Thats the way people get to have a book. Its a very supported art in st. Paul i would say, and in minneapolis. Very respected and supported. I didnt start writing until i was 40. It was like your accident. I think both poets dont decide, i suppose some do, dont decide when their little kid, i will be a poet. Ive been keeping a journal when i was raising a family. I decided i would go to the loft which is our Literary Center and take a class about how to write a novel our how to put all the stuff in the book. Someone recommended that i see a writer who she knew who had a big family just like mine. She had three children. I had seven. Or situation, as long as im there ill take a class in poetry and thats how it all started. What were you doing before you got into all this . I lived in new york for a while and work for wonder magazine. Then i was writing for the newspaper, for the st. Paul pioneer press. But also all that i was writing poetry. But when that ended us able to give a lot mor
Results and five cars most likely to kill you. All that and more coming up on the willis report, where consumers are our business. Gerri president obama says, he has the plan for boosting middle class wallets but his plan includes busting our spending limits and more taxes. So is this blueprint really a recipe for disaster . Joining me now great panel tonight, peter morici, university of maryland economist, tom schatz president of citizens against government waste and rich lowery, editorinchief of national review. Welcome all. Peter, start with you. You are the economist of the bunch. Do you think the president has the solution for the ails of middle class. Absolutely not. His tax plan will actually marginally raise taxes on the middle quintile according to studies that came out this week. On top of that, by taxing Capital Gains he will make the pie smaller. Impact on the middle class will be much more draconian. As Maggie Thatcher said, sooner or later, the problem with socialism, soo
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Chemical or biological attack, a few recommendations for ensuring effectiveness would be, one, that the federal government must provide accurate and timely thread information to local . ; First Responders. 3o . Jrering the multitude of potential threats and certainly we still see budgetary constraints of local government, local First Responders need to know which threats they should prepare for. If groups are promoting violent extremism and publishing training materials on the internet or social media, the federal government should provide information about tactics and techniques which are being taught, again, in order for local entities and agencies to be prepared. The local joint Terrorism Task forces are working to build strong relationships with local Law Enforcement to help local fire and Emergency Medical Service departments to obtain this information. Chief, ill tell you what. I know you have lengthy testimony. Id like you to submit it as part of the record here and wed be pleas
Commissioner ramsey got the worst news that a Police Commissioner could get when he learned that one of his officers were shot in the line of duty in philadelphia. Let me introduce are two reporters who cover the Justice Department. Kevin johnson is National Reporter for usa today. And the National Reporter for the washington post. You are first. Thank you for coming. I know you have been involved in a real intensive review over the last 90 days. You heard from a number of police groups. They sounded fairly defensive about how the ferguson situation had cast policing currently. I dont want to say resistant to police tactics, but i wonder if after your review has been published, do you feel like there is a recognition on the part of Law Enforcement that changes were necessary. That is a very important question to ask. Going forward, policing in this country is really a local function. We have close to 18,000 Police Departments in this country at the state and local level. We are looking