A lot of rage against the war in vietnam. I have a lot of rage against male supremacy. I had a lot of rage about injustices around race. And all of those things rushed into my mind and my politics in the fall of 1969 when i was a freshman in college. Thats what i met all those problems and almost issues and recognize them as problems, people disagreed with me were just wrong. And so either they had to be convinced or the words worth talking to. And then, of course, as you get older, you realize some of the things you thought might have been wrong and they might not even the best strategies, and that you really do need people coming at issues from different perspectives, and that there other ways to deal with the problems in the world than just raging against them. It is a sort of perspective, give me a sort of perspective that allowed me to hear what other people were saying that, when they disagreed with it, and to actually incorporate some of that thinking into my own ideas. So its b
Host you talk about this underworld in buffalo and going up and getting on the phone and dealing with that sort of characters but you also talked about another pillar on the Debt Collection world which is las vegas and he went there to do and investigation to deal with these individuals. What was that like . West coast is making the profit Profit Margins we are talking to brandon about where he hunted or searched for paper and he said las vegas i go out there and i hunt for deals. So i asked can i tag along and they said sure so in february i will today guess and i spent several days with brandon as he was on the prowl for peace deals he wanted to get a few of what he called these buckets of back he could bring home with him to work at his own Collection Agency or he could benefit that cant sell to other folks. It was interesting because when we arrived back here, the market was changing for two reasons. One was the regulators were finally starting to crack down a little bit and that w
And to all of you who have participated, thank you so much. This is the final portion of the National Bullying prevention summit focusing on the issue of cyberbullying. According to a 2011 study, 16 of High School Students experience bullying 0 online each year. The annual bullying prevention summit is part of an effort by the federal government to create a National Strategy to address the problem. This is about 50 minutes. Hi, everyone, thank you so much, sarah. I am codirector of connect safely. Org in san jose, california. And im, im longtime blogger, since before they were blogs, on youth and technology at netfamilynews. Org. So im in awe of those young people, im sure you are, too, but what really struck me about them and what struck me about the youth advisory board, of the born this Way Foundation when we heard their stories, too, is the courage to heal others while youre hearing yourself. And were not linear any more these days. So thats kind of a remarkable act of courage, i f
[inaudible conversations] up next on booktv after words with guest host author nomi prins. This week this American Life contributor jake halpern in his latest book bad paper chasing debt from wall street to the underworld. It tells the story of a former Bank Executive and a former bank robber going into business together to collect unpaid bank debts by questionable means. The program is about an hour. Host hi and welcome. Im nomi prins and im here today with jake halpern the author of a fascinating and horrifying new book bad paper chasing debt from wall street to the underworld. Welcome. Guest thanks for having me. Host thank you. This book is incredible and so is your story. I think that to really mirror each other. It takes place in buffalo new york, a lot of it. You are from there, arent you . Guest thats right. I grew up there and my dad and his wife still live there. I go back there fairly often and its how i found my way into this world. Host you talk about many unsavory charact
I am happy to have professor downs join us. I am going to talk about something that is overlooked in all kinds of narratives which is the importance of doing nothing. When congress billy hollowak in in december of 1865 came back in december of 1865 for many people it looked like they dont find a solution to address reconstruction until march of 1867. Despite things like the 14th amendment, this session can seem like and was critiqued at the time as a donothing session precisely because it didnt determine the end of the war. That it never established terms for war. But i want to flip that on its head and think about why it was so important for them not to establish terms for the end of the war and why doing nothing turned out to mean so much. I was led to this by contemplating the justly celebrated philosopher Jerome Allen Seinfeld known as jerry who said, doing nothing is not as easy as it looks. You have to be careful because the idea of doing anything could easily lead to doing somet