authors, lawmakers, philo philosophers, and the appeal for our perspective is this isn t a subscription service so it can t be censored by big tech, period. so it s always going to be there. you ve maybe seen a few minutes of some of these interviews here or there on our previous shows both netware going to show you a lot more, we are going to be focusing on just three people. also include country legend john rich, competitive swimmer riley gaines, who turned out to be enormously interesting and principled and tough, but first we speak to one of the clearest thinkers we know, victor davis hanson, frequently on our nighttime show, one of our favorite guests, and viewers are constantly asking us to hear more from victor davis hanson. so we re going to bring it to you now. in this first party tells us how he went from earning a phd to becoming a dirt farmer in california s central valley. really an interesting story. his story. and it begins here. i m in the same house, 15
house democrats tried to bring up the tax extension on capitol hill. the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on friday mr. speaker, mr. speaker. mr. speaker! that was a democrat there trying to get the attention. he failed. less than a half hour later, after cutting off the democrats the house republican leader was asking, where are they? we re here, ready to work. looking for our counterparts to sit down with us. so when will the games be set aside and both sides actually start working together to save you money? dana bash working her sources on capitol hill. republicans seem to be on the defensive now. i want to read you from the wall street journal editorial today. the wall street journal generally a conservative editorial page. they call this a fiasco. quote, the gop leaders have somehow managed the remarkable feat of being blamed for opposing a one-year extension of a tax holiday they are surely going to pass. this is no easy double play. so the wall
vegas. and there s crashes all the time in this sport. let s talk about what made this one so bad. what made it so bad is the fact that you have a field, which is bigger than the indianapolis 500, on a racetrack which is almost half as small. the oval here at the las vegas motor speedway is a mile and a half oval. and in indianapolis, it s a 2 1/2 mile oval. so you have a lot more spacing of cars. as you look at the wreck right now, you have a much fatter track so cars can go four wide, which means they are more bunched up going into turns, and dan wheldon starting at the back of the pack going for that $5 million grand prize. he had already passed over 1/3 of the field going into the 11th lap, and when the wreck began to happen, he was behind the group. and basically, jumped one of the other cars and went into the retaining fence on turn two. and you can see the massive pileup. it was quoted several drivers called it the worst wreck they have ever seen in their racing ca