Items before we get to the meat of the program here. I would ask that everybody here turn off their cell phones or at least have them in a silent mode and those other Electronic Items as well. We will have a q a portion as we get close to the end of this, and when it goes down, it will ask folks to please wait to be called upon and wait for the microphone so everyone in the audience has an opportunity to hear you. That i will ask you to announce your name and affiliation. Our topic today is this particular absolutely fascinating and terrifying book eyes in the sky, by arthur hall and michelle and i have to. Out that the digital version that when i call the eye of saffron i will compare it to the lord of the rings. It was literally six years ago this month, that an nsa contract whistleblower by the name of edward snowden, burst upon the world scene with his absolutely amazing revelations. About mass Government Survey blades and being taken place on the socalled war on terror error. Doze
Our politics is stuck somewhere in the 20th century. Our hearts are in the 21st century, but our politics need to become more alined with where we are as people. I dont see a problem with the American People. I think we are a good and decent people, i dont think we are any better than anybody in any other country, but we have a real problem on our hands, ladies and gentlemen, and that is that our politics is not currently aligned with our deep goodness. Tax policies which make it easier for rich people to get rich and harder for everybody else to even make it, that is not aligned with our goodness. Policies that stay in place so that millions of American Children live in chronic trauma so that millions of American Children go to School Every Day in classrooms that dont even have the adequate school spliles with which to teach a child to read. If a child cannot learn to read by age of 8, and they are in iowa too, if a child cannot learn to read by age of 8, the chances of High School Gr
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so this is an expert in area experience. I am very aware, particularly as a woman that we cannot do this everywhere. I am very aware, as a woman, that if i set a fraction of the things i sometimes say and critique of our government and our governmental policy that there are countries where i might be taken off to prison, even tortured. Im not only very aware of the profound right we have to say what we think but at this point in history, we need to remember that we also have profound responsibility to say what we think. I am running for president because i think some things need to be said and the things i set is what to be everyone is saying. Politics itself is not a conduit for the energies we need to be expressing in order to move to the next phase of history. Our politics is stuck somewhere in the 20th century. Our hearts are in the 21st century. Our politics need to become more aligned with where we are as people. I do not see a problem w
Cummings or stay focused on issues . First of all that is an issue its important for every american to respond. Mr. Mulvaney said something very interesting. He was talking about what Elijah Cummings said, he said what he said was wrong. Now, mr. Mulvaney did not say it was inaccurate, he said what he did was wrong. So, really this is demagoguery. We use words like racism, every american needs to understand the president september out warning shots. You criticize me im coming after you. Thats why certain republicans chose not to run again now hes doing that. I thought that was fascinating, what you did was wrong, it was wrong to come after me. Brennan you are running on a platform with some proposals that involve massive restructuring of the u. S. Government. One of the things youre floating that idea of creating department of children. Highway is this different than what the Education Department does and what is it that youren department gets about 68 million. Then the hhs, children a
This from yesterday at the iowa state fair. Thank you. Williamson this is an extraordinary experience. And im very aware, particularly as a woman, that we cannot do this everywhere. Im very aware, particular as a woman, that if i sent a fraction of the things that i say and critiquing our government and governmental policy, that there are countries that i might be taken off to prison, even tortured. So im not only a very aware of the profound right that we have to say what we think. But at this point in our history, i think we need to remember that we also have a profound responsibility to say what we think. Im running for president because i think some things need to be said. And the things i believe need to be said or whatever but i know assange. I believe that our politics itself is not a conduit for the energies that we need to be expressing in order to move to the next phase of our history. Is stuck somewhere in the 20th century. Our hearts are in the 21st century. But our politic