Political orientations happened to have come to a conclusion that is similar, but whether they colluded to do it or execute it, i dont see the evidence of that. I believe that the way in our democracy that you respond to points of view that you disagree with is not to try to shut them down, but rather to provide alternatives and america the owner manual, i think, gives a lot of examples of where people have done that. As an example, here in florida, there had been a county which had had an antidiscrimination ordinance that did not include gays and lesbians and other transgender individuals and the Lbgt Community came together with the Business Community and instead of this being exclusively a human rights issue, it became a combination of human rights plus the adverse effect that failure to provide protection to that important segment of the population was meaning in terms of lost jobs, and lost Economic Growth for hillsboro county. That coalition, which came together from different pe
Caller good afternoon. A caller talked about the right wing conspiracy but the up political machine so talk about Rupert Murdoch and of the Koch Brothers and with that propaganda medium machine media machine with of pledged to stick to the constitution but the Koch Brothers control the political structure structure. Host lets talk to somebody who is bent in theal political system for many years to get his perspective and if individual or group can control another group of people like that. Has answered the earlier question byword conspiracy sounds as if they have come together to conspire to isin overthetop but a thinked for t those that you list before their political orientationo a c have to, to a conclusion that is similar but whether they colluded idol cd evidence of that. I believe the way in ourli democracy that you respond to a point of view is not to try to shut them down but provide alternatives and in america the Owners Manual is the example has done that and hear and florida
Charlie taught him, you take a punch. You dont let it get you down, you get back up. Charlie is the one in fences. A garbage hauler who didnt get to play major league baseball. Charlie is fighter who could have been a National Champion but didnt get the fight, because joe lewis was enough. Charlie never got the break he should have. I grew up here every morning, bust my smooch, put up with them crackers every day because i liked you. You are the biggest fool i ever saw. It is my job. It is my responsibility. You understand that . A man got to take care of his family. You live in my house. Sleep your behind in my bed clothes. Fill your belly with my food. Because i like you . Because youre my flesh and blood. August always had this idea thats what a warrior does. That is what his mother did. So charlie was a very important part augusts development and just a neighbor across the street a few doors down from where he grew up. That is part of what we will call the warrior spirit. He didnt
And when you leave here tonight, our hope is that you will leave with a much, much clearer understanding of the challenges that are facing foster children, but also quite frankly, mad as hell and truly committed to being a part of the solution. Now, to be sure, i know there are Extraordinary People in this room who either have had, myself included, or are currently working tirelessly on this issue. And are indeed making extraordinary progress and truly commendable impacts. But despite these heroic efforts, i think we can all agree that the foster care system is fundamentally broken. And what we need [applause] gabriel thank you. Well, what we really need is a dramatic pivot how we think about, see, serve, treat some of the most vulnerable and voiceless among us. The 400,000 americans that currently make up our foster care system. These are children and young men and women that were simply dealt a very bad hand, when it came to the challenges that their families faced. And they are enti
Explosion the journalist contends it both major parties are turning elections into a circus of populous ideas and historian Nancy Isenberg provides a history of class in america in white trash. Thats a look at the books the New York Times has suggested to help understand the 2016 president ial election. Many of these authors have or will appear on book tv. You can watch them on our website, book tv. Org cspan, where history unfolded daily. In 1979, cspan wass created as a Public Service by americas cabletelevision companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Sebastian mallaby discusses the life of former Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan in his book, the man who knew. Hes interviewed by alice rivlin. Sebastian, welcome. Im delighted to do this and i think its a fabulous book. I have known Alan Greenspan for many many years and we worked together closely when i was his vice chair and hes a complicated man and these are complicated times and i think you g