Good morning. I should just mention at the beginning im told there will be time for q a but it depends on your asking questions which i can then repeat for the benefit of the production. Can someone close the door. Thank you. The title of my remarks this morning are notes on th our notg of liberal culture. Theres a story that might be apocryphal but is too good not to share. [laughter] hi, jamie. [laughter] im going to begin again for jamies benefit. Theres a story possibly apocryphal but too good not to share which is told about gandhi. The leader was asked by the journalists what do you think of western civilization. He thought for a moment and replied i think it would be a good idea. [laughter] ive been pondering that for the better part of a year as i consider the state of liberal culture both in the United States and throughout the world. What do i think of liberalism i think it would be a good idea. In fact it could be our salvation as a country and as a civilization if only we c
ms. jefferson. but prosecutors claim jefferson victimize the couple by grabbing bleach and pine sol and causing at hazardous situation, forcing the evaluation of the wal-mart super store on saturday. according to a court charging document, jefferson told police while in the walmart store, he grabbed her arms and held her help them behind her so ms. totems could place her in the face. she said she grabbed the kaline bottles begin she had no other way of defending herself. it depends on what is being tried or what is being charged, but we are dealing with what happened on that particular date and the actions of the defendant. prosecutors believe with the bell remain at $350,000, the victims safety is assured. the defense will try to seek another bail review. the judge warned jefferson that if she contacts odoms in any way, he will issue an immediate bench warrant for her arrest. bge is still working to restore service to homes in howard county after a gas leak prompte
five and three-quarters we could have gotten even more. i do not know whether the system would have gone completely out of kilter if they had not been done, but it was too much of a risk. and i really glad, and and i m really glad and we were beneficiaries of what happened. the i appreciate that. i can tell you there are some things in my job as a u.s. senator from montana that do not make a lot of sense. one of the things that does not make a lot of sense to me is why these synthetic and i know you have an answer for me, but why these synthetic instruments came about with nothing in them. and claire is right. it is just like betting on a sports event come out on whether it is going to rain. it is not it does not make any sense. this is just playing around from my perspective and part of this playing around is why taxpayers had to bail out what went on on wall street. i have some issues with that. i think you could add some to the equation as long as we can bore down