Our military. Alqaeda evidence that we have the Smallest Army and the smallest baby weve had in 100 years. We will soon have the Smallest Air Force we have ever had, ever. The Smallest Air Force weve ever had. The average age of an air force plane is 27 which means that people flying the planes are younger than the plain. Not a good sign. We are gutting our military. And by the way, republican wanted when they passed the stupid question that i voted against which has nothing to balance our budget. Defense been is not the cost of our debt but its leaving us vulnerable and weaken. Noddle is a leaving us vulnerable it is so unfair to men and women in uniform. We are asking them to go into harms way. We are still asking american servicemen and women to step into harms way but now they have to do it with less equipment, less training analyst people alongside them. With rules of engagement that dont just not allow them to win but put their lives in increased danger. Thats what im clear with
His life to the fire service. He progressed from the streets of la to career that began at the age of 17 can the volunteer riverside fire department. Now, a smoke jumper, the birth police of smoke jumping. He is oftenly in good shape. Take a look at him. [laughter] he loves gadgets. He founded product research, llc. Prepare yourselves for a thrill evening with the truly exceptionally individual brought to you courtesy of marrow, please join me in welcoming jason. [applause] hi, folks, how are you . I dont want to hear the murphys law. Youre testing me here. So what im going to do about five minutes, its about 22 minutes. You guys can go home and watch on the web. It was done by a friend of mine, air forces gentlemen. Thats the voice. Four years ago at our base, shows a glimpse of what we do without the hollywood. Most of the time we get approached by the big Production Companies and they want a lot of oh and ah. You want to hit play and [inaudible conversations] was that on . Went back
Reviewing all of the state situation on an individual basis. And heres why. And i saw this from my and being in congress where my state things in july that the money is going to be sufficient for risk corridor payments. Then they here in october that no, thats not going to happen. And have a real degree of uncertainty without cms is getting that state coop with them how theyre doing their capitalization, how theyre feeling they are viability and they dont know day today whether theyre going to build to offer a product in open Enrollment Period that starts on november 1. So the concern that a lot of us have is we dont have some kind of a bright line rule, the uncertainty in those states is really contributing to instability in all insurance market. I assume you understand those points by making. Absolutely. So im hoping that you and your staff would be willing to continue to meet with our Committee Staff on both sides of the aisle to help us figure out how we can help you get some certa
Of course we said yes. The first person i called was johnny carson. He slammed the phone down. I called again, slammed it down again, and never spoke to me again ever. I think he was furious. He felt betrayed. I was now a competitor. He literally had me blacklisted and to this day i have not been on nbc late night ever. Billy as she drove off the nbc lot, she lost her confidence. Oh my god, what have i done . It was such a bad period. Joan the fox show, even before we went on the air, was just a nightmare. Edgar did not like Rupert Murdoch and barry diller, and from the day we walked in, there were fights. About everything. About whether we should have a coke machine or a pepsi machine, m ms or hershey kisses. Finally they called me in on a thursday night, and they said, youve gotta fire edgar. I couldnt do it. I couldnt, uh, i couldnt, couldnt do it, couldnt, couldnt do it. Man the woman who asked, can we talk . Joan rivers is apparently through as permanent host of her late night tal
And you know, all these people, look whos here. They all have professional staffs. [indistinct conversations] you know, theres a lot of his stuff thats timely. [laughs] joan, um, what is it like being a comedic icon . Im sure comedians come up to you and say, you were an inspiration. Joan im not ready to be an icon. Im not ready to be told thank you. [bleep] you. [laughter] announcer lewis black, margaret cho, ben e. King. Dont know him. Denis leary. Clever. Bill maher. Brilliant. Joan rivers. Okay. Garry shandling. Brilliant. Jon stewart. Smart. Ben stiller. Eh. Lucky. And lily tomlin. Brilliant. Ladies and gentlemen, George Carlin all right, folks, whats happening . [joan speaking indistinctly] tomlin . The smothers brothers in laughin, and it was just a great time to be in comedy. [applause] Richard Belzer few people are always funny, but certainly one of the chosen people is our next presenter, the fabulous joan rivers, ladies and gentlemen. [applause] [fanfare plays] we used to pl