big uproar. get over it. that all i have got to say about it. this legislation achieves a good balance. san francisco is a liberal and tolerant and wonderful place and there is a place for public nudity. but it s ral not out all over our neighborhoods. reporter: when they talk about banning nudity all together that would not mean you couldn t still be nude during the dikes on bikes. you are allowed to go nude at a lot of the festivals, but you couldn t do it at the starbucks where the coffee is hot. megyn: i love how they all have hats on. it s well and good to be a nudist in san francisco. you try that in new york state and see how you get through the
why? i will have a fascinating conversation about political beliefs. and china is infamous for stamping out any and all protests. recently they relented and gave these protesters everything they asked for. what in the world? first, here s my take culture makes all the difference, said mitt romney at a fundraiser in israel last week. he was comparing the country s economic vitality with palestinian poverty. certainly there is a pedigree for this idea about culture. romney cited david landis, an economic historian. he could have cited the great german scholar mo made the claim in his book, the protestant eethic and spirit of capitalism. the problem was that he singled out two cultures as being particularly prone to poverty and stagnation. they were china and japan. but these have been the world s fastest growing two large economies over the past five decades. over the past two decades, the other powerhouse has been india which was described for years as having a culture
face the nation giving a joint interview for the first time talking about what it was like. wow. we can t have a boeatles reunion but we can have a woodward and bernstein. let s talk about spain really quickly and, you know, steve, you were worried about what was going to be happening over the next couple weeks. do they avoid the meltdown that could be devastating to this country? this is like the little boy who put his finger in the [ inaudible ], but you have a bunch of fingers put in a bunch of dikes and think of the hoover dam, has managed to keep this dam from breaking and cascading and this was what this was the least they had to do at the latest possible moment. spain had been resisting any kind of a bailout. they didn t want to be lumped in with such despicable places as portugal and greece. they are spain. but in the end, they took one. they re trying to convince the
i lived my whole life as a criminal. most people, they fight with that every day. they say i m going to get out, i m going to do this. i m going to get out and do that. they can t come to grips with themselves and realize what they have become is this. this is what they breathe, they eat, they feel. just because they go home, don t mean they leave. their mind is still here. today dikes is being transferred to another state prison and has no regrets. what s your number? 375382. what s your birthday? 1/21/77. told me i was leaving. i m packed up and ready to go. ready to get out of here? yeah. why is that? this place sucks. exit. you don t try to better yourself while you re here, then you re stuck. you don t learn nothing from coming to prison unless you put your feet in the concrete and go to work. that s all i know.
i mean, this is what i know. my fate s real, you know. if i get out this time, god only knows what will happen. i ll more than likely be back. because brushy mountain is an intake and processing center for tennessee s prison system, dikes, like most of the inmates, eventually transfers to other facilities. i was 18 years old some, like brian lautenslager, are part of a permanent population slated to serve their entire sentences at brushy. i ve been in prison all together 18 years. i come in when i was 18, got out at 24, came back at 25, now i m 36. going on 37. lautenslager is serving a 90-year sentence for robbery and criminal intent to commit murder. this is a song i wrote a few years ago. every year i change the amount