He said, i will need it, i will not meet with you, i will meet with you, and will not meet with you. They did not have a meeting. Bush left the country. Then later he held a conference and denounced bush for not meeting with them. I bet he regretted the way he acted when bush was there earlier. He had personal and intellectual reasons for supporting isreal. He only got 19 of the vote in 2000. Of the jewish vote in 2000. He got a big bond to 24 in 2004 against john kerry. Big bump to 24 in 2004 against john kerry. Bush really benefited from his outreach. I will come to a conclusion, but i want to talk briefly about obama and romney. Obama has a reputation as a reader. There is one time he was asked about reading a book, but he said, i only have time to floss my teeth and watch tv sports. Homeland, theorado la sopranos. He mentioned snooki a couple of times. It was suggested that obamas approach it does not necessarily suggest that obama read the book, but he said obama might have taken
Up next, a forum on the occupy movement. This is one hour and a half. [applause] thank you very much, everyone, for coming. Thank you to the department of Political Science. Today, we have for pronounced we have for pamela spirit we will have a bit of discussion between them and then moved to audience discussion. First, deborah is the this is a professor of ethics and society. She is also the senior associate dean for the humanities. She is a member of the Philosophy Department and director for ethics and a society. Her research focuses on the ethical limits of the markets. A place of equality in a just society and a rational choice. She also works on ethics and at the in education. She is coeditor of the forthcoming collection, occupy the future. He is a graduate of mit and an early participant in occupy washington occupy boston. He specializes in web applications and design. A cofounder in danger of some in cambridge. Actually, just in Central Square. If he continues to be engaged in
But three years ago, i made the decision to go back and use what i know i am in a unique situation to take what i know and apply it to the Education Community and say we can make special education better. There are ways we can use the data we collect. I have to say i am a little proud of this, too. I am proud of standing up at this point of time. I wanted to be a politician. I did not do it because i wanted power. I did it because, after september 11, i wanted to find a way to serve my country. I was too old to join the army. I thought about applying to the fbi. I should never have a gun in my hand. [laughter] this, i can do. I can stand up and speak and contribute to the conversation. I am very proud of this and proud of you guys because everybody has talked to me and said, we can do better. We, the electorate, can increase the conversation. We can make government better. I will answer the other part of the question, something i would take back. I was offered a job at amazon. [laughte
Coverage live of the house and senate and also the Certain Committee hearings. I think they are very informative to the public to get to see what really happens in congress. I like the way cspan covers the fact that it just presents itself what is really happening with a little bit of commentary maybe, but not really edited out. It is just what they want to present to the american people. Bill watches cspan on comcast. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies in 1979, brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. Supporters of the occupy movement, it began as a protest against social and inequality, this 90minute event was strongly hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of technology and the Boston Review. Thank you very much, everyone, for coming. Thank you to the department of Political Science. Today, we have for pronounced we have for pamela spirit we will have a bit of discussion between them and then moved to audience discussion. First, deborah is the this is a
When we talk about organizing a around a singular principal, i dont think the solution is necessarily to consolidate around existing labor movements. It is not necessarily to formulate a third party platform. The solution is to use these tools and use these bodies in order to consolidate power and to use that power to challenge the way in which decisions are made fundamentally. I would like to have time for questions from the audience. Please go to one of the of mikes so it can be sure to hear you. I will alternate between mikes as long as we have people at them. Do you think cooperation does not work in this country because people do not know what it means . Noncooperation, civil disobedience. And if not, why not . In this country. I believe it should work, that is the only way to help in this country, but it does not really work. It works, if you get the numbers. The important thing is about building numbers. And sustaining it. But it certainly works. Worked in the labor movement. Th