His new book, this is chance the shaking of an allamerican city am voice that held it together talking with jasmine hughes. Youre in for an excellent evening. Want to give a huge thanks to everybody who is happening, jon and jasmine and all of you showing up. Green lot storefronts are closed but the community is still here and that means so much to us so thank you. Just a couple of housekeeping orientation kind of things. Were in a webinar which means you can hear and see the speakers but they cannot see and hear you but they can see your name. If you have anything you want to share, use the chat icon and type your message nets chat windows. If you specifically have a question that youd like to have answered in the q a you canny the q a icon. Jasmine will be pulling questions from there start thinking about them now. We are recording tonights event so look for video or audio versions on website and social Media Channels and books. This is the porsche part. Our book stores are closed fo
Hair dirty and matted, homeless and struggling. He was a big dude. He came up to me and i was instantly on my guard. And he said where are you going and he said i am going to california and he said how much food do you have. I thought he wanted to rob me. He wanted me to open up my bag and i didnt know what was going to happen but i was jumpy about it. I said i have a little cheese. He was carrying a lunch box and said i lib in a broken down car and he said i walk out to the coal mine to see if anyone is sick and they can hire me. Most days they dont need to hire he and today they dont need me so i will not need my lunch. He had a baloney sandwich, apple and bag of potato chips and he said i want you to have my food because you will need all you can to get to california. You can imagine how bad i felt. It was my first lesson not in generosity but taking responsibility for another person you dont know. He looked at me on the highway and saw a brother. He saw someone on foot, homeless in
Host you hitchhiked. Guest yeah. And guys were throwing beer bottles at me from pickup trucks, and id hitchhiked from twin cities and here i am in gillette and id never seen the west before. I was awestruck by it but gillette was a tough town, and i saw someone walking towards me from town that looked like bad news. And im a young kid out in the great land and kind of jumpy. This guy is walking towards me and i remember he was in a carhartt canvas union suit that was filthy dirty and his hair was matted and he clearly was homeless and struggling. He was big dude. He came up to me, and i was instantly on my guard. And he said, hey, man, where are you going . I said, im going california. And he said, how much food you got . Now, i would give food to anyone who was hungry, but i didnt think thats what was going on. Thought he wanted to rob me. Wanted me to get me to open up my bag. I didnt know what was going to happen but i was definitely jumpy. So, i said, i just got a little cheese. An
I could tell you i had great insight of the backandforth that happened that bob left it at that as instructing obama on this issue. He would never get a president ial medal of honor which i thk he actually deserve frankly for what he did for his company but the heroism didnt mean the political establishment would. So you write this is just like leadership lessons and in the book i discovered it all comes down to what you mean by happiness up and down those phases nothing is forever not even life itself i reflect and hearing that back i hear him thinking about where his life is taking them end there is some regrets that he wouldnt ever get to spend the sunset years in the place that he loved far away from the United States in croatia where he spent a lot of time with his family and the people he loved. And there was that sacrifice that he made despite that it may have extended his life just to have it in his life with the adrenalin, who knows . But he was deeply aware of the fact that w
Are old enough to drink, you can consume as much as one ounce of pot in Washington State but you still cant grow it and you still cant sell it. Technically, you still cant buy it and youre not supposed to light up in public either. What are you all doing out there at that party . My colleague was there. He was on the not so mean streets when the law took effect. Ill be interested to find out what the absentee rate is at seattle workplaces today, miguel. Reporter i think most people are going to work here. Its not quite as crazy as that. Its cold and rainy. Puts a damper on things. There were a lot of parties across the entire state and a lot of those issues you raised will be taken care of in the near future. Last night was a night for celebration for these folks. Four, three, two, one. Reporter the moment recreational pot, anything less than an ounce no longer illegal in Washington State. Its amazing. Im not a criminal anymore. I cant go to jail for small amounts of marijuana. Im free