Paragraph . Congratulations for being able to pronounce oleaginous. You are in a small minority, knowing that word. That is in a section, a chapter where i ask whether football has become a cult. You see some evidence of this presented in the book. I am talking about coaches, coaches who have become revered figures in american life. In some cases, justifiably. For instance, if all men were like tony dungy, the world would be a better place. I think coaches have become substitute father figures for a lot of american society. We dont believe in politicians anymore, businessmen, clergy, intellectuals, etc. Coaches still seem like people who practice tough love. They seem like a good father would be. I think that has a lot to do with their high standing in society. You start out talking about a coach that you seem to like a lot. Who was that . Frank beamer of Virginia Tech. I knew that portions of this book would be very critical of football. I wanted to give a constructive example, too, a
In afghanistan and iraq have changed the face of veterans day in america. Our phone lines are open now so you can give us a call. Host and we have a special line for veterans this morning host and catch up on social media at twitter, facebook, and email us. It is veterans day in the United States, and i want to lead with three different stories about the three different eras of veterans from three different papers today. Here is the Washington Times this morning. The headline reunion poignant for world war ii veterans. That story notes the host when the retirement army for slim tenant went to his first reunion at the 30th Infantry Division, those who landed on the beaches of normandy and fought across spansion germany, he was greeted by a thousand other veterans. Host another generation of veterans is looked at in the Christian Science monitor today. The vietnam era veterans. 40 years after americas most controversial war began to wind down, more vets seek closure and reconciliation. F
I wanted to follow on the question, just to clarify, is the president negotiating on whether or not to reopen the government and raise the debt limit . Our position has been no ransom for reopening the government or congress responsibility. Is he not negotiating . The president has had it depends on what you mean by negotiate. He has been having conversations with lawmakers. What he has firmly made clear again and again is give the tea party its ideological agenda wish list in exchange for Congress Opening the government or congress raising the debt ceiling so the United States doesnt default. That has been his position all along. It is clear in its simplicity, open the government, pay our bills, stop threatening default and stop doing harm to the economy and American People. That has been our position all along. And reiterating those points. It was to make clear that we see progress in the senate. We see in the senate process, the kind of bipartisan effort is the path to resolving the
Virginia want to make virginia a model for pragmatic leadership that is friendly to job creation. A model for strong schools that prepare our students for the jobs of tomorrow. The model for welcoming the best and brightest scientists and innovators, no matter your race, gender, religion, or who you love. And a model for an official Transportation System that reduces grid lock for our families and our business. When all of this is only possible, if virginia is also the model for bipartisan cooperation, and thats a view i their with the next lieutenant governor, the commonwealth of virginia, ralph northland. While there are a lot of proud democrats here, and arent we proud tonight, folks . Im also particularly proud to welcome all of the republicans who are here tonight. Give them a great round of applause. The truth is that this election was never a choice between democrats and republicans. It was a choice about whether virginia would continue the main stream bipartisan tradition that
They try to fight, especially on regulation, are actually an attempt to help businesses thrive. I will give you a local example in washington, dc which i just wrote about. I am a huge fan u ofber car service where you can use your smart phone, order a car, they have gps so they know where you are. They have had a really difficult time in the Nations Capital because the taxi companies, the dc taxi commission, stands to lose. It becomes a political fight. You have this innovation that i think is a smart and fun i do it benefits the consumer you have incumbent companies who want to stifle it. This goes back to the whole theory of creative destruction. It used to be their workforces and buggies and that the automobile automobile came along and put them out of business. It used to be horses and buggies and the Automobile Industry came along and put them out of business. Now there is a better service. Sometimes what liberal policies do is try to prop up and save failing ideas. They do it und