proclaimed, i wish a thousand pins were stuck in his bed and he was strapped down on them. another woman and her friends were forced to host a group of occupying union soldiers in their homes, and speaking for that group wound woman quipped can just the meteor thought of being among the damn yankees are enough to make all prematurely old. of course there was another craftier side for these women. when they used their southern charges to bewitch the occupying soldiers and they called it, quote, buttering those yankees to serve our own ends. so i ll talk how i got into this book. i am from philadelphia. i was born and raised in philadelphia. so i moved to atlanta, georgia in 2001, and spent six years there are and it was quite a culture shock as you can imagine. i had to get used to seeing the occasionol con fred rat flags on the lawn, the jokes about the war of northern aggression, and just the idea that the civil war seeped into daily life and conversation down south in a way
i already bust my first appearance on c-span. i guess i would like to first think c-span book tv for featuring my reading on your program. i would like dependent machine treat festival for making me a part of the leonard literary lineup. thank perry lives not only for hosting this, but for giving writers like me and many other people a place to ride in public. much of this book was written at the coffee shop. american wet and wisdom began. in december 191732 edition of the pennsylvania gazette benjamin franklin been the following advertisement. just published for 1783. poor richard, an almanac. writing under the name richard saunders in not only narrow down the day of his death, date and time october 171733 at 3 to 9:00 p.m. but also the exact moment when too worldly bodies aligned at the very instance of the convention. he was a rationalist product of the enlightenment who heaped scorn on astrologers. more crucially he was a business rival. often achieved by stepping on
life scandal behind one of the oscar nominated movies but a quiz we can guarantee you have never seen before. our way in joining in the excitement for the biggest award show, today, saturday, march 1st 2014. from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome back to today . welcome back. welcome back. welcome to the today show. i m lester holt. you re lester holt. and erica hill along side jenna wolf and dylan dreyer and it s march 1st. you re having a hard time wrapping your head around this all morning. have you heard it s march 1st? all morning it s been going on. i thought winter was over. that s march, april, may, that s what we call spring. wave your magic wand and make it happen. that would be amazing. it s nice to have the group back together. missed you guys. let s get to the top story. another day of misery for residents in southern california. the latest winte
poll showing the issues have put a curse on the left, right, center and the majority of the americans saying the health care law is a bad idea and we need to fix it or nix it. the president s approval rating has hit an all-time low. 62% not approving. and they want to send lawmakers packing. it s always to the republican in congress benefit when they don t have anything legislatively to do, and at the moment, all they have to do is beat up on the president and that s working, i think, all politicians should use this moment as a time to talk about what the country needs and what your party is for and more importantly, how you make the country a better place. joining me now is democratic senator bob casey of california. we saw eric cantor suggesting that president obama knows the enrollment numbers that exist to date and obama alluded to it yesterday when he said that more people were buying new plans online than a couple of weeks ago. the president has enrollment data tha
the movie awards are one day away, and we re starting the party early with a look at the real-life scandal behind one of the oscar-nominated movies, plus, an oscar quiz we can guarantee you ve never seen before, our way of joining in the excitement for the movie industry s biggest awards show, today, saturday, march 1st, 2014. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, welcome back to today on a saturday morning. welcome back to you. welcome back. i haven t said that in a while! it s like, yeah, welcome to the today show. oh, yes, i m lester holt. you are lester holt. and erica hill alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer, and it is march 1st, and we re still staring winter in the eye. you re having a hard time wrapping your head around this. all morning. did you guys hear it s march 1st? all morning this has been going on. and i thought winter was over. that s the s