Mr. President , my name is bob willard. Ive been president of the Abraham Lincoln institute in the past. Im delighted to be at this, the 17th symposium of the Abraham Lincoln institute. Ive attended almost every one. But its a little more challenging now after living in and around washington, my wife and i are now happily e sconced in california. As america said goodbye to first lady nancy reagan, two yule gists, secretary jam baker and her son ron jr. Both claimed that without mrs. Reagan there would have been no president reagan. Im not a fan of the counter fak churl history discussions but i realize that for as long as i remember, i expressed that same view regarding mary lincoln. And it was underscored this morning by sydney blumenthal. Ive heard many presentations on mrs. Lincoln from friends and foes of this controversial first lady. Love her or hate her, theres little doubt in any mind that abraham and mayry loved each other deeply and supported each other for better and worse,
When they got off the bus they were the mercy of this crowd who then proceeded to attack them even further. The deal that had been worked out with local Law Enforcement and the segregationists was evident 15 minutes they would have 15 minutes before Law Enforcement intervened. After about a 15 minute point a local Law Enforcement officer pulled his weapon and fired a shot. That is what stopped the attack. In the meantime the trailways bus arrived an hour later. They dont know until they arrived that the Greyhound Bus was already attacked. The interesting thing about the trailways bus, unlike the Greyhound Bus, several segregationists had gotten on the bus in atlanta. They were riding from atlanta. They had not only harassed the atlanta, the bus from but they had also beaten several of the freedom riders while on the bus. The trailways bus was able to continue on into birmingham for yet another mob formed and was waiting for that bus to arrive. While this was going on there were a group
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Not as nuts as i thought. They have basic formulas and very ridged in their application of formula and they dont bend in treaty negotiations which i dont like. But it does seem you could go a long way with presumptive rules. That is the way the developing world is going. This brings me back to Tax Administration which is the elephant in the room. It doesnt matter what the rules are if you dont have anybody to enforce them. Seriously. And that is where we are heading. On that note, i think i will throw it to the floor. On the question of the business tax issues, and on the impact of foreign rules on the u. S. system and reform. Following up on something bob and john said and that is context matters and lets start outside the system. You talked about making up revenue on the individual side maybe. With the debate about wealth and equality we are hearing it is not what we are talking about exactly but when we think about what other countries do on the other side or the carbon tax side and
And next up on this long booktv weekend, cesar brioso discusses his book havana hardball from this your default for the book, weeklong book festival held in the fairfax, virginia, area every fall. [inaudible conversations] so welcome to barnes noble perfect. Cesar brioso is a producer for usa today sports where he served as a small editor from 20032004. Born in havana, he graduated with a fatuous degree in journalism from the university of florida. In a 25 years as a sports journalist is written for the miami herald and the sun something up just to name a few. So welcome cesar brioso. [applause] thank you. Thank you for coming, and i want to thank barnes noble forgive me the opportunity to discuss my book, havana hardball. Im going to talk all the bit about and why i wrote it and that hopefully i will some questions for you guys. So havana hardball chronicles a pivotal time in baseball history where cuba found itself at the epicenter of events that would impact major league baseball, t