Incomparable donald wurster. In history lecturer at the university of georgia. Before i tell you about brian, let me introduce the topic of his talk by adapting an opening line that another one of our students usede every fall on the first day of the undergraduate history classes that he taught. 100 years from now, he would say , all of you will be dead. Hows that for a wake up at 8 00 in the morning for sleepy undergraduates . 100 years from now, all of you will be dead, and unless you accomplish something extraordinary or perpetuate some evil, the odds are that no one alive will remember you. He went on to say, even if you do get into rarefied zone where your name lives on, the odds are it will be as a torture as a caricature. You will be remembered alright, but possibly for the wrong thing. Which brings us to Barry Goldwater. 50 years ago today, the then senator from arizona known as mr. Conservative accepted the republican nomination for president in san francisco. Only two things
About compromising and settling. You do not get everything you want, and baseball is like that. There is a lot of losing in baseball. Everything that goes to spring training knows it is going to win 60 games, losing 60 games. You plan the whole season to sort out the middle 40. U. N. 1120 games, you have a good chance to play and october. It is the sport of the half load f as is democracy. George will on his latest book on baseball and the raging controversy surrounding his columns. Recent controversy surrounding his columns. Tonight on cspan on cspans q a. Now you can keep in touch with cspan radio on audio no w. 2026268888. Every day, listen to a recap of the days events on washington today. The fiveear audio of Network Public Affairs Program beginning sunday at noon easter n. Cspan radio on audio now. Longdistance phone charges may apply. Year, cspan is touring cities across the country exploring American History. Our visit toat jackson, mississippi. You are watching American Histor
It is always an honor to be here, not just for the history of this wonderful establishment, but for the people who devote so much of their efforts and time to work here. As always, im happy to be here to get a chance to talk about something near and dear to my heart, the Continental Navy. We were here in june, to be honored with the, door the , itodore barry award occurred to me that if a book on Commodore Barry could win the Commodore Barry award, we were in the throes of finishing give me a fast ship, and i suggested a couple of different titles. He turned down were the naval correspondence of joseph Alyssa Joseph pulitzer, the naval ordinance of our for it no bell, and my personal favorite being a baseball fan, cy young, sailor. Mythe summer of 1959, father, to placate my mother, abandoned new jersey and all of my mothers inlaws for two weeks. There was no boardwalk. There were no Amusement Rides to speak of, no playing with lifelong friends lifelong reading about three years and no
The gft that the government couldnt do itself. Canadian government went through the same thing. They turned it around and said how can we do this in a more efficient way. We bring different efficient measure measures through put more efficiently. In canada a few years ago they had issues in terms of budget. They came to us and said could we do things differently. In just one region were able to cut the bunt budget from 264. If you take the same scenario in the u. S. 1. 5 billion is going to the screeners and 1. 5 billion to the oversight. This is totally ridiculous. Tsa needs to get their act today and this will push the pressure on the u. S. Government to look at the business and more importantly. Stephane, i have to cut you off. Thats it for your money. Have a great weekend. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com hello, everyone. Welcome to the cnn newsroom. Im Fredricka Whitfield. We start in florida where fear is growing after a sinkhole swallows a house. Search crews in suburban tampa
Stair case, and turkish baths. But there are differences, engines powered by diesel instead of coal. A helicopter pad, and a higher bridge to see over the bow. And of course, enough life boats for everybody. Just dont call it unsinkable. Anything will sink if you put a hole in it. Reporter the people with superstition may secondguess titanic 2, but history buffs will see it as a chance to go back in time. Others have expressed interests in buying tickets, some even offering to pay a million. But according the company, the prices have not been set yet. At the Titanic Memorial in washington, cnn. Those life boats are key. Im alina cho, at the cnn headquarters in atlanta. The situation room with wolf blitzer starts now. His life was ripped apart by the newtown connecticut massacre, now a grieving father makes a plea. Also, a wave of deadly violence, and new political upheaval in iraq. Ill talk to cnns arwa damon who is back, we want to welcome our viewers from the United States and around