That i think is a general mindset. Thats what i at the end of the day say if were going to solve some these problems, and i agree that there are a lot of guys who want to be working but are not, we ought to guarantee them jobs. During the recession, during the recovery act we had a program, a subsidized job program. We subsidize wages to the tune of 8090 , at tanf program. We subsidize wages in private or Public Sector jobs to the tune of 8090 , employed about two under 60,000 people, timelimited. I thought it was a pretty successful program. Weve come to the end of time. I will just close by saying that in a year which has been characterized by incredible polarization when people who disagree with each other, it has been assumed must hate each other, i think jared and i have done a terrific job. [applause] [inaudible conversations] you are watching booktv on cspan2 with top notch and fiction and authors every weekend. Booktv, television for serious readers. Thank you, everyone for com
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Was one of the three falklands veterans being on board the ship in the watch guardsmen and burned to death. Are they falling back on the campaign . To attract the differences or to try to learn lessons . Guest there is a study that was kind of a take that but they went out of their way to prove the rate was way below that. There wasnt a problem here we dont need to worry about this. Host to turn that around is there an emphasis on the way things are in the United States and the way that they track backs it does make the news regular and there are a lot of people that are deeply invested in the problem and the folks that really attracts out and are concerned about that and we would probably include ourselves in that. But when you compare that to another country where there is but little attention. You have to be careful about for trading the veterans as victims are ticking time bombs of angry men that are about to go postal at any moment. I think that most people have amazing skills. An
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It was very shocking. Islam never taught this. It is not about killing people. It is a great sin. Today we will be joined by the leading european islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, phyllis surprise winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman, the lebanese french academic and harpers magazine publisher Rick Macarthur. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. France has declared a day of mourning as it continues a manhunt for two brothers wanted for killing 12 people at the satirical magazine. Wednesday night, thousands of people took part. The attack killed several common cartoonists, including the magazines editor Stephane Charbonnier. Use placed on al qaedas most wanted list in 2013. The paper had come under threat and was firebombed in 2011 after publishing controversial caricatures of the prophet mohammed. In a televised address the french president hollande said the message of freedom of those killed will live on. This sho