Capitol hill. Representative john garamendi, what was on his reading this . A lot of things, first of all a lot of papers i have to read, various reports, some classified. Ongoing work of the readiness subcommittee which is 290 billion of taxpayer money, that keeps me busy. However theres all the other things i want to read, a lot of history. Right now im working my way through the disagreement between the habsburgs and the Ottoman Empire, 400 years of war and there is a great book called enemy at the gates which details every one of the battles and centers around the siege of vienna. Why do i need that . If you want to understand turkey better understand the history of the Ottoman Empire and the relationships between that and western europe. Also i like to do roman history. I have a book called the death of caesar which deals with that time, the intrigues. Not quite into that kind of political intrigue but it is important to understand what was happening when caesar was assassinated,
Brian jackie speier, your book, undaunted, your first three words are, i was dying. Why did you start the book that way . Rep. Speier because i was. It was one of those moments in my life that were defining for me. Not many people have that experience where they are dying and survive. I had a lot to talk about. Brian why were you dying . Rep. Speier i was on an airstrip in the remote jungles of guyana having just concluded a congressional delegation tour with then congressman leo ryan , and we were ambushed on that airstrip and shot. Congressman ryan was shot 45 times and died on that airstrip. There were members of the press that died. One defector of the peoples temple who died. I was shot five times on the right side of my body. A bone jetting out of my arm, a wound in my leg the size of a football. It was, oh my god, i am 28 years old, this is it. Im not going to live to be in my mid80s. I am not going to get married and have kids. Im not going to have any of those dreams fulfilled
After the revolution the communist came and took her parents business they wandered and struggled she was inspired by what she saw that there was up possibility that they would live their life and pursue her dreams and that place was america. She barely spoke a word of english. The epic novel that we know her best buy the fountainhead in between those two books she wrote in them which was a short scifi novel and thats when we chose to adapt with the graphic novel. What was her philosophy. She still relevant among a segment of society today. You been watching politics lately what we are seeing a lot of his entitlement the 1 are the ones that are causing the problems in our society. We are seeing an epidemic of envy which they called the hatred of the good. We are seen epidemic of greed not is as its popular and as the desire. In a moral moment as a country a very fundamental space of fairness. People are searching for answers. They challenged all of those ideas and all of those values.
Readiness subcommittee which has about 290 billion of taxpayer money to spend. That keeps me busy. However, theres all the other things i want to read. A lot of history. Right now im working my way through the disagreement between the habsburgs and the Ottoman Empire, 400 years of war, and theres a great book called enemy at the gate which basically details every one of the battles and, basically, is centers around the siege of vienna. Why do i need that . Well, you want to understand turkey, youd better understand the history of the Ottoman Empire and the relationships between that and the western, western europe. Also i like to go back into the roman history. Right now i have a book called the death of caesar, which deals with that particular period of time. The intrigues, were not quite into that kind of political intrigue, but its useful to understand what was happening during the period of time when caesar was assassinated, what were the politics, what were the intrigues of it. So
Listen work for are with the free cspan radio app bp. Radio app. Brian jackie speier, your book, undaunted, your first three words are, i was dying. Why did you start the book that way . Rep. Speier because i was. It was one of those moments in my life that were defining for me. Not many people have that experience where they are dying and survive. I had a lot to talk about. Brian why were you dying . Rep. Speier i was on an airstrip in the remote jungles of guyana having just concluded a congressional delegation tour with then congressman leo ryan, and we were ambushed on that airstrip and shot. Congressman ryan was shot 45 times and died on that airstrip. There were members of the press that died. One defector of the peoples temple who died. I was shot five times on the right side of my body. A bone jetting out of my arm, a wound in my leg the size of a football. It was, oh my god, i am 28 years old, this is it. Im not going to live to be in my mid80s. I am not going to get married a