Good question though. Anyone else . Yes. Is there a followup . [laughter] no. I lost enough of my life and had to start dyeing my hair after this book was over. [laughter] no. But it was really fun to be a part of kansas and get to know it. And, you know, i heard earlier today we talked about preserving the voices of elders, you know, and that is really, really important, and i was so happy that i got to do that, you know . Its your history. Its a part of what you grew up with and, you know . I was, it was really an honor to do. [applause] thank you. [inaudible conversations] youre watching booktv on cspan2, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. Next on booktv, Heidi Boghosian talks about the increasing surveillance of american citizens by the government and the dangers posed by this development. This is about an hour and 30 minutes. Let me begin by reading the Fourth Amendment. It may not be as familiar as it should be to people, because its really at the heart of th
[applause] its wonderful to be back so i thought i would give you some of the major ideas that are in the book. Recently essentially see your eyes glaze over then we go to q a so i am in the fifth week to you physically the same talk so i am pretty tired of it. [laughter] blige just thought i would move past that to have the of bit more of a conversation. I think this is an engaged groupon we have had some really good discussions not only the technical detail but the geopolitical mitscher so to me that is the interesting part i will try to throw out enough to talk about but not so much i go into the question and answer time. I started to write september 2009. Rights after i was ambushed in afghanistan is this is one of the classic scenario is. Most live in mountain valleys of the little villages nobody really lives high on the mountains they live on the valley floor and usually there is only one road. By 4 00 in the afternoon everyone knows exactly where. Kid you hear me okay . And the
Think the federal government should regulate ecigarettes and how far regulations should go. We have a special line for users, 2025853203 with republicans at democrats at independents at you can checkcatch up with us on twitter and facebook and at www. Cspan. Org. We have more on the restrictions that were implemented in los angeles over the weekend. Here is the story from the los angeles daily news. Ecigarettes or restricted to the same as tobacco when it was made illegal to puff on batterypoweredd devices starting on saturday, and when to put away their ecit garettes and public parks and beaches and Outdoor Dining areas, this comes one month after reports of potentially harmful chemicals in the ecigarette vapors, and they seek to limit these in the same places that the bok tobacco is barred. This was over the objections of the users who inhale nicotine through water vapor. That is the story from over the weekend. Last week, 11 lawmakers on capitol hill issued reports gateway to addict
Housing market to collapse and his backing of the deregulation of wall street. What do you believe the deregulation of wall street pushed by people like Alan Greenspan contributed significantly to the disaster we saw on wall street several years ago . I dont personally know the extent to which deregulation drove it, but i dont believe deregulation was the proximate cause. We will speak with former financial regulator william black, author of the best way to rob a bank is to own one. And matt taibbi with this new piece, the tax secrets and lies of the bella. Par sabbai the treasury, it is all done by ex wall street people and current wall street people. Ordinary people really do not have input into any of this. Then, haiti. Three years after the earthquake that killed over 300,000 people, we speak to jonathan katz, author of, the big truck that went by how the world came to save haiti and left behind a disaster. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org,
What do you believe the deregulation of wall street pushed by people like Alan Greenspan contributed significantly to the disaster we saw on wall street several years ago . I dont personally know the extent to which deregulation drove it, but i dont believe deregulation was the proximate cause. We will speak with former financial regulator william black, author of the best way to rob a bank is to own one. And matt taibbi with this new piece, the tax secrets and lies of the bella. Par sabbai the treasury, it is all done by ex wall street people and current wall street people. Ordinary people really do not have input into any of this. Then, haiti. Three years after the earthquake that killed over 300,000 people, we speak to jonathan katz, author of, the big truck that went by how the world came to save haiti and left behind a disaster. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman at least 120 people were killed in pak