have Billy Graham sitting in the room with you. I mean, you had a Bible. And that was it, correct? Yes, sir. And the product part of it is I've never even seen the guy that gave it to me with one or him even open it up and read it. So I didn't even know it was in the possessions along with the toothpaste soap and deodorant and a couple, you know, soups and snacks that he could give him because I had never seen it. But when he rolled it up and gave it to me on like a towel and I took it over to myself and I opened it, it was actually in there. But I had never seen him with the one we never discussed. Anything. So it was just the time. It is amazing. I mean, we talk about, you know, from a fight perspective, you talk about the power of the word of God that he goes forth and it does not ever return void. That scripture just speaks to me. And intimidates me in a way too because it's a reminder that God is working in our society even when we have no clue of how he's doing it. And to take a scripture like that. Now, it's interesting also, I think, to point out here, and I appreciate the way you did this. You accepted Christ. That old man became you as so appreciate the way you described that because that's truly the way scripture describes it. But you still have to go to jail. You know, I hear so many times people have to say, well, he just got religion because he wanted to get out of jail. No, you were headed to a 35 year sentence. And so when you got to tear up, that was one and again, back in the day and I think we still have a lot of work to be done a lot of work to be done. I know you know this in our not just our federal prisons, but our state prisons and local, I remember talk to people, you were fortunately went into it with and you have two experiences. You got a 15 year sentence earlier. Now you had an estate prison, now you have the federal prison. For those who might not ever, by the grace of God, enter a prison. Describe the day to today describe what it was like, you know, maybe if you could sort of the first experience when you were the old man and then explain it as the new one in the federal prison. I would say the explaining of it when I was the old man is that environment behind prison walls, especially if you're not at a low custody facility or what we call a minimum camp facility is completely different. When you go on there, people are there and some of them are serving sentences that are two or three times or 5 times larger than yours. And some of them have been there for many years and because of their Saturday ways and they are tariffs coriander. And because of that, you encounter people that have life sentences. You encounter people that have 30 years to encounter people that have 5 years, but it's based upon their sentence and their experiences while in the county jail because it's easy to become a prey where somebody prays on you because you have a little bit more than them. I think dislike you. Or because they're just mad at society or they're mad at the judge that sent us some and they can't take it out on the guards per service so they're taking out on the individual prisoner in their sale or in their sale block. And because of that, like I said, before then being the old person that I was, I was already geared to protect myself, you know what I mean? I know how to carry myself behind walls. Once I became the new man, I knew that that conduct was no longer allowable. And now I had to trust God to protect me, or give me pre warning. Which is amazing. Some incident, give me pre warning that, hey, something is about to happen. You need to leave. You don't need to be here. So like I said, there is a big difference prior to that. I would have been like, in that environment and would not have even really, truly cared about what was going on around me because it's prison and was to expect. But once I became the Christian and got to USP Terre hut and felt it before I even walked through the gate, I believe that was another example of, you know, a guy showing me that you are different. You know, because even as you stated, before I get sentenced as septic price, not knowing what my sentence was going to be, but at my sentence, I didn't raise up and say your honor, I'm a Christian now. I've been to Christian for about 8 months and I now understand what I had done wrong. And therefore, could you release me, or none of that applied? Because nobody knew what was going on with me as me anger. And later on the fruits showing what God had done in that county jail was displayed everybody without me having to open my mouth..
The Doug Collins Podcast
Matthew Charles and Doug Discuss the Power of the Bible
"Apart from anything else, I can't tell you 'cause, you know, you know, well about me that I'm a rhyme minister, pastor for over 11 years, still an air force chaplain. And I can't tell you how many times I have heard a story that began with, I read, I found a Gideon Bible. Oh, yes, sir. I mean, it is amazing. And I hear so many times, you know, the gideons who do such a great work, you know, they used to and again, I think we've lost so much in our society when they can't hand out voluntarily handout scripture to 5th writers. Remember that? And but it's interesting. In list explore this because this is a podcast where look, people know that I'm my faith and they're going to hear about faith and they want to call me and email me. I'll talk to them about it. But talk about that for a second. It ended up on a side note here. The power of the bi, just the Bible. You didn't have it, you didn't have Billy Graham sitting in the room with you. I mean, you had a Bible. And that was it, correct? Yes, sir. And the product part of it is I've never even seen the guy that gave it to me with one or him even open it up and read it. So I didn't even know it was in the possessions along with the toothpaste soap and deodorant and a couple, you know, soups and snacks that he could give him because I had never seen it. But when he rolled it up and gave it to me on like a towel and I took it over to myself and I opened it, it was actually in there. But I had never seen him with the one we never discussed. Anything. So it was just the time. It is amazing. I mean, we talk about, you know, from a fight perspective, you talk about the power of the word of God that he goes forth and it does not ever return void. That scripture just speaks to me. And intimidates me in a way too because it's a reminder that God is working in our society even when we have no clue of how he's doing it.
The Doug Collins Podcast
"matthew charles" Discussed on The Doug Collins Podcast
"And the first step act changed a lot of that. Well, and I think that's something that is so important because, you know, I had somebody talk, I was talking with this and of course you know I still very active with this in this issue. And I had somebody who was not as familiar with the issue site one time and they started seeing, you know, these jurisdictions where they're not prosecuting crimes or they're just sort of letting go. And I've said that's giving what we're trying to do a bad name. In fact, it's actually hurting us in trying to help those that we could help the best in this process. And I agree with you fully. It definitely has to be an accountability on the person that committed the offense. And holding the person accountable has nothing at all to do with bad criminal justice reform a good criminal justice reform. It's just saying that a person committed an act, whether it was a ballot or a nonviolent act. And because of that, they got to be held accountable for. So criminal justice reform is not a get out of jail free card. It's just saying, what has this person been doing since they've been incarcerated? Did the sentence actually fit the crime that they committed and in my situation since I ended up having a drug sentence and my drug was crack cocaine that I actually sold at that time the sentence between crack cocaine and powder cocaine was a hundred and one. So I still would say on accountable for the crime that I committed, but I had received an enhanced portion of that sentence just based on the disparity between those two drugs. Well, and I think that's something right now we have the equal at least before Congress and it needs to pass even more. And we could not we could only we got as good as we could in the first step at we laid the groundwork for making it equalization now, but let's go back in time though a little bit, Matthew, because one of the things that I always enjoy doing, I don't care who I'm interviewing, is how did you get to be the story or be the person that you are? Sort of give us a little bit of your background, how, you know, your childhood, how you came up, how you got in, you know, how you had your run ins with what eventually was your incarceration in law. We'll talk a little bit pieces of that as we go forward because I think it's good for people to sort of hear where people's stories are. Okay, what I would definitely start off by saying that I was the furthest away from my house today. I grew up in a dysfunctional environment. My father was an alcoholic. He was verbally and physically abusive. Not only to my mother, but until me and my siblings as well. And I actually joined the army once I graduated high school. I actually joined it while I was in high school and once I was released, I was out a couple of weeks, and then I went to basic training. But I had actually joined the military to escape the balance in my own household. And then once I went into the military and then my term to me because I didn't have a right perspective on authority I ended up feeling that that was too much authority and I still didn't have my freedom. So I ended up doing my term and then being released. But once I got released, everything started to spiral down here because all the different things that I had encountered throughout my life started to expose themselves. And I started making bad decision at the bad decision, and that ended up giving me 15 year state centers in the state of North Carolina. And I still didn't learn my lesson there..
The Doug Collins Podcast
Real Criminal Justice Reform With Matthew Charles
"Person accountable has nothing at all to do with bad criminal justice reform a good criminal justice reform. It's just saying that a person committed an act, whether it was a ballot or a nonviolent act. And because of that, they got to be held accountable for. So criminal justice reform is not a get out of jail free card. It's just saying, what has this person been doing since they've been incarcerated? Did the sentence actually fit the crime that they committed and in my situation since I ended up having a drug sentence and my drug was crack cocaine that I actually sold at that time the sentence between crack cocaine and powder cocaine was a hundred and one. So I still would say on accountable for the crime that I committed, but I had received an enhanced portion of that sentence just based on the disparity between those two drugs. Well, and I think that's something right now we have the equal at least before Congress and it needs to pass even more. And we could not we could only we got as good as we could in the first step at we laid the groundwork for making it equalization now, but
The Doug Collins Podcast
"matthew charles" Discussed on The Doug Collins Podcast
"I guarantee you one day you'll be back in the minority and it ain't gonna be that fun. So now are you still living Matthew and where are you living at now? I live in Nashville, Tennessee. Bill and Nashville, okay, cool. And that's what I thought. Y'all getting ready for another round of snow and I scenario everything. Yes, I think it's supposed to hit us the Sunday. Yeah. I think we're going to get sort of the same thing. Unfortunately, I think we're going to get more ice than we get snow. In this. So it has to be messy. But it is good to see you, my friend. Matthew Charles is someone that I got to know. And I say this not lightly. Here on the podcast, but many times in Congress, you don't ever get to see the results of what you work on. And Matthew Charles is a living result and a something who benefited from something I was privileged to have worked on called the first step act, which was a criminal justice reform piece of legislation. And Matthew, I think one of the things that is important that people get mistaken. And let's start off here with this a little bit. People mistake criminal justice reform many times, unfortunately, with not with people getting off for doing things that they've done. And that's not what really we're talking about, is it? No, that's the farthest from it. Criminal justice reform is just looking at the laws that do exist and making sure that the punishment fits the crime. In other words, you just want to make sure that everyone that receives a sentence has an appropriate sentence based on the category of the criteria and criminal history of that individual. And then you also want the person while they serve in that period of incarceration to be able to be rehabilitated. To me, the primary purpose of incarceration is rehabilitation, but for many years or decades, it's been unassociated with it and it's been more of an incapacitation as opposed to rehabilitation..
The Doug Collins Podcast
"matthew charles" Discussed on The Doug Collins Podcast
"Then you have members of Senate member of Congress who use every example of a show that all we need to do is be locking up everybody and throwing away the key. And we know that that is just, frankly, just not a good idea either, because number one, it doesn't work. Number two, it costs more than we could ever have. And we're already the most incarcerated country in the world. And we're wanting to throw more at it. How do we break through on this though? How do we make the, this is the question is this bugging me? And because I'm working on another op-ed right now talking about this, but it's bugging me in the sense of that this whole idea of making the system better is being undermined by actually groups who have sought fault for this for years, but it went so far extreme that is shaping the narrative in the public is picking on it. How do we get back to a place where we can have this discussion? Well, I mean, so I used to say this when I practice law, really good lawyers became average lawyers because they didn't trust the juries. Good politicians become average politicians because they don't trust voters. Like I'm on a crack parody and sentencing Bill. I spent ten years as a public defender in North Dakota. Do you know how many crack cases I had? Exactly zero. Like zero. I never had one. And I go home and talk about this all the time. And I talked about this in rural conservative places. And you know what? When I'm done talking to them, it makes sense. I don't take a ton of heat, but they do care about if you're letting violent criminals out. And they do care about those types of things. And they do it. But I think, I mean, educating more people about it and being willing to do it, but the other answer to all of this is when really woke liberal policies pushed it pendulum so far the other way and attack police officers for doing their jobs and we elect prosecutors who don't want to prosecute violent criminals. It's really difficult to go back home and say, hey, this is the time to do this. But I will say this and I think this is important because of the fentanyl crisis and the opioid crisis that has come across this country far more people, rural urban, every socioeconomic status you can think of every race you can think of. There is hardly anybody who hasn't been touched by this crisis. This addiction. So it's easier to have the conversation about the things you and I care about. We're going to hold you accountable. We're going to get you treatment. We're going to show you some grace. And we're going to give you a second chance.
WBUR
"matthew charles" Discussed on WBUR
"While he called for a period of unity and basic consensus and he promised to economic reforms to tackle poverty. As you'd expect, that went down very well indeed, with the thousands of supporters who were watching that inaugural address in the center of the capital Bogotá. It's really indescribable what all Colombians feel at this moment is his story, a new era begins in our country. Finally, Colombia made the decision. Carefully. What happiness? I can't contain it. The changes happened the change has arrived Matthew Charles was watching as well. I think it's really important to emphasize how historic today felt for most Colombians regardless of their politics. Pedro is a former guerrilla. He spent time in prison. And he was also accompanied by his new vice president, francia Marquez. She's Columbia's first Afro vice president. And basically, she's the antithesis of the kind of elitist face that has dominated Colombian politics. And I think just the difference in the two ceremonies, I was at president Duque's inauguration four years ago. And that was very formal with Columbia's great and good suited and booted, whereas today was much more like a festival. And some of those invited to take part in the inauguration were street vendors that normally work outside Congress. Now for some that might be tokenism, but for others, I think it's symbolic of what is a seismic shift in Colombian politics. Now amongst other things, he's pledged free public university education, healthcare changes, is he going to be able to get policies like that through Congress. Yeah, I mean, he's pledging reform on just about everything from tax to pensions, health and education, as you say. He can only be president for four years. That is the Colombian constitution. So what can you achieve in four years? But also, he relies on a coalition. I think one of his priorities has to be managing expectations. We've heard from so many people today are happy they are, what they're expecting from the president. And some of that hope might be quite unrealistic, managing those expectations is going to be a challenge for the next four years. He also talked about dealing with the peace process, signed 6 years ago and hasn't really fully come in into effect. He said that he's going to bring peace to the whole of Colombia again. He's going to have to manage expectations about that. It's a daunting task. It's a huge task and he has mentioned two quite controversial policies, I think. The first of which, for example, is to remove the police from the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense. So it's effectively kind of demilitarizing them and then perhaps the most controversial of his policies in terms of establishing peace is to legalize drugs and to legalize the drugs trade. And he said that that is absolutely one of his priorities. And one of the first things he wants to do is to convene an international conference to look at how that might happen. And that would certainly put him at odds with the U.S.. Traditionally, a U.S. president says jump and his Colombian counterpart says how high. But in this case, that's certainly not going to be the way. And especially with the war on drugs. So I can see that there's probably some unease in Washington tonight. But probably not surprise. That was Matthew Charles. Let's go to the Middle East now because there is a ceasefire agreement that seems to be holding. It's ended three days of fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants and it's come into effect of about 7 hours ago. The Palestinians put the overall number of dead at close to 50 people, including two leaders of the Islamic Jihad group. Yoland Nell reports from Jerusalem. A crush of grief for Islamic Jihad's most powerful commander in Gaza
Poke the Bear
"matthew charles" Discussed on Poke the Bear
"That's promo code CL, and S 50, get online with a game, stats, stats. Where the game starts. So it's funny, we mentioned the orange line being on fire and you know, that's unfortunate. It's fun to joke about. But there's something else that's orange and on fire in the NHL right now. And that is your Calgary flames. And I don't mean it's I don't mean, I do not mean that it's because they are the actual flames. I mean, they are actually, they are on day of burning. They are burning to the ground Evan. They are burning as we speak. I actually just, this is such, I feel like such a loser. As you were talking doing the read, I wrote down tweet orange line, dash flames. So I'm making a mental note. Maybe you can beat me to it as I'm driving here. Anyways, for those who do not know the flames are if there we go. The tweets are being made as we speak. The flames are on fire though. The flames lost Johnny gaudreau in free agency. And then, of course, the next shoe to drop was Matthew Charles being like, I ain't resigning.
The Doug Collins Podcast
"matthew charles" Discussed on The Doug Collins Podcast
"Like, okay, now here we go. But you brought up something and I don't think we could have this conversation and it is we're sort of finishing up here in the next little bit. We couldn't have this conversation without I know from my perspective your perspective, this issue of shackling for people who didn't know what that is, we were still handcuffing women while they're giving birth. Okay, folks, if you didn't know what shackling was, we ended that in the first step back, but that was still going on in 20 less than two years ago. And our federal prison system was still there. But it was the personal stories. I'll never forget this and I want you because you work very closely with Jared Kushner on this and it was amazing. You talk about the people who are out now who benefited from the first after that many times when you pass legislation, you may or may not ever get to see the results of that. And I'll never forget a text that I got from Jared one morning. He said, you may want to see this. And it was in January. Been two years ago now, I guess. He said, you may want to see this. And it was Matthew Charles. Was released from out of Tennessee. And Matthew Charles, by the way for the podcast listeners, we're working to have him own very exciting, but Matthew Charles is one who has shown how an opportunity can turn into something very well. And I remember Matthew then coming to the Capitol Hill and when I first saw him, I still get emotional about it today. He came to me and hug me and I hugged him. And here's two man who didn't know each other, different backgrounds, different everything else. Everything up. And yet that commonality of human Ness come through. But Jared had a very personal story about this as well, and that was his own father. His own father, yep. And did you think that was also a key, I believe it to be, but the key in his willingness to listen because he because he could sympathize with those who were going through it. That's exactly right. And he also knew that not every prison warden was the same. As a result of that. And so that put us in a situation where we're taking a very practical pragmatic approach towards reform. We met with a lot of awards, but we wanted to push them a challenge to make them a prison system better. And that's how we were able to get the best results. But certainly having that personal connection certainly get to know a person like Matthew Charles or Alex Marie Johnson, you know, we're key pieces that led to our success. That's why, you know, I definitely wanted to shout out families against mandatory minerals because you know out of all the groups that supported us from the beginning. It was really that group on the left that gave us real credibility because those actual families that were impacted. It wasn't a political organization. They wake up every day, just trying to make sure that families aren't more affected by mandatory minimums, you know, are able to get justice and reunite those families. And I never forget after the first step back past I met with over a hundred families brought up there and I wish the rules were different. At The White House, you know, once you have a record, it's really hard to get you cleared to get into The White House. Now, we had a number of different summits at The White House, but we were had enough time to kind of wave those individuals in. But I really wish the president would have had the opportunity to kind of see those faces, but I was able to come off campus and Donald spent some time with them. And it literally changed lives. And not only those lies, but communities, you know, when a mother and father's coming home to reunited their being a productive membered they were in their family's lives. We're changing that next generation to make sure that that kid or that son or daughter don't end up on that same path, you know, or that son and daughter are now kind of going to college coming back home and or getting a job as a plumber or some advanced manufacturing plant and more providing for their family and growing their community. That's what the first step act was all about. The people who were nonviolent individuals who had the potential and the ability to change their lives around to get that second chance. And with me and you and the whole team around us were able to get that done and you know, to God be the glory for it..
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"matthew charles" Discussed on The Doug Collins Podcast
"That's the reason I'm a strong supporter of second chance looks, which allows because we know, you know, I'm not saying this to speak ill about any situation or circumstance, but our system per se, but the parole system is a little bit biased. You know what I mean? I'll talk about nationally. Not just because of race and stuff, but because of crime, I'm not talking about racial issue period. Right. You know, people that they are willing to risk or take a chance at grant and parole, whereas a second chance allows a judge that sends them already sitting judge that is now in that place to review their situation, which is their Senate, ten or 15 years after the fact, look at the period of incarceration. See what they have successfully done since then or have they been the same person and then make a decision whether he wants to lead the Senate shortly some are released a person. So I'm a strong supporter of second chance looks. I also believe that, you know, first up act implementation, even though the first step, a lot of great things in it, some of it was a fully funded or some of it wasn't implemented. And I think you kind of said something about the prisons that would be okay. There is within itself and they don't always move even though legislatively, they have to, you know, the work to move forward. They just drink their feet sometimes and somebody tell them you have to do this. So, you know, like I said, we just, you know, continue to advocate for those that are still not saying open door later out. I'm not one of those that say, we should do away with prisons. I never said that. I'm not one to say that we should do away with the way some people receive certain sentences because of aggravating factors in their case. I'm just saying, let's just make sure that they have that enhanced centers our longer centers because of those aggravating factors in their as opposed to just giving it a once I ask. It so the person that doesn't have them get the same sentence as the person that does. And so I've been able and thankful that I've been able to like a state speak religious slave speaker college students speak with governors and just be sincere. You know, BJ, you went about, hey, some of the sentences some of the things that we did in the past didn't work. This is a primary example of that. Why don't we look at it from this perspective? And then to hear them out. Exactly. Well, folk Matthew Charles is, as you've heard today, this is an amazing man God has got his hand on. And you can sense it. You can sense in this spirit. But I will say before we get going, I have funny story. You know, he's lucky we traveled around and we talked about the first step back and I've been doing it for a long time now. And I remember hearing and I don't remember who told me the story originally, but after first step, I got to the point of where it was going to be signed. I mean, it was making a lot of noise in prisons and it was, you know, people were looking at it. And I remember and I don't know if you saw it or didn't say it, but the day that we signed the bill, the president Trump signed the wheel. President Trump and his fashion, just decided to make it an event. And he said, anybody want to talk? And everybody just starts, you know, so he'd call on one. I spoke I'll be the kings about hockey one there. There were others who spoke. And it became this, you know, with the folks, ban Jones. I mean, and so it's like a drug on a drug. Oh. And you know, for those of us who were used to that, it was like, okay, we'll get this done and it was pretty cool. However, I was told later that I came here what facility they were at. They were all watching the show the event because it was on TV. And they were watching it. And after a while, some of them started out just on the bail. And that's true because I was in the litchfield in jail, watching it myself. And as the different people began to speak, and, you know, like I said, president asked people that want to speak, you know, to speak. And I'm like, let him sign it. Then y'all are talking. Give me an invitation. We got people. Sorry we're later. Folks, this has been one of the most enjoyable podcasts and we have some great guests in the Doug Collins podcast. This is what we do is we highlight people. We have our guys doing in the world. We highlight it in so many ways. I can not think of a better way than Matthew Charles and look, he makes no bones about where he came from and what he did. But he also makes no bones about there's a great God who changed him. And he's lived out that change. And I think that's to me from a faith perspective, what is old is new again. And there's never, ever too late. If you're listening to this podcast, I just feel led around after your list of this podcast. And from our background, Matthew brought it up earlier and we've been even if you're on death row. The thief hanging on the cross who didn't have another day left was given Salvation by simply seeking it. And if you're out there, please seek that because that is the faith is what God loves us and he wants us to understand him. Matthews living example of that appreciate his testimony as he goes forward working with families against mandatory minimum fam and talking, if you ever have a chance to hear Matthew, please go hear him. Matthew, thank you so much. You blessed my heart over and over every time we see each other and talk is like we were separated for years, but now we every time we get together is just fun like this. Yes, and thank you for having me. I want to thank you and James for putting up me at the beginning. I know the connection was a little bit rough, but I apologize for that. And it was good to see you again this way. It's always good to see my friend looking forward to seeing you again sending folks. Matthew Charles, Doug Collins podcast, go to Doug Collins not podcast dot com. You'll see this. We have our folks from legacy press metals who sponsor the audio bursts and other things you'll want to say that. Matthew, thanks so much, buddy, talk to you later. Yes, sir, thanks so for having me. Folks, I don't know about you, but I enjoy a good night's sleep. And there's times I don't get it, but typically, when I do have that chance, I'm back at home, I'm not traveling. The one thing that I miss when I'm on the road is a good pillow. And I'm gonna tell you right now, the folks at my pillow are the folks who have designed a pill that actually fits my knees. I love to put a pillow where I want to sleep, get it under my head, get it perfect and it stays there. And my pillow folks, you can't get it. Right now, they're offering some of the lowest process ever. 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"matthew charles" Discussed on The Doug Collins Podcast
"The reality of having people incarcerated with mental illnesses and I'm not talking about the criminal psychotic mindset. But mental illnesses that keep them from functioning normally if you would. How often did you see that in the prison systems that you were part of? I will say in the princess, I would say probably, I want to say percent are greater than 50% of the time. Because a lot of people are there because mentally, they do have something going on internally. Now what that is, I can't put a thing around. I know, you know, just like whenever we go volunteer at the halfway, I have my high school. Go volunteer at the pantry and do things in the neighborhood. We encounter people that are at our homeless and they have a medical condition that causes them to be a paddock or homeless and they can't overcome that without the right help or treatment. But they have become that because I have spoke with a lot of them trying to find out, you know, how did this happen? And sometimes it could be the fact that, you know, their wife left them on their wife died, you know what I mean? Right. And they just couldn't have it. Sometimes it just made the fact that, you know, they explore. You know, with these drugs and the drugs doing what they normally do over tip them. You know what I mean? So therefore now addicted. So people become mentally ill for a variety of reasons. That's the reason that I say even though I will say anywhere from 50 to 60% of the people, you know, total number of people that were incarcerated with me, but now I need to go the opposite way. I would say 40 to 50% of the people I won't go into. Yes, I would say what are the 50% of the people I will say internally, I think they have something going on because you see a lot of people being quiet or speaking to those sales or these distributing behavior that you know is not right for normal people. And then you also have some of them that are the same way that you really can't distinguish whether they have that are not, but they just be in that way because they'd rather be a loner so that they don't be preyed on the people lead them alone or think that they could be a violent threat if they will
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Reformed Criminal Matthew Charles on Mental Illness in the Prison System
"The reality of having people incarcerated with mental illnesses and I'm not talking about the criminal psychotic mindset. But mental illnesses that keep them from functioning normally if you would. How often did you see that in the prison systems that you were part of? I will say in the princess, I would say probably, I want to say percent are greater than 50% of the time. Because a lot of people are there because mentally, they do have something going on internally. Now what that is, I can't put a thing around. I know, you know, just like whenever we go volunteer at the halfway, I have my high school. Go volunteer at the pantry and do things in the neighborhood. We encounter people that are at our homeless and they have a medical condition that causes them to be a paddock or homeless and they can't overcome that without the right help or treatment. But they have become that because I have spoke with a lot of them trying to find out, you know, how did this happen? And sometimes it could be the fact that, you know, their wife left them on their wife died, you know what I mean? Right. And they just couldn't have it. Sometimes it just made the fact that, you know, they explore. You know, with these drugs and the drugs doing what they normally do over tip them. You know what I mean? So therefore now addicted. So people become mentally ill for a variety of reasons. That's the reason that I say even though I will say anywhere from 50 to 60% of the people, you know, total number of people that were incarcerated with me, but now I need to go the opposite way. I would say 40 to 50% of the people I won't go into. Yes, I would say what are the 50% of the people I will say internally, I think they have something going on because you see a lot of people being quiet or speaking to those sales or these distributing behavior that you know is not right for normal people. And then you also have some of them that are the same way that you really can't distinguish whether they have that are not, but they just be in that way because they'd rather be a loner so that they don't be preyed on the people lead them alone or think that they could be a violent threat if they will
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Matthew Charles Shows Us What True Criminal Justice Reform Looks Like
"Let's go back in time to a little bit Matthew because one of the things that I always enjoy doing whether I don't care who I'm interviewing is is how did you get to be the story or be the person that you are? Sort of give us a little bit of your background, how your childhood, how you came up, how you got in, you know, how you had your run ins with what eventually was your incarceration and we'll talk a little bit pieces of that as we go forward, because I think it's good for people to sort of hear where people's stories are. Okay. Well, I would definitely start off by saying that I was the furthest away from where I am today. I dysfunctional environment, my father was an alcoholic. He was verbally and physically abusive, not only to my mother, but until me and my siblings as well. And I actually joined the army once I graduated high school. I actually joined it while I was in high school. And once I was released, I was out a couple weeks, and then I went to basic training. But I had actually joined the military to escape the ballots in my own household. And then once I went into the military and then my term, to me because I didn't have a right perspective, on authority. I ended up feeling that that was too much authority, and I still didn't have my freedom. So I ended up doing my term and then being released, but once I got released, everything started to spiral down here because all the different things that I had encountered throughout my life started to expose themselves. And I started making bad decision at the bad decision and that ended up giving me a 15 year space sellers in a state of North Carolina. And I still didn't learn my lesson there. So after I finished that sentence, I did what is not acceptable, you know what I mean by his social standards, but I did what was normal for the area that I was living in. And that was so drugs. And that drug that was being sold was crack cocaine. So throughout that period of time, I just started selling crack cocaine.
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"matthew charles" Discussed on The Doug Collins Podcast
"So now are you still living Matthew and where are you living at now? I live in Nashville Tennessee. Feeling natural. Okay, cool. And that's what I thought. Y'all getting ready for another round of snow and ice and everything? Yes, I think it's supposed to hit us the Sunday. Yeah. I think we're gonna get sort of the same thing. Unfortunately, I think we're gonna get more eyes than we get snow. In this. So it has to be messy. But it is good to see you, my friend. Matthew Charles is someone that I got to know. And I say this not lightly here on the podcast, but many times in Congress, you don't ever get to see the results of what you work on and Matthew Charles is a living result and something who benefited from something I was privileged to have worked on called the first step act, which was a criminal justice reform piece of legislation. And Matthew, I think one of the things that is important that people get mistaken and let's start off here with this a little bit. People mistake criminal justice reform, many times, unfortunately, with not with people getting off for doing things that they've done. And that's not what really we're talking about is it. No, that's the furthest from it. Criminal justice reform is just looking at the laws that do exist and making sure that the punishment fits the crime. In other words, you just want to make sure that everyone that receives they sent us has an appropriate sentence based on the category of the criteria and criminal history of that individual. And then you also want the person while they serve in that period of incarceration to be able to be rehabilitated. To me, the primary purpose of incarceration is rehabilitation. But for many years, a decades has been unassociated with it, and it's been more of an incapacitation as opposed to rehabilitation. And the first step act changed a lot of that. Well, and I think that's something that is so important because, you know, I had somebody talked, I was talking with this, and of course you know I still very active with this in this issue. And I had somebody who was not as familiar with the issues I one time and they started seeing these jurisdictions where they're not prosecuting crimes or they're just sort of letting it go. And I've said that's giving what we're trying to do a bad name. In fact, it's actually hurting us in trying to help those that we could help the best in this process. And I agree with you fully. It definitely has to be an accountability on the person that committed the offense. And holding the person accountable has nothing that all to do with bad criminal just reform a good criminal just reform. It's just saying that a person committed act, whether, you know, it was a ballot on nonviolent act. And because of that, they got to be held accountable for. So criminal justice reform is not a get out of jail free card. It's just saying, what has this person been doing since they've been incarcerated? Did the sentence actually fit the crime that they committed? And in my situation, since I ended up having a drug sentence and my drug was crack cocaine that I actually sold at that time the sentence between crack cocaine and particle cane was a 101. So ask year was he on accountable for the crime that I committed, but I had received an enhanced portion of that sentence just based on the disparity between those two drills. Well, and I think that's something right now we have the equal acts before Congress and it needs to pass even more and we could not only as good as we could in the first episode we laid the groundwork.
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"matthew charles" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"Gonzalez is a conflict analyst In 2021 the situation is critical in only 71 municipalities So we can say we're in the same warriors before because that covered most of the country Instead we've moved on to localized fragmented conflicts that no longer ever national dimension Our last quarter there was an immense sense of optimism during the ceremony 5 years ago when then president Juan Manuel Santos and fart guerrilla leader Rodrigo londono shook hands and signed the peace agreement But a peaceful life still eludes many Colombian families Matthew Charles reporting from Colombia You'd have thought that Ethiopia has quite enough going on what was a spreading conflict in the north against fighters from the tigray people's liberation front and militia from the oromo Liberation Army and even though prime minister abiy Ahmed was pictured near the front line in army fatigues last week claiming imminent victory rebel forces say they are gaining the upper hand and now we're hearing that Ethiopian forces have killed several Sudanese soldiers along their common border The Horn of Africa analyst Rashid abdi has been telling me why this clash is dangerous for the region Relations between Ethiopia and Sudan have been up and down throughout the decades In the last 30 years we have seen periodic tensions between the two countries over a whole host of issues But during the EPRDF and Bashir times there was I think an attempt by both steps to find some kind of a model that's within the border tensions After the overthrow of Bashir and the takeover by the military and the coming in of abi the old system of managing both attentions collapsed And remember there is a big territory between Sudan and Ethiopia called faca which is a fertile agricultural land which is coveted by people from the amhara region of Ethiopia who have encroached on this territory for decades But the Sudanese during the time of Bashir did not expel them What they did essentially was to have a sort of a co habitation and a system of sharing revenue and also exploiting the resources there collectively And this system worked very well But then in the last two years tensions have been building up and the Amara state sent in militias to try to rest control of that territory from the Sudanese farmers And that is why these tensions have now escalated to a very serious border crisis Well the Ethiopian army is said to have killed at least 21 Sudanese soldiers And that's at the time when Ethiopia is actually fighting a very vicious conflict in tigray It's fighting wars on other fronts What does this mean Does it create more conflict in the region It speaks to just this very I think conceived conflicts multiple conflicts across Ethiopia Ethiopian army has basically collapsed The state is reliant on ethnic militias and actually the conflict border tensions with Sudan have been prosecuted largely not by the conventional army but by the ethnical issues And I suspect that this is probably a way of the amhara state setting its claim and saying that you may think that is now weakened but we will fight this we will fight you and we will stack our claim to this territory What does it tell us about Sudan though Well Sudan also has its own turmoil but there is I think some confidence and some kind of unity between the political parties as well as the military on the need to retain fascia as soon as editor And I think if you look at also conventions and the long history there is a strong support for Sudan's position even at the AAU So that explains why the Sudanese are confident and they went last year to start reclaiming fascia Rashid abdi talking on New Zealand Distribution of the BBC World Service news hour in the United States is made possible.
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"matthew charles" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"Protect my child. I hope it's a boy. Life is easier for boys. Few hours south of Puerto Libertador is the small town of Kolkata. Authorities say there have been at least 26 cases of femicide here in the past year. Sarkozy is a jewel in the local criminal crown. It's easy access to both the Pacific and Caribbean coasts make it a lucrative stop on illegal trafficking routes. Many of the rural communities here controlled not by the state but by armed groups. Locals have some horrific stories to tell. They say girls, some as young as 12, regularly kidnapped from their homes, raped and then return to their families. I met one father, a 38 year old mechanic who was terrified Tango Mia, Then go to miraculously scared that come from my daughter. So many divers have been killed for refusing, but I could never hunt her over. I'd write a day. She's only 14 and Army grasses had like a compliment. Colombia's vice president, model Lucy Ramirez, has pledged to do more to protect women from violence. But campaigners like Ruth Mendoza say its actions not words that are needed. Okay. This is a national problem. We simply don't have the security we need. In Calcutta. Locals are hoping that a promised bigger military presence will keep them safer in the short term, But those families who can afford it is sending their teenage daughters to live with their relatives elsewhere. That was Matthew Charles reporting there from Colombia. You're listening to news from the BBC World Service. This is w N Y. C. It's the BBC news Hour on 93.9 FM and AM a 20 Good afternoon on my own. Levinson all this week, W N Y. C is reporting how September 11 changed the NYPD. Its approach to policing and our collective relationship to the largest police force in the country. Coming up here about the militarization of the N Y p d trend that was baked into the force Well before 9 11 that's on all things considered today at five on W, N. Y C and w n y c dot org Chance of overnight showers. Otherwise mostly cloudy tonight with a low of around 68 for labor Day, mostly sunny skies with a high of 83. Tuesday.
Xtra Sports Radio 1300 AM
"matthew charles" Discussed on Xtra Sports Radio 1300 AM
"Aaron Rodgers. You know he won't unlike his his, you know, Hawaiian sabbatical. He came back with the long hair. Very Zen doubt. Hippie, Like like I'm totally about finding herself meditated before I came in here. Melissa smiling minds, baby. I get it, bro. I get Is she zone out all that good stuff? I'm with that. But, man like you got to be in some place, And I guess it kind of speaks to How toxic that Packers front office was made out to be where you feel like you got to go eat, pray love before the season well, and to hear him talk about guys all the way back to Charles Woodson. Yeah, who just went in the Hall of Fame. Charles Charles wasn't but to go back nearly 10 years. And the laundry list of guys and then I read something before I came in here that some of the players internally are pushing to bring back Clay Matthews Jr. Oh my God, which which is very different because Clay Matthews, uh, is probably past his prime and last played in 2019 for the Rams. So I don't even know if he's on a team right now. So that's an odd rumor to here. I don't know if it's entirely true. Well, The big thing about Aaron Rodgers was that he felt that this Front office. Let go of a lot of great character guys. And Clay Matthews, Charles Woodson, Randall Cobb. All those dudes. I understand There's definitely certain players that help establish a culture in our front office. And you could even look at the NBA like they do it all The time you've done this house has been getting paid five years for Miami. He just cause he's in Miami. He got Taj Gibson is Tom Thibodeau's guy Wherever Tom Thibodeau goes. Taj Taj Gibson is not too far away. But it's just different in the NFL man like you can't sit there and you want somebody to be a coach on the field or just be a locker room leader and all that type of stuff, especially when Careers are so fleeting and money is so tight, like in contracts aren't guaranteed. And there's so many variables where Aaron Rodgers don't make me once aside, don't make me sad with the front office. All right, like there's no reason for me to one. I'm never going to side with the billionaires that make like money, despite themselves every single time. But like when you're giving me reasons to to be like I can see why they go around the carb. Yeah, I can see why they won't want to get Clay Matthews. I can see why they don't consult Aaron Rodgers when it comes to roster decisions like those are the things you're saying. Like the reason why Aaron Rodgers is once the type of and this is just for a different sport, Whatever, but he wants the same type of autonomy that LeBron James has. Or Tom Brady has, where you know I can go and get people out of good for this. Team, not just on the field, but off. At least Tom Brady is going to go get you, Antonio Brown for the cheap right to go and get your letter for net for the cheap, like he's gonna get you some great players for not a lot of money. You're sitting and tell them Go and get Randall Cobb and Clay Matthews. Yeah, it's like I'm higher break. Aim higher. You need to go make some friends, bro. Like like going the banana boat, like, Go and like, hang out with people like Go and get you some wide receivers like why were you not at who? The old Jones doorstep, So I want to point it was time for him to go. No, I agree with you, who is now with the Tennessee Titans, And that is a scary look on often there, But I think what the Packers It's not even the problem so much on the offensive side of the ball. A defense isn't great. No, uh, there's a lot of pieces there that you want to see if maybe Russian Gary makes a leap. Um, you have the law firm of Smith and Smith that have been very productive. Nothing really spectacular linebacker. Let's not forget how the defensive backs got smoked by Brady in the Buccaneers in the NFC championship games, so There's more questions on the defense. It's almost harkening back not to make the correlation of Brady again. But when Brady was in New England, he didn't have a great supporting cast. And it didn't matter didn't matter because you could be a broomstick and he's still going to put the ball on you and you're still going to catch. It was like he was catching his own passes. Rogers is a similar talent. Yeah, you've got Davante Adams, and now you've got Randall Cobb, Alan Lazard Valdez cancelling like that. This is a decent receiving corps, obviously top heavy with atoms. But now it's like there's some injuries along the offensive line. It's not the deepest offensive line he's ever had, Um, running backs. Feel good. Yeah, you know, I don't know there seems like there wasn't enough done by the front office, so I think his gripes are correct. But now you got to go out on the field and by the way Aaron Rodgers is not the Michael Jordan of the NFL. It's a guy who beat them is the Microsoft Tom Brady. I don't even know how that's a debate. I don't know. I mean, we all I like the movie to Aaron Rodgers. I found things to be inspired by also, but I'm not going around telling myself I'm the Michael Jordan of podcasting or radio. Right, Right, right. No, that's not the way to do things. Um, it's I feel for him, though, because when the front office fails to do things, it makes him have to overcompensate and it makes it have to do more. It makes them have to be able to put up 30 40 points a game. Just to be competitive, but for as much as you say about the front office, But for Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers, they still want to two straight NFC championship games like they can't be doing that terribly. And I know Aaron Rodgers does a lot, but he's not doing everything you've got to give them at least Schmich in of credit, right? You know what I'm saying? Like maybe you got to talk to that coach. Maybe a couple of those decisions that you guys made in the fourth quarter against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had more to do with what happened with that season, then anything that happened in the front office. I don't think there's really a whole lot of personnel moves that could have stopped you from saying, Hey, we should probably go for it. Yeah, it was probably like, not kick a field goal right here. What is Roger's legacy? If they don't win a Super Bowl in his remaining time in Green Bay. Win another Super Bowl. Excuse me, He's still I mean, I don't. I'm never gonna down talking. You're still one of the greatest quarterbacks that ever lived. But you know, he's Peyton Manning like he's good. He's very good. He's a Hall of Famer. He's the great He's one of the greatest, but you're still not up to the upper echelon. You know, you start looking at the people that are in that era. Have time to surpass him. He's not looking at guys like Patrick Mahomes. You start looking at guys like Russell Wilson, you start looking at all these other young dual threat quarterbacks. I kind of come from the same mold of Aaron Rodgers and start saying, Like, OK, Aaron was the best pure thorough we've ever seen. Now look at this guy passed from the homes right now. Look at this guy, Lamar Jackson, like Look at these dudes that are coming up that had the opportunities not just won one Super Bowl but wouldn't multiple multiple MVPs already? And then you know, surpass him and legacy eventually not. It doesn't Tate anything. It doesn't bring him down from whatever he's accomplished. He's still there, but he's Peyton Manning. And you know you could do worse than being compared to paint, Man. Yeah, it's not too bad Peyton Manning Hall of Fame. I'm excited to hear the alternative commentary we got from Peyton and Eli. Oh, that's gonna be fun. That's something the biggest supporter of his alternate commentary for football games. I'm really excited to see how that plays out. But So that's what's going on with Aaron Rodgers. When we come back, we're going to talk about Dak Prescott, because, of course you have to talk about America's team. Yeah, we've got a lot more time here on CBS.
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"matthew charles" Discussed on The Erick Erickson Show
"I'm kind of overwhelmed by the opportunity to talk to my guest. Matthew charles we have never met and boy did i have him on my prayer list for a long time and Mr charles thank you so much for being willing to to spend some time with me on the radio eric. I remember in two thousand eighteen win. You had to go back into prison. Having been released in two thousand sixteen due due to technical errors. I guess in the sentencing and i put you on my prayer list and was just committed to pray for you in you handled. Everything was so much grace and then with the first step act were able to get back out of prison. And i just i i wanna let you just talk about your experience okay I was arrested in nineteen ninety five and sentenced to thirty five years us in nineteen ninety six a federal drug and gun allegations and before i was actually able to go over. While in detention. I ended up becoming a christian and once i became a christian. It just completely changed my whole mindset in my heart and everything so once i went into federal prison. Just continue to do what i knew what was right and learn more about my faith and twenty years later With twenty one years later. I was actually able to be released in two thousand eighteen. Not two thousand. Eighteen two thousand sixteen once the Crack powder cocaine ratio change to eighteen to one but the prosecutor's appeal my tennis because it wasn't maple retroactive and i was ordered to return back to prison. As you stated i had to stop surrendering may of two thousand eighteen to return to prison to serve the remaining ten years but when i went back seven and a half months later the first step pack was signed into law by president donald trump and on january third two thousand eighteen hours. The first person released based on the first step. Ac i a. I found it so absurd in two thousand eighteen That they were sending you back particularly just given your story In what you would done in prison. And i just i mean on the outside looking in when that story broke and i started paying attention to it. You seem to be handling it with way. More grace than i probably would have. And just how did i mean what were you thinking. I mean you. Embrace christianity and god is let you out of prison in nelson. You gotta go back in. I mean what. What was your thinking then. I would say that. I had a roller coaster of emotions. My thinking was living fully. Understand that i was kind of disheartened. But at the same token i knew that the right thing for me to do was returned back to prison to serve the remaining ten years because a lot or having given by the judge. But like i stated steel was kinda hurt by. I was like well. I don twenty one and a half years on a non violent drug offence and did so without one single disciplinary infraction. Whether it was minor or major. I didn't have any and i got out. I had a church home. I had a job. And i was volunteering. So i was doing everything that you would wanna. Productive member of society was been incarcerated Coming from it concentration to do now you know i. I'm reminded of the the story in genesis of joseph in his brothers and Since him off to egypt in that way and there's a great line in the old testament of what you meant for evil. God meant for good. And i think about that in house. So many republicans in congress at the time controlling congress seized upon your story as one of the ways to push the first step back to get through..
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"matthew charles" Discussed on KQED Radio
"For the Rams, the Baltimore Ravens and the Cleveland Browns. Now Cristiano Ronaldo has become the joint a skull score of all time after he scored an injury time for the event is in a 31 win against Cecil Low. He's now equally as a beacon as the top of the charts on 759 goals for club and country on the official records. Of course, Lots of people still think that Brazil legend Pele has got over 1000 lots of dispute about that. That victory they lifted. You've eight to fourth place in Serie From Christiano to Crawley towns. Not something that I thought I'd be saying on the radio. You've probably never heard of Crawley town, but they caused a major shock. Over the weekend. They knocked out the Premier League's Leeds United out of the domestic cup competition here in England. The famous F A Cup to a beat and three nil by the Tier four side Crawley town League to Crawley are 62 places below leads in the football pyramid. Let that one sinking. One of Crawley's goal scorers Make Tessa Rula explained what it all meant to him. He's crazy in the long, hard road from the public's off years and E What moment That was. That was that was brilliant, little bit of a bluff. But yet I'm buzzing. Yeah. Wasn't scored against a Premier League side. Well done on Dominic. Sorry, Donald Trump. Learned Sunday evening in the wake of last week's right of the U. S. Capitol Hill is lost one of the relationships that he values the most. His partnership with a Professional Golfers Association, the PGA of America. You actually are the proprieties of one of Gulf for major championship tournaments, announced that he's going to move next year's PGA Championship away from Trump National Golf Club, which is in New Jersey. Of course, Trump owns the course It's a bit of a blow for him or sports online as ever. BBC dot com FORWARD Slash sports James, thanks very much. Indeed. It is a sad story related to the global pandemic. It is apparently leading to more Children being recruited by militant groups in Colombia. They've been taking advantage of school closures. To target youngsters and also quarantines in order to expand their operations. NGO figures say that 190 young people recruited in the first six months of last year. As compared to 200 the whole of the previous year. So a rate looking pretty much double now. These levels haven't been seen since before the demobilization of the FARC guerilla group in the signing of the peace accords in Columbia four years ago. Matthew Charles. Now reports hey starts in the Colombian Amazon. Some of the names in his peace have been changed to protect identities. It isn't upsetting piece too. Volpe's is known as the jewel of the Colombian Amazon, and it's easy to see why the vast river glistens with the green of the dense rainforest. But this expansive waterway has become a me too trafficking artery for dissident.
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Kim Kardashian West Paying 5 Years Rent for Prisoner Released from Jail
"Kim Kardashian is stepping up and paying rent for a man who was released from jail for five years. The man Matthew Charles served twenty years of thirty five year sentence and was released under the new prison reform law denied housing because of his past. Was nice. According to sources Kim hears about these heard about Matthew's plight in contacted him privately made
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Trump takes all the credit for criminal justice reform bill
"The president discusses a bipartisan Bill that he signed into law at the state of the union address. USA radio networks Timberg has the story. President Trump highlighted some of his accomplishments at the state of the union address on Tuesday night, including the first step act. A major reform of the criminal Justice system. One of his invited guests at the state of the union address last night was Matthew Charles from Tennessee, whom President Trump said was the first person released under the new law. Charles. Shares his reaction when the president signed the act into law. The president not only stay was gonna sign it prior to him signing it but to actually see him I'll cease fast. I mean, it was just remarkable for your witnessed it that audio courtesy of MBC's today show for USA radio news. I'm Timberg