he had a lot of goals in life but those were then enhanced when he met and married mary todd. she also was very ambitious. she said she wanted to marry a man of good mind and hopes for a bright future and to marry a man who would be president. there was something about abraham lincoln that she saw the potential and encouraged it. mary helped to basically showcase what her husband had done and how far he had calm and kind of hinted at where they were headed stating to the world that abraham lincoln had made it and he was ready to move on. he next, alvaro vargas llosa discusses his look global crossings which looks at some of the reasons people migrate to foreign lands even in situations where they might risk their own lives. hosted by the cato institute in washington d.c., this is an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] welcome everybody to the cato institute. i am the director here at cato. since the beginning of this year immigration has become a burning public
who offered a helping hand and a warm smile. repeatedly, when i was reading a piece in the the wall street journal written by governor jeb bush, i thought of my family s journey out of the ghetto. he said today the sad real city if you re born poor, if you re parents didn t go to college, if you don t know your father, and if english is not spoken at home, then the odds are stacked against you. you are more likely to stay poor today than at any other time since world war ii. what struck me about governor bush s piece was that all except one of his prerequisite for being condemned forest fire poverty applied to me. fortunately i know my father. but i was born poor. my parents didn t go to college, and english was not and still is not spoken at home. the odds were stacked against me. so like barack obama has been eager to harp on the odds for political purposes, in the narrative he has been pedaling for the four to five years. the little people at the bottom of the society
where girls don t have a whole lot of power. thank you for the question. thank you. i think, are we running out of time? we have time for one more question? please. thank you. i just want to thank you more your contribution. i think it s important for us to learn about latin america. i m curious, you ve talked about his tannic culture a lot hispanic culture a lot, mainly as a synonym to the spanish-speaking countries of latin america. could you comment on the port tweeze influence portuguese influence, did you see interaction with bolivar and the portuguese or brazilians? thank you. what happened, of course, is when napoleon came in and invaded the peninsula, the portuguese royal family got into boats, a whole convoy of boats, and sailed to brazil which was their colony. so they transplanted the royalty to brazil, and they felt they kept the portuguese power and the portuguese monarchy going. it was a very different story from the rest of push-speaking america.
the ensuing debate and the possibility of reform are welcomed, but the fact is politicians are arriving very late to this issue. that s because in this country, there has long been a wide gap between restrictive laws and the reality of immigration. it is a capital reflux the economic and social fact that there are millions of americans and millions of immigrants from mexico, central america and elsewhere who wish to work together in this country and engage in peaceful voluntary exchange, but are not legally allowed to do so. and that inconsistency has produced a lot of the problems associated with legal immigration. many serious problems, and some an agent. the prospects of reform has also stimulated the debate about the economic and cultural issues surrounding immigration, its impact, and it s a debate that cuts across party lines, and is one that has generated a lot of passion. how would a possible legalization of millions of unauthorized immigrants, and the creation of a g
Malcolm X yeah, maybe, I can see that. Gandhi you're kidding, right? Jesus Christ have you lost your mind? Out-there leftist actor Russell Brand is making the rounds to promote his upcoming television special "Messiah Complex" on the cable channel Epix and a children's book he's written I kid you not with his version of the Pied Piper folk tale.