Accurately reflecting the forces of supply and demand. Mr. President , there is now a growing consensus. This is not just the opinion of Bernie Sanders. There is a growing consensus that excessive speculation on the Oil Futures Market is significantly contributing to the high prices that the American People are seeing at the pump. Exxonmobil, Goldman Sachs, the i. M. F. , the st. Louis federal reserve, the American Trucking association, delta airlines, Petroleum Marketers association of america, the new england fuel institute, the Consumer Federation of america, and many other organizations have all agreed that Excessive Oil speculation has significantly increased oil and gas prices. Just a few years ago Goldman Sachs, perhaps the largest speculator on wall street, came out with a report indicating that Excessive Oil speculation is costing americans 56 cents a gallon at the pump. 56 cents a gallon. I personally think that that is a conservative estimate, but it is interesting that it c
So this is a panel where we going to spend some time each of our is going to spend about five or 10 minutes introducing a particular president ial transition and highlight a few of the big takeaway interesting points, Lessons Learned. And so well go im going to im going to we wont go in program order. Were actually going to go and in Chronological Order of the elections that theyre going to be highlighting and then do that. About 50 minutes or so. And then open it up for discussion and conversation and questions. So so let me im going to go forth and im going to introduce everyone at the top. And then we will they will go in turn. So im going to introduce folks in the in the order in which they are going to speak. So first, we are going to have lindsey stravinsky, who is a senior fellow at center for president ial history at Southern Methodist methodist university. She is a historian of the presidency, political culture and the government, especially the president s cabinet. Her first
Welcome, everyone. My name is, philip mead. Im the chief historian and curator of this museum of the american revolution. So pleased to see you all tonight for fredricka bears. Presentation on the hessians. Scott stephenson. Sends his regrets he had intended be here tonight hosting but was unavailable. He though he may be watching from zoom so if youre out there, scott. Hello i wanted to call your attention tonight to important object that we actually have in this room. This is a fragment of a hessian miter cap from the fusileers on nip of hersey castle. It was discovered, among other fragments of these in the Delaware River in, the early 20th century, and some research by craig nanos and others has pretty well establish that it was lost when a troop transport went under in may of human march of 1778 in the Delaware River, and no one drowned all of the soldiers on board survived. But obviously a bunch of their things stayed in the river. They were dredged up, are on display. Other piec
Going to we wont go in program order. Were actually going to go and in Chronological Order of the elections that theyre going to be highlighting and then do that. About 50 minutes or so. And then open it up for discussion and conversation and questions. So so let me im going to go forth and im going to introduce everyone at the top. And then we will they will go in turn. So im going to introduce folks in the in the order in which they are going to speak. So first, we are going to have lindsey stravinsky, who is a senior fellow at center for president ial history at Southern Methodist methodist university. She is a historian of the presidency, political culture and the government, especially the president s cabinet. Her first book, the cabinet, George Washington and the creation of an american institution, was published by the belknap press. Harvard University Press in 2020, and it is now out in paperback. Her next book, an honest man the inimitable presidency of john adams, is under co
And so well go im going to im going to we wont go in program order. Were actually going to go and in Chronological Order of the elections that theyre going to be highlighting and then do that. About 50 minutes or so. And then open it up for discussion and conversation and questions. So so let me im going to go forth and im going to introduce everyone at the top. And then we will they will go in turn. So im going to introduce folks in the in the order in which they are going to speak. So first, we are going to have lindsey stravinsky, who is a senior fellow at center for president ial history at Southern Methodist methodist university. She is a historian of the presidency, political culture and the government, especially the president s cabinet. Her first book, the cabinet, George Washington and the creation of an american institution, was published by the belknap press. Harvard University Press in 2020, and it is now out in paperback. Her next book, an honest man the inimitable preside