His next book will be on the ends of the war, fighting the civil war after the end of appomattox. I am happy to have professor downs join us. I am going to talk about something that is overlooked in all kinds of narratives which is the importance of doing nothing. When congress came back in december of 1865 for many people it looked like they dont find a solution to address reconstruction until march of 1867. Despite things like the 14th amendment, this session can seem like and was critiqued at the time as a donothing session precisely because it didnt determine the end of the war. That it never established terms for war. But i want to flip that on its head and think about why it was so important for them not to establish terms for the end of the war and why doing nothing turned out to mean so much. I was led to this by contemplating the justly celebrated philosopher Jerome Allen Seinfeld known as jerry who said, doing nothing is not as easy as it looks. You have to be careful because
One of the issues that does concern me is our national defense. I have washed us around the world i challenge some people. Is there any country in the world that we have a stronger relationship with today than we had six years ago . I said that, too. But i was corrected. Somebody said iran. Somebody else said to cuba. Its about that. A while back i was in egypt and they told me 98 of the threats that all the relation together with egypt have been suffered by the Foreign Policy of this president. There are good people that we can work with. There are moderate muslims. General sisi made the strongest statement from the muslim world ive ever heard and hes a man we can work with and we need to do so and thats a piece of what we need to do to put america back into safety and security. I will challenge the folks that speaker today and those that aspire to the oval office, lay out a plan force. Lay out the plan to defeat radical islamic jihad. [applause] lay out their plans so it isnt some ki
You have access to the rail. And the congestion goes down. In places like london, where we put in congestion pricing and more transportation, they see Traffic Volume down by 20 . Congestion down by 26 over the last three years using technology and mobility. And a better environment. That increases the quality of life for everybody in the market. That is the windfall for the average consumer. Good morning. I am tonya saunders. I represent one of the largest rail operators in the world. The reason i am standing, to underscore what the gentleman said, in addition to the taxes we look at, what are the alternatives for moving large numbers of people in terms of the increase of families and people in the cities and suburbs . Youre looking at 14 or 12 lanes of highway if you are expecting to accommodate that in the future. Four rail, whether it is highspeed or moving freight off of the rail system that we have onto a cheaper railway. If you could maybe comment on longterm investment in doing
Own question. There is pressure on the side of the hill. You can suggest that members see the causal link going in the other direction, the reason i get elected is because i have a war chest. And that is one way to combat it. It is the sign of the times when the word primaries becomes ever. I might get primary did. Pimrimaried. Before they are freshmen, they sign a leadership pact. Why . Because members are getting dubbed a certain amount depending on their role on the committees and so on. This is increasing pressures for raising more and more money. One more implication of the nationalization of Congressional Election that john referred to is that it is harder for members and income when they vote for members in the apposite party. When you look at it over time, it is a fairly unremarked upon trend. What grew substantially into the 50s and 60s is basically down to what it was before the increase. There is still a small income and see advantage but it is much smaller they are in it us
But its incredibly confusing. Theres objects flying in all directions. Theres even tear gas coming from the top of that building over there. Its hard to see whats going on. Theyre using pepper protesters. The unrest has generated headlines around the world of a ruthless dictatorship crushing dissent with violence but in venezuela, there are competing narratives. Is this an authoritarian crackdown, or a clash between people with radically different visions for the future of their country . A year after the death of hugo chavez, fault lines is in caracas to find out whats really going on in the streets. In venezuela, the former president looms larger than life, even in death. The policies chavez implemented to redistribute oil wealth were polarizing from the start. In his first five years, he faced a coup, an oil lockout, and a recall vote from the countrys elite. Chavez survived it all, pushing forward what he called the bolivarian revolution and cutting poverty rates by more than half.