15 guys. They havent shaved in a month. They are dirtier than dogs. And they come walking out. And they meet with these guys, and they make each one of them an ice cream sundae, with soup to nuts, cherries, marachino cherry on top, nuts. They hand the stuff back. They put it all back, walk back into the dmz and the helicopter takes off. And my clunts again call me and say, sir, what did we just see . And i said i think it was an ice cream social. I really dont know, but all i know is where the order came from. So about five minutes later from his helicopter the ch46, sudden death 66 calls up, this is the way marines talk on the radio, they call you by your name instead of by your call sign, he said, ken, i wonder what we were doing . I said sir, we were curious. He said those guys have been in the dmz for a month and i figured they deserved an ice cream sundae, i said, sir, that was an excellent idea. But he said, in order to make that happen, i had to have absolute security of that dz
Politics, which also included terms as a state senator, lieutenant governor, and richmond mayor. Lets see. All semester, we have been talking about richmond. The name of the class, uncovering richmond. Weve been talking about the history and that geology in the geography. About theld you dramatic events that have happened in the past 300 years. We also said we would have guest speakers it would bring to class something we cant bring, their personal experiences. Their personal experiences and richmond. I cannot imagine a better person to talk about his personal experiences in richmond, how it has changed, and what the future than ourd then our former governor and our former mayor of richmond. [applause] before we bring up the former governor, i just what to say couple words. As we have talked about many times, you have a great resource here at the Wilder School. As a graduate student here, i took advantage of the nature of this. We hope that you are getting some of that. We hope that yo
Relevant 100till years later and is featured in House Historical Association journals. We take a look at his cartoons. Was one of berryman the most widely renowned political cartoonists in the first part of the 20th century. 100 years ago in washington, people would have known his name or been familiar with his artwork. Inwas born in a small town was 17, hend when he moved to washington, d. C. , and took a job at the u. S. Patent office. Political cartooning continued to be his passion, and on a whim, he submitted to drawings to the washington post, and to his complete and utter astonishment, the post published those drawings. Years later about how he avoided the newspaper for several days because he was afraid they might charge him for advertising. Instead, they paid him what to him come at the time, was a handsome sum. That really inspired him. The washington, post hired him as a political cartoonist, and he eventually became the chief cartoonist for the the washington post. Seven ye
The last candidate hillary. What is the best strength . She is indestructible. She is the most resilient political figure in america. She is like Queen Elizabeth who became queen in the postworld war ii england and his queen today weve had four popes and one queen. Its like the cornea and band that no one told you you had. Shes been in our field of vision since 1992 but think of what she has survived in the course of that. Think of all of the scandals and controversy. She is the grandmother of obamacare and it didnt stick and she got back up off the floor. The scandals of the second term she ran in new york against rick who wasnt a candidate that made a bad mistake and she jumped on it. Ten years the first lady of arkansas she did care about health. She is a wonderful grandmother come of a dreadful candidate but she doesnt have to engage. They have money, they have most of the media, they have a machine and they have the math, they have the voter vault of team obama but mostly they hav
This is a statement on how pathetic things really are in government, they imagine themselves to be solving a great case in a quote, in the global war on terrorism. Getting three kids in miami beach, stopping them from shipping ammo to afghanistan was them winning the global war on terrorism. And that literally is how it was discussed inside government. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. And now from politics prose bookstore in washington d. C. , Nprs Steve Inskeep provides a dual biography of Andrew Jackson and cherokee leader john ross in the leadup to president jacksons signing of the indian removal act of 1830. Our featured attraction, of course, this evening is the great Steve Inskeep who im sure is already familiar to many of you. Certainly, those of you who listen to National Public radio. Hes been an onair presence there for 19 years, and for over a decade now hes been one to have hosts of morning edition, the most widelyheard Radio News Program in the