I dont know why democrats didnt turn out to vote yesterday. What with all the inspiring fundraising emails the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee sent out, like all hope is lost. laughter applause and sure, as a conservative it is tempting to gloat, but im going to be humble about this for two reasons. One, because i am amazing at being humble, okay. laughter fantastic. And, two, i want to be sensitive to all my liberal viewers. I have been told some liberals do watch the show. I dont know why. Its a free country. As happy as i am that america is now headed in the right direction, im not going to spike the metaphorical football or even the literal football i had made with obamas face on it right there, okay. laughter applause wouldnt be right. Im also not going to have a balloon drop because that would be tacky. Jim, lets cancel the balloon drop. Lets just clear the balloons out of that net and get all victory music out of speakers. Come on, get rit rid of it, get it out of th
About Police Restrict about Police Brutality in various reforms. Almost from the day it was founded in 1948, the folks in 1848, the folks across the bay in San Francisco have been making jokes about oakland. There is no there there. Gertrude stein is supposed to have said. While the jokes may live on, oakland is no longer that faceless other city across the bay. Californias fourth largest city is a booming center of art, industry, and culture. Oaklands new glamour and prosperity are not shared equally by all of its citizens. Nearly half of the citys population is nonwhite and many are poor. They do not patronize the symphony or the museums. They dont use the coliseum or airport very much, nor do they hold their share of the jobs created by oaklands new industry, port and transportation facilities. Most of oaklands black and brown citizens came here from the south during world war ii, lured by recruiters for government and private industry to work in shipyards and defense plants. After
Question, whats in a name . Michelle miller paid her slight to find out. A wrapper. An actor. Ll cool j. And tonight hes host the grammys again. When he started out he has Something Else on his mind. The ladies werent loving you back then . Not as much as i wanted. How a new name helped the ladies love ll cool j ahead on sunday morning. Osgood speaking of attracting attention to ones self. A bit of ink is the method of choice for more stand more bodies these days. Faith salie takes a closer look. From taboo to trendy, tattoos have come a lock way. Do you feel like in a general culture that tattoos are thought of as art . Yes. Its so liberating. Later on sunday morning. Fresh ink. Osgood the call for the envelope please is a familiar one this time of year. The category of best supporting acting for the star of the movie whiplash a familiar looking fellow. John black stone makes his acquaintance. In hollywood he built a reputation as reliable character actor. They told me to do it. You m
Michelle miller paid her slight to find out. A wrapper. An actor. Ll cool j. And tonight hes host the grammys again. When he started out he has Something Else on his mind. The ladies werent loving you back then . Not as much as i wanted. How a new name helped the ladies love ll cool j ahead on sunday morning. Osgood speaking of attracting attention to ones self. A bit of ink is the method of choice for more stand more bodies these days. Faith salie takes a closer look. From taboo to trendy, tattoos have come a lock way. Do you feel like in a general culture that tattoos are thought of as art . Yes. Its so liberating. Later on sunday morning. Fresh ink. Osgood the call for the envelope please is a familiar one this time of year. The category of best supporting acting for the star of the movie whiplash a familiar looking fellow. John black stone makes his acquaintance. In hollywood he built a reputation as reliable character actor. They told me to do it. You might know him only as that g
And ready to go, so let me ask you to start things off. All right, thank you michael. Do we have five hours . [laughter] i want to take this paragraph or two and pull it apart. One of the wonderful things about writing a book about the great gatsby is that i can purchase assume pretty much assume, as i think andrew can that were speaking to an audience who has read the novel at least at some point in their lives. So im going to read from the first chapter where nick decides to go visit his cousin Daisy Buchanan who he hasnt seen in a while. Hes invited for dinner, and he walks into the buchanan mansion. With tom buy canna who has to be one of the greatest characters in literature. We walked through a high hallway into a bright, rosycolored space, fragilely bound into the house by french windows at eitherrened. The windows were ajar and gleaming white against the fresh glass outside that seemed to grow a little way into the house. A breeze blew through the room blew curtains in at one e