the copter no sooner touches down on deck than glenn gets a preview of the congratulations still to come. on every hand jubilation. on every side, smiles and cheers. he signs over his log and precious instruments to the national space administration. from here he goes to grand turk island for further rest before the deluge. a deluge of honors, a proud country waits to bestow on a brave man. ma cities who public is guided by statesmen, this bronze rendition of mathematician and scientist of albert einstein stands out. perhaps because there is little of the monumental about this washington monument. even if it does stand 12 feet tall and weigh approximately four tons. here robert brooks, distinctive style, led some critics to label him the bubble gum sculptor, gives us a genial, playful einstein. sitting atop in north carolina granite, the famed scientist holds in his left hand a document listing some of his most significant theories. the same bench contains quotes. testifyin
only the best for him. but he s fair and he says, you know, we stayed for dinner and dinner was really, really good. there were about 12 people who stayed for dinner including ernest. they signed the menu. we think we took paris, and then the 12 people at the table signed up. so this is pretty much the end of the story of ernest and american intelligence in world war ii. he spends the rest of the war, he spends a lot of time in the ritz. he goes over to the hotel screeb nearby and this is a fanciful portrayal. that s ernest in the foreground. the guy with the patch is william l. shirer and the lady is janet flaner who work for the new yorker for many years. apart from being in paris and doing the correspondent thing, he does get out to the front and spends he exposes himself to a considerable amount of danger as a war correspondent. as the american troops are going towards and entering germany. around this time, bumby, his luck ran out in the fall of 1944. he was captured.
getting warmer. i think it s been a great series, frankly. i have enjoyed every one of them. [ applause ] thank you. okay. and you re a great crowd, by the way. you re here, you re on time. we don t always have that. so this morning will be the last of our series out of courtesy to our speaker if you d be kind enough to turn off your pdas and cell phones, that would be a help. it can interfere with the amplification. by the way, one of the things that did come up today, there were several inquiries at the back about our other programs and what we have at the museum, you can certainly put your yourself on our e-mail list, get our e-mail blast, we put out a communique every three months on all the programs that are coming and that would include things like the smithsonian series, and that s a good way to get early notification of what s upcoming and what you might want to attend. so we have this morning a subject, another celebrity spy, and celebrity spies are always very con
as far as covering economic issues, it is a great question. again, i come back to a lot of today a lot of today has been sent spent in a hair pulling a fire in brimstone demotion or mood. this is a time we re getting information about a candidate and about a platform is far easier than it ever has been be. has ever been. you can go online and with two clicks, be getting as much of mitt romney s tax plan as you care to read. or as much of the of newt gingrich s plans. it is difficult when you talk about the media in a broad perspective. at the denver post level, we do not our reporters are focused on state government. on city hall. we have a reporter in d.c. who is in charge of keeping up with the congressional delegation. the nine officials we have out there. the parts of the massive federal government that affect the western states. we do not often have the luxury to cover presidential politics. in the way that you are asking about. when barack obama comes to tow
that s too high for us. being efficient in what we do is part of that, and we re lot of things. from replacing light bulbs and dvds to replacing smart grids and reeders. but we have to do more than just be store efficient. that still leaves us buying too much from those who may not be our friends and who may not have our best interests at heart. all you have to do is watch the news on emerging threats and multiple threats to inner security. we are too vulnerable in this area. we would never allow some of these countries to build our ships or our aircraft or our ground units but we give them a say on whether those ships sail, those ground vehicles fly or aircraft operate. and the bigger surprise is the spikes that come from oil. oil is a global commodity, and the price is set globally. sometimes on speculation, and no more than rumor. but every time the price of oil goes up a dollar a barrel, it costs the united states navy $31 million in additional fuel costs. when libya star