Books on how taxpayers dollars are spent and the need for government transparency. Veterans affairs we audited their checkbook for the last four years. Last summer we found during a period where up to 1,000 sick veterans died while waiting to see a doctor that the va spent 20 million on a highend art portfolio. It was 27foot christmas trees, priced like cars, 21,000. It was sculptures priced like fivebedroom homes. It was two sculptures for 700,000 procured by a va center that serves blind veterans. It was a cubed rock skel p tour all in with landscaping for 1. 2 million. This is the type of waste thats in our government sunday night at 8 00 eastern on cspans q a. On lectures in history, Emory University professor Felix Harcourt teaches a class on how conspiracy theories about ufos shaped american culture. He begins in the late 1940s and describes how Public Opinion about extra terrestrials changed over time. This class is about one hour and 50 minutes. Lets start with a question im su
This class is about one hour and 15 minutes. Prof. Harcourt let us start with the question that i am sure that no one will have any problem having their answer recorded for television 4. A show of hands how many people believe alien life exists . A number of people. I think so. Stephen hawking thinks so. There is a probability that alien life has evolved and probably looks pretty different from us but they may be out there. Slightly different question. How many of us believe that aliens have come to earth . Sergio, the only man with a strength of his convictions. Another question. Is the idea that aliens have visited earth, in and of itself, another question. Is the idea that aliens have a Conspiracy Theory . Sergio . Probably not. If you take into account that we are trying to get to mars, there would technically be alien life there. To say that another life form has become intelligent enough to do space travel and visit another planet is not a Conspiracy Theory. Felix harcourt that s
This class is about one hour and 15 minutes. Prof. Harcourt let us start with the question that i am sure that no one will have any problem having their answer recorded for television 4. A show of hands how many people believe alien life exists . A number of people. I think so. Stephen hawking thinks so. There is a probability that alien life has evolved and probably looks pretty different from us but they may be out there. Slightly different question. How many of us believe that aliens have come to earth . Sergio, the only man with a strength of his convictions. Another question. Is the idea that aliens have visited earth, in and of itself, another question. Is the idea that aliens have a Conspiracy Theory . Sergio . Probably not. If you take into account that we are trying to get to mars, there would technically be alien life there. To say that another life form has become intelligent enough to do space travel and visit another planet is not a Conspiracy Theory. Felix harcourt that s
A, 1968, 1 of the longest and earliest battles of the vietnam war. Me because the military command was so out of touch with what was happening industries that they literally got a lot of Young Americans killed. General westmoreland denied the city had been taken. Denyntinued to the it for the entire time the battle was being fought. Small units of marines and troopers were being ordered to attack positions that were held by overwhelmingly superior enemy forces in entrenched positions. Tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans q a. Each week, American History tvs real america brings you archival films. On thursday, august 3, general John Throckmorton arrived at the white house to report on conditions in the city of detroit. As of 12 00 previous day, the responsibility for law and order in the city had been returned to state authorities. There had been little in americas recent past to prepare her for the nightmarish war streets inr 1967. It came out of the ghettos of new york and detroit
A, 1968, 1 of the longest and earliest battles of the vietnam war. Me because the military command was so out of touch with what was happening industries that they literally got a lot of Young Americans killed. General westmoreland denied the city had been taken. Denyntinued to the it for the entire time the battle was being fought. Small units of marines and troopers were being ordered to attack positions that were held by overwhelmingly superior enemy forces in entrenched positions. Tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans q a. Each week, American History tvs real america brings you archival films. On thursday, august 3, general John Throckmorton arrived at the white house to report on conditions in the city of detroit. As of 12 00 previous day, the responsibility for law and order in the city had been returned to state authorities. There had been little in americas recent past to prepare her for the nightmarish war streets inr 1967. It came out of the ghettos of new york and detroit