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Went on the floor that day, the first thing i did was go over to bird. I said bob byrd i will never know the rules of the senate like you do. Ill make you a deal. I will never surprise you, if you will not surprise me. He said let me think about it. He came back later that afternoon and said ok. And we never did. I think that tradition has carried on. I think dole adopted that point of view. The system, and the rules of the senate are such, that theres plenty of room for disagreement and controversy. To do so within the framework of organization without sneaking up on your adversary. Some of the interview with former Senate Majority leader howard baker airing at 8 00 eastern 5 00 pacific. News from the pentagon planning more cuts for benefits for troops and the 2016 budget to be submitted to the white house in february. Military pay and benefits cost 185 billion in 2011. That decreased by 8 billion. That was mostly due to the reduction in active duty and reserve troops. You can read mo
Like white whose are like i already know about all this. I took ethnic studies. I read all the articles. We dont need to talk about this. So theres no conversation. The thing that is pop into my head immediately and based on no study. Shift the category. Would this person say that about North Carolina versus South Carolina . Would they say this about scandinavia versus norway . Would they say this about baseball versus hockey like theres you can know one thing and somehow make it present to them that that doesnt mean they know everything. Buzz that rule apply . I had a hot dog. I know how a hot dog taste. Ive eaton at chilis so i know how mexican tastes. That doesnt follow. But there are other areas where that is selfevidently true. And this is truth times a thousand of that because theyre talking about human beings. You know one person. So i think theres probably people in their lives whether its a gender line. If they know one homosexual person, if they know one gay person. Do they k
He toured United States, raising money to buy freedom for himself and his children. Newspapers around the country chronicled his travels and his life story. Colonization enthusiasts, white americans who wanted to emancipate black people and repatriate them to west africa, hoped that ibrahaman would aid them in establishing the medic ties before the death between the colonies of liberia and nearby kingdoms as well as helping to convert west africa to christianity. In 1829, he journeyed to liberia with his wife. Though he was unable to fulfill the hopes of his captors and sponsors in the United States. He died shortly after his arrival there. We know about him in part because he was literate. And also was able to advocate for himself and his family using american ideas about islam and muslims to get what he wanted. Most enslaved muslims were not so lucky. Similarly, yaro mamout, who was enslaved in 1762, one his freedom after being a slave to a maryland family. He moved to washington dc,
These proxies and the proxies are on the line of, so do you hunt . [laughter] and i went through countless these interviews and my answers were so pathetic. No. Do you know anybody who hunts . Ot really. I was sitting down with one of the senators from idaho who has a ranch and who was a great hunter himself and he was telling me about his hunting and how important this was to many of his constituents and i totally understand why. Why many senators would want to know these kinds of things. And so i was it was late in the day. It was my 93rd interview. I said you know, senator, if you would like to invite me hunting, id really be glad to come. And this look of abject horror passed over his face, you know . And i realized, ok. I think ive gone too far. Senator, i really didnt mean to invite myself to your ranch. But i i i will tell you that if im lucky enough to be confirmed ill ask my colleague Justice Scalia to take me hunting. I grew up in new york. I didnt have this experience. But i