An American Success Story
January 24, 2020
Hosted by Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)
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Episode Description
Our Great Country has much to be proud of, including the uniformly high quality of our public servants, and one of them, Ambassador Gaddi Vasquez, is our guest on this segment. In this hour, Amb. Vasquez shares his experiences and thoughts about the various public positions he has held throughout his career, including being a police officer, appointments secretary for California's Governor Deukmejian, an elected member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, the Director of the Peace Corps, and the US Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture. Having been raised by parents who were migrant workers from Mexico, Gaddi Vasquez, in using the Libertarian values of education, hard work and integrity, is a true American Success Story, and what he has given back to his country is beyond measure. Just listening to this man will make you proud to be an American!
All Rise! The Libertarian Way with Judge Jim Gray
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“All Rise! The Libertarian Way with Judge Jim Gray” will set forth some of the problem areas in our country, with interesting, experienced and knowledgeable guests. Judge Gray and his guests will provide some practical and workable solutions that benefit virtually everyone in our country except many vested interests. We will learn that there really are Libertarian solutions to many of our problems, including our healthcare, justice and educational systems, national security, dispute resolution, problems with over-incarceration, civil liberties, homelessness, mental health, creating jobs and mentoring our youth!
Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)
Judge Jim Gray was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Palmar Norte, Costa Rica, a Criminal Defense Attorney with Navy JAG Corps, a Federal Prosecutor in Los Angeles and a 25-year Veteran Trial Court Judge in Orange County, California. Judge Gray was the 2012 Libertarian Candidate for Vice President, along with New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson (In Jim’s words, “We came in third, although I acknowledge it was a distant third.”). Judge Gray is married with four children, including a son from Danang, Vietnam that Jim adopted in 1973. Judge Gray is the author of “Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed, and What We Can Do About It,” “Wearing the Robe: The Art and Responsibilities of Judging in Today’s Courts,” and “A Voter’s Handbook, Effective Solutions to America’s Problems.” He is also the composer of two musicals, “Americans All,” which helps to mentor our junior high and high school students, and “Convention: The Birth of America,” which is about our country’s 1787 Constitutional Convention. Judge Gray has also been awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the Western State College of Laws and by the Law School at Chapman University, and the Constitutional Rights Foundation of Orange County annually awards its “Judge of the Year” Award in the name of Judge James P. Gray.
