We are coming to you from his home and office in the state capital of nebraska. And hisJennings Bryan wife moved here in 1902. We are coming to you from the first floor. He did much of his riding an entertaining here in this house. We welcome our guest, a professor of history at georgetown university. Chairalso joined by the of the department of history at the university of nebraska here in lincoln. To set up this speech, the man that delivered it and the impact that it had bought democratic delegates. The country was very divided. There was a great depression. The democrats were split down the middle. The incumbent president was very unpopular. Bryan comes into this convention as a dark horse candidate. He is defending the cause of free silver. This is to help people in trouble economically. He gives this speech and people go wild when they hear it. This was actually recorded later. The speech was from 1896. He was robust, vigorous. He had an amazing voice. He has really stepped this
This is his first book and we are very fortunate to have him here today because he is soon to become a firsttime dads though the timing was just right. Please welcome daniel schulman. [applause] thanks for having me here today it is an honor to be with you. I thought i would give you a picture of the political evolution of the koch family and you can grill me as much or as little as you want it seems that they exploded onto the seat following the election of broccoli, but many, many decades and of making i will take you back on the journey i went to through. I found that to understand charles and david coke the place day cannes from ideologically requires me to understand their father. Fred is the patriarch growing up in the panhandle of texas his dad was the newspaperman and a democrat. And ends up going to m. I. T. Majoring in chemical engineering. Into balance around the United States with Oil Refineries and in the mid 1920s to forms a partnership which is eventually called winkler
the video documentary competition is open to student grades 6 and 12. for details, go online. the house of representatives held a brief pro-forma session today in which democrats tried to get a vote on a bill to extend the payroll tax cut that passed the senate. here is that pro-forma session. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] the clerk: the speaker s rooms, washington, d.c. december 21, 2011. i hereby appoint the honorable michael g. fitzpatrick to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the pray will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend michael wilker, lutheran church of the reformation, washington, d.c. the chaplain: let us pray. gracious god, you give us light in the darkness. we praise you for the galaxies, stars, planets, and moon that shine in the night. we bless you for lamps and candles that ill lieu min our communities. we thank you for the fir
traditions have been scorned. our entreaties have been disregarded. we have begged and they have balked when our calamity came. we beg no more. we entreat no more. we petition no more. we brought forth confidence that we shall win. the words of william jennings bryan. we are coming to you from his home and office in the state capital of nebraska. it is commonly called fairview, because it gave you a fair view of the land. william jennings bryan and his wife moved here in 1902. we are coming to you from the first floor. his study is just below us. he did much of his writing and entertaining here in this house. we welcome our guest, a professor of history at georgetown university. he also wrote a godly hero. we re also joined by the chair of the department of history at the university of nebraska here in lincoln. thank you both for being with us. to set up this speech, the man that delivered it and the impact that it had on democratic delegates. the country was very divid
you might understand that israelis ask, what is to prevent this from happening again in the west bank? most of our major cities in the south of the country are within a few dozen kilometers from gaza. but we are a few hundred meters away from the edge of the west bank. i want to ask you, would any of you bring the danger so close to your cities and families? would you act so recklessly with the lives of your citizens? israel is prepared to have a palestinian state in the west bank but we re not prepared to have another gaza. that is why we need to have real security arrangements. they refuse to negotiate with us. israelis remember the bitter lessons of gaza. paris irresponsibly and allies israel to go down this path again. it is as if nothing happened. they keep repeating the same advice, the same formula. as though none of this happened. these critics continue to press israel to make concessions without assuring israel s security. they praise those who feed in the crocodil