Well, were going to get started here with round two of president s on whom oliphant was able to bestow his gifts and a country on which he was able to bestow his gifts by commenting and visually and with words on those president s. Im mike nelson. Im the guy that you had to put up with the first panel. Fortunately, we have a new cast of people to add their voices to the wonderful voices that you heard from the scholars of the first panel. Once again, we have Miller Center people here. The Miller Center, one of its main emphases is to study the presidency in historical depths with objectivity and in other words, we are all in the business of doing stuff that an editorial cartoonist is not in the business of doing, which is reacting to events on a daytoday basis, which pat oliphant did in his 60plus years as a newspaper cartoonist. And whereas we all strive to be as objective as we can, the job of the editorial cartoonist, and pat oliphan as well as anybody has ever done it, to provide c
Has stuck with me ever since, and the lesson of it draws from two parts, two separate biblical texts. One is from second kings, if youre interested, chapter four. Where the prophet elijah not elijah, but elijah has somebody bring him 20 loaves of barley, and hes got to feed 100 men. And his servant asks him, how are we going to do that . 100 men . Weve only got 20 loaves of barley and the prophet says, give them to the men that they may eat, for thus says the lord, they shall eat and have some left. So, he set it before them, and they ate, and they had some left, just as the lord told him. And theres an incident from the new testament where jesus is confronted with a crowd of people, 5,000 people. How are we going to feed all these people . And one of his disciples says, well, heres a young boy with five barley loaves and two fish. Not a lot. It could take like six months of six months worth of pay to feed the crowd of 5,000. All weve got is five barley loaves and two fish. Jesus said,
In a typical city or town, on a typical resident sltreet, we find a typical hope of couriypi. John q public earns enough money to kieppayments on a new car. He takes pride in owning a fine, new, longterm mortgaged home that was built to last a lifetime. Mrs. John q public no longer finds housework fatiguing, laboring, thanks to labor saving devices, including her husband. Mr. John q, because of a 40hour week, has the leisure to dream about his favorite sport. Darling. Often in a secluded corner of his private den, john q reflects on some of the Better Things he has done with his life. Insurance to protect his family if he is called before his time. Money in a savings account for emergencies. For summer vacations. And to help put john q junior through college. In spite of the high cost of being a husband and father, john q has a private little nest egg. His practical nature tells him it ought to do more than collect moths. Where did i put the thing . Common stock, do i own any . I dont
Meet joe, the king of the workers of the world. Hi, folks. Joes the king because he can buy more with hiwages than any other worker on the globe. Now, what makes it possible for joe to earn such a good living . Hes no smarter than workers in other countries. Are you kidding . Hes no stronger than workers in others lands. Oh, yeah . Well, just watch me. Just because joes an american doesnt mean yeah . Well being an american is the best thing in the ow, my back. Sure, being an american is great. But how could you be superior to any foreigner when you or your folks might be any one of a dozen different races or religions . So if youre no superman, it must be the american way of doing things that makes you the luckiest guy in the world. I dont think im so lucky. You dont . Well, let me show you. Hey, whats that gadget . Television . No, its a time machine. Just pull that lever. Youll see how people worked 100 years ago. Hey. This i like. Thats too far back. Try again. We want to stop at 18
Hey, joe, joe. Yeah, sam. Take a look at todays timetable. Only one of these trains can get through to washington. 44 is a single track, you know. Yeah, but, sam, arent the American People on board the win the war special . Well, followed by a few wreckers. Do you see that switch, joe . Youve got to sidetrack. Im just the guy that can do it, sam. Look, joe, you can, if you dont fall asleep at the switch like you did in november of 1942. I see. Dont worry about me. Hell have to knock me out. Dream awaken to me waiting for me rise all rise who are you . Not at all. Not at all. Glad you dropped in, my boy. I see uncle sam has been overworking you. High production. Sams been overworking you. Relax. Have a cigar. Lets talk this over, my boy. According to the papers, yao you are on the wrong track. It says here that the win the war special isnt going through. And they are on strike. Thats a lie. Were out to win the war. War, war. Way up high to the pie in the sky when you die we stand tall.