Meg jacobs, its a pleasure to talk with you. I welcome the audience thats come out tonight to listen to the conversation. The author of panic at the pump the Energy Crisis and the transformation of american politics in the 1970s. Meg teaches affairs at princet princeton. Youve written this a is your third or fourth book . Something like that. You wrote a book i was interested in because we will be talking about conservatives and liberals but one is you were the conservatives in power 1981 to 1989. Okay, interesting we are going to talk about conservative politics and liberal politics for that matter tonight. Lets start with this if we can. You have a thesis for this book, and i will let you describe it obviously, but essentially what you argue in this book is that the two Energy Crises of the 70s, 73, 79 essentially were part of a major factor of the transformation in american politics, and among other things, made americans realize that perhaps the government could take care of them t
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Further on our under your discretionary review authorization calendar on delores street has been withdrawn and item 18 for case at 372121st strait has also been withdrawn i have nothing of your duty and i have no speaker cards. Is there any comments other than the items proposed for continuance . Public comment on items proposed for continuance okay seeing none, Public Comment is closed on items for continuance. Did i hear you to continue item number 14 . No no i wanted to make sure thank you. Okay seeing no. You further comments Public Comment is closed. Commissioner antonini. I move to continue item the one to february 5th and the other one to march and commissioner moore. Id like to entertain this continuing our commissioner rules and regulations but we can take that up when we come to it item the uncertainties when exactly it was published we can talk about it now e. R. When item 10 comes up. Thank you. Commissioners there is a motion commissioner antoninis made a motion and its be