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who is an american? how do we sort of coexist in this post war period where the people from that community are by and large marginalized, yet you have this whole kind of other thing happening where it's -- the war has been won, this is like new things, television is happening, advertising, this whole advertising thing is happening. so you have these marginalized peoples and what happens, is it possible to develop a kind of at that moment a cross-cultural community? is it possible to have kind of a multi cultural community that emerged from that moment? and so, in particular, that's what i wanted to explore. and part of the back drop is there was this extraordinary jazz scene happening in that area. there's this wonderful book called fillmore harlem west and also there's several other books that are about that particular era. but that's all happening too, people like billie holiday, count basie, duke ellington, they were all playing in the fillmore district, bop city, plantation club, jack's tavern. that'
who is an american? how do we sort of coexist in this post war period where the people from that community are by and large marginalized, yet you have this whole kind of other thing happening where it's -- the war has been won, this is like new things, television is happening, advertising, this whole advertising thing is happening. so you have these marginalized peoples and what happens, is it possible to develop a kind of at that moment a cross-cultural community? is it possible to have kind...
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writing an african american character. you have to think about, too, this whole idea of political correctness has both an up side and a very bad down side. one of those is people tend to be very cautious and not want to try things like that. i eventually through my relationship with danny glover pulled it out of my drawers -- out of the drawer, desk drawer, and read it and danny was instrumental in saying, let's do this. let's just do this. but, again, it was me working with some african american actors and i actually had it vetted by august wilson, read it and checked it out for me and there's another fellow who wrote soldier's story, charles fuller, took a look at it for me. i wanted to make sure my bases were covered. but this new play, what i did was, i feel comfortable writing the characters, but you are never sure. one thing that happened was steven anthony jones helped me a great deal with the african american character. we took it to sundance and what happens when you go to sundance is you bring some actors and som
writing an african american character. you have to think about, too, this whole idea of political correctness has both an up side and a very bad down side. one of those is people tend to be very cautious and not want to try things like that. i eventually through my relationship with danny glover pulled it out of my drawers -- out of the drawer, desk drawer, and read it and danny was instrumental in saying, let's do this. let's just do this. but, again, it was me working with some african...
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while the rocket specialist spent a good deal of time trying to figure out american tactics that american pilots drop metal paper from their aircraft to distort radar pictures. and we did learn to tell genuine targets from fake once. the very first battle in which soviet anti-aircraft missile systems took part was crammed with success. three american. music treat came less than a month later three rockets destroyed for want to go. kolesnik was in command of the launcher that brought them down. we see all three rockets exploding one after another there is a flip each time the best of the sky is a glare the american planes fall to pieces and glide to the ground like smoldering pieces of wood. lead soviet and vietnamese servicemen manning rocket launches destroyed a total of more than eight hundred u.s. aircraft and helicopters during the whole afterwards fragments gathered from across the country were taken to vietnam's capital hanoi today they are exhibits at the national museum of the armed forces. peace is a giant created from the twisted components of downed. cultures that so much i was
while the rocket specialist spent a good deal of time trying to figure out american tactics that american pilots drop metal paper from their aircraft to distort radar pictures. and we did learn to tell genuine targets from fake once. the very first battle in which soviet anti-aircraft missile systems took part was crammed with success. three american. music treat came less than a month later three rockets destroyed for want to go. kolesnik was in command of the launcher that brought them down....
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when i thought i was always an american? there was a great deal of controversy in the camps and difference of opinion. so my character is one of those individuals who signed no, no. that's a form of protest. and because of doing that, he is taken out of the camp that he's in and sent to tule lake where most of the troublemakers were sent. then he gets out of camp and he comes back to san francisco and what happened in the japanese american communities is that many of the young men signed yes yes. many of them went off to war and became part of the 442nd, the 100th battalion, the mis, military intelligence, and were extraordinarily heroic and died in very high casualty rates in europe. and so when chet comes back to san francisco, those people who signed no no were looked upon as cowards. they were traitors. they sat out the war where these other people died. everyone a friend, an uncle or somebody they knew who had died, lost an arm, or was killed in service. chet comes back and he is literally spit on by his own community.
when i thought i was always an american? there was a great deal of controversy in the camps and difference of opinion. so my character is one of those individuals who signed no, no. that's a form of protest. and because of doing that, he is taken out of the camp that he's in and sent to tule lake where most of the troublemakers were sent. then he gets out of camp and he comes back to san francisco and what happened in the japanese american communities is that many of the young men signed yes...
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workers and american businesses. you can see that just in the cold numbers. about six weeks ago, china took the essential step of restoring flexibility to exchange rates and making it clear they will allow the exchange rate to appreciate over time. they are only at the beginning of that process and what matters is how far and how fast they let it move. we're watching that closely. it is worth remembering that when they last let the exchange rate move between 2006 and 2008, it moved 20% over a two-year period. fast they willow go. >> we have one more here. >> the administration supports dividend's going from 15%-20%, but are you working with lawmakers on a way to pay for it? budget rules prevent that from happening. forth on the small business issue again? -- could you go back and forth on the small business issue again? >> you are right that to extend the dividend cut from rising beyond 20% requires finding a way to do that. why is this important? we are trying to find out what is the most pro-growth package of tax m
workers and american businesses. you can see that just in the cold numbers. about six weeks ago, china took the essential step of restoring flexibility to exchange rates and making it clear they will allow the exchange rate to appreciate over time. they are only at the beginning of that process and what matters is how far and how fast they let it move. we're watching that closely. it is worth remembering that when they last let the exchange rate move between 2006 and 2008, it moved 20% over a...
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close to 32,000 americans wounded. we watched the invasion happen on live television thanks to some brand new, at the time, exclusive technology. and tonight, once again, we watch the pullout of these combat troops the very same way. though as you watch, remember, 50,000 americans in uniform will remain behind in iraq in what's being called a noncombat role. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel has covered this war for so many years for us, with us from a moving convoy in the iraqi desert tonight. and, richard, i understand your reporting of this at this hour tonight constitutes the official pentagon announcement, correct? >> reporter: yes, it is. right now we are with the last american combat troops and they are in the process of leaving this country right now. we are with the 42 stryker brigade. i'm broadcasting right now live from the top of a stryker fighting vehicle. there are 440 american troops in this convoy traveling in 60 -- as soon as they cross the border into kuwait and it is not far to the border
close to 32,000 americans wounded. we watched the invasion happen on live television thanks to some brand new, at the time, exclusive technology. and tonight, once again, we watch the pullout of these combat troops the very same way. though as you watch, remember, 50,000 americans in uniform will remain behind in iraq in what's being called a noncombat role. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel has covered this war for so many years for us, with us from a moving convoy in the iraqi...
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officers by american soldiers there were a lot of. money. to go out and fight. before the war i always thought i wanted to win a lot of medals and to have a lot of decorations but afterwards i realize that they they don't mean anything they're not that important. i don't i don't i never kept the medal.
officers by american soldiers there were a lot of. money. to go out and fight. before the war i always thought i wanted to win a lot of medals and to have a lot of decorations but afterwards i realize that they they don't mean anything they're not that important. i don't i don't i never kept the medal.
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i irish american. i didn't know what a pure american was. none of my friends were pure americans. a lot of my friends were lebanese and from syria. i had yewish and irish american friends. all of our identities were mixed. my sense of being american was being in a mix of things. >> margaret could you also reflect in a prior conversation you talked about your father had a sense of where he came from and it was a little more difficult for your mom to articulate that? >> sure. mother's side is irish american my father come from a different heritage. he is a genealogy. he traced his family all the way back to the times when they moved from spain to a region of france. that's where his family came from as peasants in 1850. and for generations, his family members had been going back to this place to visit their distant cousins. they knew exactly where it was. i was thinking that was a year after my irish american family came here. why don't my irish american family know this information. i want to try to find out what it is. i didn't know at that time what i was undertaking. i heard it
i irish american. i didn't know what a pure american was. none of my friends were pure americans. a lot of my friends were lebanese and from syria. i had yewish and irish american friends. all of our identities were mixed. my sense of being american was being in a mix of things. >> margaret could you also reflect in a prior conversation you talked about your father had a sense of where he came from and it was a little more difficult for your mom to articulate that? >> sure. mother's...
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identify their ancestry as flim noe american, making it the second largest asian-american community in the united states and whereas earlier this year california star leyland yi passed the bill sell -- acknowledging the importance of flill -- filipino americans in our history, now be it resolved that gavin newsome, mayor of san francisco, in recognition of the bonds between the philippines and america do hereby proclaim october, 2009 as filipino history month in san francisco. i'd like to give this honor to our deputy general consul, santos. at this time i'd like to welcome my colleague and friend lisa ongoing who -- ong who serves as liaison to the office of community affairs. lisa? >> thank you, hydra and thank you call -- all for being here today. i know the circumstances in getting here might have been a little more difficult for some of you but i do appreciate you coming out on behalf of the mayor to help celebrate filipino american month. the mayor was here earlier to stop by and say hi and make sure everyone recognizes the importance of of the filipino community in the united
identify their ancestry as flim noe american, making it the second largest asian-american community in the united states and whereas earlier this year california star leyland yi passed the bill sell -- acknowledging the importance of flill -- filipino americans in our history, now be it resolved that gavin newsome, mayor of san francisco, in recognition of the bonds between the philippines and america do hereby proclaim october, 2009 as filipino history month in san francisco. i'd like to give...
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we will work hard every day to empower the american people to restore the birthright of american freedom the generations of americans have always passed on to their children. as our republican renaissance unfold we must once again we afford to the american people that our government should be lited, so that it never becomes powerful enough to strip that freedom away from them. if that taxes should be kept low, so that individuals can create what they want for their prosperity. what -- so that economic prosperity lies with the people, not with barack obama, and not with nancy pelosi, and not with harry reid. we can't do it, because we have done i before. when generation ago, ronald reagan had the audacity, not just to hope, but to get off of the golf course, and do the hard work to turour country around, insist on america's greatness, and to nev, never apologized for her greatness. never. [applause] >> ronald reagan, when asked about how the cold war would end said very simply a call -- simply "we win, they lose." [applause] so, my friends, and november 3rd, as we wake up we will realize
we will work hard every day to empower the american people to restore the birthright of american freedom the generations of americans have always passed on to their children. as our republican renaissance unfold we must once again we afford to the american people that our government should be lited, so that it never becomes powerful enough to strip that freedom away from them. if that taxes should be kept low, so that individuals can create what they want for their prosperity. what -- so that...
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people and jewish americans as well as all americans are very concerned about that and you know i grew up being taught that you need to be responsible with how you spend money in i don't think that you can convince a lot of americans that obama and the democrats in congress have why i don't think a lot of americans probably were taught to be responsible with their money because unfortunately that's the cause or that you know has been fostered here i want to ask you very quickly you know what do you make i understand that some people have concerns but what do you make of the john bolton's the mike pence is the eric cantor's of the world in my mind really go overboard for example mike pence says that the obama administration is the most anti israel. administration he's never seen well i think in his lifetime in ours i think you could make that case you have a very strong bipartisan tradition in the united states of supporting our friend and ally israel now administrations have done better than others but i don't think any administration has.
people and jewish americans as well as all americans are very concerned about that and you know i grew up being taught that you need to be responsible with how you spend money in i don't think that you can convince a lot of americans that obama and the democrats in congress have why i don't think a lot of americans probably were taught to be responsible with their money because unfortunately that's the cause or that you know has been fostered here i want to ask you very quickly you know what do...
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-- myself as an american muslims, an african-american muslim-- i fully identify with being american and being muslim. at one point is the historical depths of the global depths. second is the diversity of the population and the number. muslims are one quarter of the world population today. one in every four persons is a muslim. there are more than 40 countries where muslims are the pre-dominant majority of the population. now, is what is being said about the muslims true about muslims historically or is it something that came up over the last five or ten years. >> ifill: the answer? >> it is true about muslims globally but not historical islam and not true about contemporary islam. >> may i weigh in here a second? >> ifill: please. >> i think two things. in terms of all muslims being measured by the acts of terrorism that we've seen by people claiming to be muslims , it leaves a very wrong perception in people's minds. >> ifill: what do you mean by claiming? i'm sorry. what do you mean by claiming? >> because i think that some of the terror that we have seen has come from political goal
-- myself as an american muslims, an african-american muslim-- i fully identify with being american and being muslim. at one point is the historical depths of the global depths. second is the diversity of the population and the number. muslims are one quarter of the world population today. one in every four persons is a muslim. there are more than 40 countries where muslims are the pre-dominant majority of the population. now, is what is being said about the muslims true about muslims...
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american art or so so so strong. popularity of golf just stepped up a notch in india after our son sol native arjun atwal lifted the wyndham trophy for entering the tournament with nothing to lose but ended up becoming the first indian to win a p.g.a. event there thirty seven year olds p.g.a. future had been in jeopardy without a ball getting into the tournament as a qualifier just seeking to stay on the tour bus a perv run of form though saw him take at least a share of the lead in each of the first three rounds producing a fine three hundred sixty seven score in the final round david thomas watching his title hopes dashed on the final hole the fifteen year pro populating nine hundred thousand dollars for the win more than double the amount he earned over the entire previous year. america's junior heavyweights appear to be in good form but not on flop a ball on the hard bit ahead of the twenty ten feet world basketball championship starting next weekend the b. team could be known getting crucial contributions from b
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there was a lot of drug use there was a lot of murder of american officers by american soldiers there were a lot of units who refuse orders to go out and buy they said no we're not going to fight. in the united states meanwhile the movement. against the war in vietnam was gathering steam. there were mass protests antiwar rallies and the famed march on the pentagon organized by peace activists. later many vietnam war veterans joined the protests themselves former fighters would drop the medals they'd been awarded in vietnam in front of the u.s. congress. before the war i always thought i wanted to win a lot of medals i wanted to have a lot of decorations but afterwards i realized that they don't mean anything they're not that important. i don't i don't i never kept the medal and never. never did anything about it. coochie is a district twenty kilometers from hoochie minh city formerly known as saigon x. marine great play ven. a former vietnamese guerilla nearly forty years ago they were bitter adversaries fighting each other below them lie two hundred fifty kilometers of underground tu
there was a lot of drug use there was a lot of murder of american officers by american soldiers there were a lot of units who refuse orders to go out and buy they said no we're not going to fight. in the united states meanwhile the movement. against the war in vietnam was gathering steam. there were mass protests antiwar rallies and the famed march on the pentagon organized by peace activists. later many vietnam war veterans joined the protests themselves former fighters would drop the medals...
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down three american aircraft. new victory came less than a month later three rockets destroyed for obama's want to go. and. kolesnik was in command of the launch of that brought them down. we see all three rockets explain. one after another there is a flare each time the best of the sky is a glow the american planes fall to pieces and glide to the ground like smoldering pieces of wood. soviet and vietnamese servicemen manning rocket launches destroyed a total of more than eight hundred u.s. aircraft and helicopters during the war. afterwards fragments gathered from across the country were taken to vietnam's capital hanoi today they are exhibits at the national museum of the armed forces it centerpiece is a giant created from the twisted components of downed bombers. every month we give you the future we help you understand how i get there and i want to bring the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world to join us for dick knology update on r g. each year. the former commander of a cre
down three american aircraft. new victory came less than a month later three rockets destroyed for obama's want to go. and. kolesnik was in command of the launch of that brought them down. we see all three rockets explain. one after another there is a flare each time the best of the sky is a glow the american planes fall to pieces and glide to the ground like smoldering pieces of wood. soviet and vietnamese servicemen manning rocket launches destroyed a total of more than eight hundred u.s....
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of an american empire of an american sphere of influence of course the resources natural gas and oil which are rich in that region are a vital interest for american corporations and the u.s. government and the pentagon see these areas as an effort place to stage new u.s. military installations u.s. military bases so we saw the meeting today and in the recent days with russia and tajikistan and pakistan and afghanistan as an attempt by these countries to reassert their sovereignty their control their independence from the american military occupation in afghanistan but an interest by the united states to dominate the region which predates the afghanistan war the us nato military presence in afghanistan is not really a diminishing so called terrorism or the spread of islamic extremism or whatever the pretext is that it's given for it i think we all know now that the occupation by hundreds of thousands or more than one hundred thousand foreign soldiers in afghanistan is in fact a catalyst for the insurgency for the armed insurgency in afghanistan and probably throughout the region the a
of an american empire of an american sphere of influence of course the resources natural gas and oil which are rich in that region are a vital interest for american corporations and the u.s. government and the pentagon see these areas as an effort place to stage new u.s. military installations u.s. military bases so we saw the meeting today and in the recent days with russia and tajikistan and pakistan and afghanistan as an attempt by these countries to reassert their sovereignty their control...
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and their african-american population, meaning our african-american population has been decreasing every year, and i would like to see, for example, with oakland, how many african-american students they have so we can do a comparison about their success rate, their achievement rate of african-americans compared to ours when we have so few. our rate -- i mean we don't have very many african-american students in comparison to some of these other districts, and so it seems to me then that we could be doing better. then i also would like to see the algebra stats. you said we increased the percentage of students taking algebra from 63% to 85%. then i would like to see that brown down by race. those stats i think would be very telling about where we are, not to diminish the success that we have had this year and are celebrating, but as a reminder that we have a long way to go and a lot of work we need to do yet. thank you very much. >> i do want to reply to that. there was a binder that was given at the board office on friday which includes every single one of these results. african-american f
and their african-american population, meaning our african-american population has been decreasing every year, and i would like to see, for example, with oakland, how many african-american students they have so we can do a comparison about their success rate, their achievement rate of african-americans compared to ours when we have so few. our rate -- i mean we don't have very many african-american students in comparison to some of these other districts, and so it seems to me then that we could...
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role in the politics of latin american countries. i believe the situation in latin america makes the u.s. dialogue different from what it was before the bush era but u.s. policy hasn't been modified i'd say that we need a new dialogue based on objective reality of latin america and china died and to boggo president obama said he wanted our relations to be based on mutual respect and so on but how can anyone explain u.s. involvement in the cohen whom duras just a few months later and how can we explain the fact that the us was fighting to recognize the under him government the only thing we see is that the us has in chief. changed in its essence the world is changing the us is and this isn't a problem just for latin america but rather for the entire world this country has military and economic power and at the same time it's not changing its expansionary and imperialist policy and really do you mean that some thought changes happened only and was not indeed. that's right they carry on the same policy as always there have been acting j
role in the politics of latin american countries. i believe the situation in latin america makes the u.s. dialogue different from what it was before the bush era but u.s. policy hasn't been modified i'd say that we need a new dialogue based on objective reality of latin america and china died and to boggo president obama said he wanted our relations to be based on mutual respect and so on but how can anyone explain u.s. involvement in the cohen whom duras just a few months later and how can we...
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native american native project drums. thank you, thank you, you may be seated. thank you for standing one more time. how about a round of applause for our drums? san francisco friendship house sobriety drum and american native aids project singers. thank you. at this time as we go into recognizing our heroes, our local heroes, there are some individuals that are very deserving of being nominated and selected for this very high award and honor among our indian people and if gavin newsom, the mayor, is here, we certainly want to acknowledge him. so please let me know if -- when he does arivene. we will give him special due recognition and thank him and the city of san francisco. let's do that now. a nice big round of applause. for mayor gavin newsom. city council. and all of the programs and departments of this beautiful city government. thank you. this time i'm going to call qwona to the stand with me. we're going to recognize someone that is well deserving and long overdue for recognition. it's my pleasure to introduce our first honoree, lehman brightman. i've k
native american native project drums. thank you, thank you, you may be seated. thank you for standing one more time. how about a round of applause for our drums? san francisco friendship house sobriety drum and american native aids project singers. thank you. at this time as we go into recognizing our heroes, our local heroes, there are some individuals that are very deserving of being nominated and selected for this very high award and honor among our indian people and if gavin newsom, the...
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now sees the gullible hole of americans talking about the round the world the great spy a t.v. show the falling life and she's even president up almost attention to her wishing well then simply as. bring up or not to the streets of new york to find out what all the fuss is about. she's the legendary sex goddess who in now merged the world. symbol glamour and famous friends only fifty of us now women row with each passing decade america embraced a new icon who created trends and fed fantasies. but today for a snow cave snooki smoke is no snooki is here snooki or nicole khaleesi is the smallest and hannah's cast member of the m.t.v.'s reality show were you sure. it was down to you. from wall street. to the regular big you know when i got music to the big house. to take me to her where she was you know she was cool i think she's that way someone entertain me we are and that will bring. her. a reality t.v. star has become america's new cultural symbol a reflection some say of a different kind of a member cause of her lover to look into. the family as her own signature law enforcer
now sees the gullible hole of americans talking about the round the world the great spy a t.v. show the falling life and she's even president up almost attention to her wishing well then simply as. bring up or not to the streets of new york to find out what all the fuss is about. she's the legendary sex goddess who in now merged the world. symbol glamour and famous friends only fifty of us now women row with each passing decade america embraced a new icon who created trends and fed fantasies....
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well specialist spent a good deal of time trying to figure out american tactics that american pilots drop metal paper from their aircraft and distort radar pictures. and we did learn to tell genuine targets from fake wants. the very first bottle in which soviet anti-aircraft missile systems took part was crammed with success. stories american cause. i. was in command of the launch of the. pieces and. pieces of. soviet. destroyed. eight hundred. woods. across the country would take capital. today they are exhibits of the national museum of the armed forces. is a. created from the twisted components of. these are the images. each year nikolai kolesnik the former commander of a crew of soviet rocket specialists visits a restaurant in moscow to meet with vietnamese war veterans. they marked the anniversary of his crew's first victory. after that battle a table was laid for soviet specialists but the menu was filmore modest. and the food was somewhat exotic we've never eaten anything like that before if tasted and looked like nothing when you say we often ask the vietnamese to tell us abo
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americans will get hit with the largest tax increase in american history, including on dividends and capital gains, and on individual income which affects the small business owners who are responsible for hiring two thirds of the new jobs coming out of a recession. >> tim kaine, i want to go back to you, because harry reid said the other day he cannot imagine why any hispanic would want to vote for republicans, after all of this controversy about immigration has come about. is that overstating the case, or do you think he is making a good point? >> i think senator reid was making a point that the republican policies, which are so anti-new american, even to the point of shredding up the 14th amendment that was... that's still advertised on the rnc web page, is chasing new americans, not just latinos, into the democratic camp. this is party whose leaders won't even sit down to discuss immigration reform. and yet, they think that doing a political stunt like talking about amending the constitution makes sense. these are key leaders in the party. i think the immigration issue will be an
americans will get hit with the largest tax increase in american history, including on dividends and capital gains, and on individual income which affects the small business owners who are responsible for hiring two thirds of the new jobs coming out of a recession. >> tim kaine, i want to go back to you, because harry reid said the other day he cannot imagine why any hispanic would want to vote for republicans, after all of this controversy about immigration has come about. is that...
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african-americans and asian- americans. do you novak when the agent exclusion act, the chinese exclusion act was before congress in 1870, the first national leader to speak out against that was frederick douglass. the same man who fought against slavery. do you know that when the chinese exclusion act was voted on in congress, there was one black senator named blanche bruce, the only african-american in the u.s. senate, voted against it. similarly, we work side-by-side for semel -- civil rights and improve public education. in '86, and laundry owner sued the san francisco board of supervisors for a racially discriminatory law, and it brought equal protection to minorities, and that overturned the 1857 dread scott case, which held that minorities were not protected by the u.s. constitution. we have the landmark case of brown harris is board of education, 1954, to thank for equality in education. -- brown v. board of education. seven years later, the chinese community here worked shoulder to shoulder with the african- america
african-americans and asian- americans. do you novak when the agent exclusion act, the chinese exclusion act was before congress in 1870, the first national leader to speak out against that was frederick douglass. the same man who fought against slavery. do you know that when the chinese exclusion act was voted on in congress, there was one black senator named blanche bruce, the only african-american in the u.s. senate, voted against it. similarly, we work side-by-side for semel -- civil rights...
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there was a lot of drug abuse there was a lot of murder of american officers by american soldiers there were a lot of stories. about it by. the rules of war i always thought i wanted to limit a lot of messages and they do have a lot of decorations but afterwards i realize that they they don't mean anything they're not that important. i don't i don't i never kept the medal. from the russian capital twenty four hours a day this is the tell me with this top stories now within with the number of drug test deaths rising in india human rights activists accused companies of using the country's citizens as guinea pigs for illegal experiments. documents of uncovered israel's current budget attempts at shaping the u.s. and policies in the middle east. the last u.s. combat brigade pulls out of iraq two weeks ahead of leaving behind a month's contingent to train security forces and protect the people. it's fifty years since two dogs from the soviet union became the first living creatures to survive space travel making history and paving the way for a future exploration. chief inspectors to pull off
there was a lot of drug abuse there was a lot of murder of american officers by american soldiers there were a lot of stories. about it by. the rules of war i always thought i wanted to limit a lot of messages and they do have a lot of decorations but afterwards i realize that they they don't mean anything they're not that important. i don't i don't i never kept the medal. from the russian capital twenty four hours a day this is the tell me with this top stories now within with the number of...
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americans are rediscovering the importance of living within their means. they are saving more and reducing debt and becoming more careful about how they borrow and invest. these changes are necessary and healthy. they will make us stronger as a country. for the financial industry, the challenge is to restore the trust and confidence of the american people and your customers and investors are round the world. you'll have to make your own decisions about how best to do that but i thought i would offer a few suggestions. do not wait for washington to draft every rule before you start changing how you do business. get ahead of that process and out in front of your competitors. find new ways to improve disclosure for your consumers. and hidden fees and don't push people into loans they can't afford. demonstrate your business customers that after running for cover in the peak of the crisis that you are ready and willing to take a chance on them again. change how you pay your executives so you're not reporting them for taking risks that could threaten the stabili
americans are rediscovering the importance of living within their means. they are saving more and reducing debt and becoming more careful about how they borrow and invest. these changes are necessary and healthy. they will make us stronger as a country. for the financial industry, the challenge is to restore the trust and confidence of the american people and your customers and investors are round the world. you'll have to make your own decisions about how best to do that but i thought i would...
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history of american life because it's typically seen through perhaps the u.s. president or are those sort of official ways do you think this these f.b.i. files this surveillance paints a picture of a government that sees anything that's not main stream the mainstream point of view as a threat or as dangerous to the u.s. to the government. i mean absolutely look at the history of surveillance in this country and there's a there's a consistent pattern of the government seeking to intervene in peaceful movements to infiltrate them to undermine to suppress them and people paid very serious costs for this howard lost his job at spelman college probably because of this activity but other people had their careers ruined in some cases were driven to suicide by this kind of suppression and the this isn't just something from the past the washington post recently did a study on the current operations of the so-called national security state. including domestic spying operations and there are huge operations including surveillance of peaceful organizations demonstrators in
history of american life because it's typically seen through perhaps the u.s. president or are those sort of official ways do you think this these f.b.i. files this surveillance paints a picture of a government that sees anything that's not main stream the mainstream point of view as a threat or as dangerous to the u.s. to the government. i mean absolutely look at the history of surveillance in this country and there's a there's a consistent pattern of the government seeking to intervene in...
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americans for prosperity is not interested in american prosperity. they are interested in the prosperity of corporations and individuals who benefited greatly from the bush ecomic agenda. we believe the voters need to ask themselves tt question and calling upon these groups that are on the air to tell them who is paying for these ads, why are they running these ads supporting these republican candidates? these groups are not interesd in charity. they are interested in repuican candidates who will support their economic special interests. >> i think we have no more questions. is there anything else you would like to add? >> thank you all for being here. it looks like everyone -- the congress will reconvene soon. having spoken with our members around the country, who are actively engaged every day with their constituents, that they are encouraged by the fact that americans are an optimistic people. one thing americans always want to do is move forward. americans do not want to go back and they don't wa to go back to the kind of policies that got us int
americans for prosperity is not interested in american prosperity. they are interested in the prosperity of corporations and individuals who benefited greatly from the bush ecomic agenda. we believe the voters need to ask themselves tt question and calling upon these groups that are on the air to tell them who is paying for these ads, why are they running these ads supporting these republican candidates? these groups are not interesd in charity. they are interested in repuican candidates who...
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he said that an american, an irish american, was golfing with his wife on a weekend. and he hit the ball into the rough. went looking for it. all of a sudden, a leprechaun jumped up. we're back to the leprechaun theme. he said, top of the morning to you, lad. he says, you're a leprechaun. he says, yes, i am, and you have 3 wishes. three wishes? he says, yes. you have 3 wishes. i want to be a par golfer.. he says, no problem. from now on, par and under. he says, i want a porsche. he says, when you go home tonight, there will be a porsche in your garage. and he says, i want a million dollars. he says, done. when you go to the bank on monday, there will be a million dollars in your account. thank you very much, i have to find my ball. so he goes looking -- hold on a minute, lad. please hold on. i see you are golfing with your wife. do you mind if i go into the shrubbery with her for an hour or so? he says, let me ask her. it's a million dollars. so he goes up and asks the wife and she says, what? you don't mind if i go in the bushes with the leprechaun? he says, no, no,
he said that an american, an irish american, was golfing with his wife on a weekend. and he hit the ball into the rough. went looking for it. all of a sudden, a leprechaun jumped up. we're back to the leprechaun theme. he said, top of the morning to you, lad. he says, you're a leprechaun. he says, yes, i am, and you have 3 wishes. three wishes? he says, yes. you have 3 wishes. i want to be a par golfer.. he says, no problem. from now on, par and under. he says, i want a porsche. he says, when...
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the aim is to rate the standard of these great american state. -- great american stateeak. >> we want to find the animal that created the great steak and from that we want to reproduce it. >> this meeting is judged to be -- they will clone the meat that is judged to be exceptional quality. since then, food from the offspring have been cloned and here, people seem to like it. >> these foals were cloned from the carcass of a dead animal. it was only when it was dead that special tasters can tell it meant exceptional quality. although the technology is further down the line, most americans do not know about it and wholefood supermarkets refused to sell the meat. >> you do not hear about it much in the media. when you talk about cloning and if you tell them what is, they say, oh, you are kidding. they're not doing that, are they? why would they? >> food safety authorities say not enough research is being done on the long-term impact on public health. there also worries about animal welfare. which is why there are moves to ban european farmers from using it. >> if i were a livestock produc
the aim is to rate the standard of these great american state. -- great american stateeak. >> we want to find the animal that created the great steak and from that we want to reproduce it. >> this meeting is judged to be -- they will clone the meat that is judged to be exceptional quality. since then, food from the offspring have been cloned and here, people seem to like it. >> these foals were cloned from the carcass of a dead animal. it was only when it was dead that special...
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and their african-american population, meaning our african-american population has been decreasing every year, and i would like to see, for example, with oakland, how many african-american students they have so we can do a comparison about their success rate, their achievement rate of african-americans compared to ours when we have so few. our rate -- i mean we don't have very many african-american students in comparison to some of these other districts, and so it seems to me then that we could be doing better. then i also would like to see the algebra stat
and their african-american population, meaning our african-american population has been decreasing every year, and i would like to see, for example, with oakland, how many african-american students they have so we can do a comparison about their success rate, their achievement rate of african-americans compared to ours when we have so few. our rate -- i mean we don't have very many african-american students in comparison to some of these other districts, and so it seems to me then that we could...
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gm, by the way, still owes american taxpayers $43 billion. >>> 81% of americans say the economy is in poor shape and most don't believe president obama is making it any better. the latest associated press poll gives the president his worst marks on the economy. 61% say the economy has gotten worse under his watch and 56% don't approve of how he's handling it. >>> facebook will let your friends know where you are. wednesday the social networking site unveiled a new feature called facebook places that allows you to update your location along with a status and lets users check into locations such as restaurants, bars or concerts. >>> just when you thought it was impossible, a another new fee from airlines to talk about. american says it's now charging between $19 and $39 for express seats. those spots are in the first few rows of coach, including bulk head seats. as an extra bonus travelers that are willing to pony up that extra dough will get to board the plane first. not sure what will come next here. they'll start charging for peanuts and pretzels. >> for the air we breathe. >> seems
gm, by the way, still owes american taxpayers $43 billion. >>> 81% of americans say the economy is in poor shape and most don't believe president obama is making it any better. the latest associated press poll gives the president his worst marks on the economy. 61% say the economy has gotten worse under his watch and 56% don't approve of how he's handling it. >>> facebook will let your friends know where you are. wednesday the social networking site unveiled a new feature...
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you are american! >> woodruff: highlighting themes of faith, hope and charity, beck recognized several individuals. among them baptist minister cl jackson of houston. >> god brought us here to through this bright, young, i call him servant of god, son of god, glenn beck. >> woodruff: another was baseball superstar albert pujols of the sainted louis cardinals who drew cheers. the controversy surrounding beck's rally grew out of the fact it was scheduled exactly 47 years after martin luther king, jr. delivered his "i have a dream" speech on the steps of the lincoln memorial. across town, a group of civil rights activists lead by the reverend al sharpton held a counterrally at a washington d.c. high school. >> let us pray, dear goode. >> woodruff: followed by the march at the site of a planned king memorial. sharpton urged his crowd to show restraint if confronted by those who rallied with beck. >> they want to disgrace this day. and we are not given them this date. this is our day and we ain't giving it
you are american! >> woodruff: highlighting themes of faith, hope and charity, beck recognized several individuals. among them baptist minister cl jackson of houston. >> god brought us here to through this bright, young, i call him servant of god, son of god, glenn beck. >> woodruff: another was baseball superstar albert pujols of the sainted louis cardinals who drew cheers. the controversy surrounding beck's rally grew out of the fact it was scheduled exactly 47 years after...
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. >> most americans do believe in thrift. at the same time, over 70% considered that unavoidable. >> when you lose your job, you go to credit cards to maintain the lifestyle. it is a tool that is their -- there to attempt individuals and to not curtailing their spending. >> he advises family struggling to cope with that. many simply moved it from one credit card to another until they lose it entirely. >> i have seen that frequently. >> on employment and the force are the two most common reasons for people to fall behind on their payments. >> there are those that just do not care. they spend and spend and spend. we will pay for it later. 40% of americans spend more than they earn. >> we have a huge deficit in the united states. that trickles down. >> the debt crisis has not spoiled america's appetite for spending money. >> most europeans are reluctant to take on american debt levels. with germans being at the forefront of thriftiness along with french, belgian, and the swiss. the experience of previous generations plays a role
. >> most americans do believe in thrift. at the same time, over 70% considered that unavoidable. >> when you lose your job, you go to credit cards to maintain the lifestyle. it is a tool that is their -- there to attempt individuals and to not curtailing their spending. >> he advises family struggling to cope with that. many simply moved it from one credit card to another until they lose it entirely. >> i have seen that frequently. >> on employment and the force...
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scene and is sort of stepping on what's considered american hallowed ground. >> brown: eugene robinson, do you accept the idea of two americas? how do you respond to that? >> i think that's true, but i'm not sure that really explains what's going on here. i think if, for example, it were , you know, hari krishnas or someone who wants to build a temple at that site there wouldn't be this sort of reaction. so i think the question, the dichotomy swe're at war against terrorism. is it war against terrorism or war against islam? and i think that specific question is the important dividing line in this debate. and george w. bush, when he was president, and barack obama now that he is president, both have tried to make as clear as possible that our war against terrorism is not a war against islam. i think there are people in the country who don't buy that, who are suspicious of islam specifically, not just suspicious of the new. >> brown: well, ross-- >> i mean, i think that's absolutely true. i think that it is-- it's a combination of the fact that islam is new seeming and alien seeming and
scene and is sort of stepping on what's considered american hallowed ground. >> brown: eugene robinson, do you accept the idea of two americas? how do you respond to that? >> i think that's true, but i'm not sure that really explains what's going on here. i think if, for example, it were , you know, hari krishnas or someone who wants to build a temple at that site there wouldn't be this sort of reaction. so i think the question, the dichotomy swe're at war against terrorism. is it...
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the first homeland event, our native american american indian warriors. [speaking foreign language] >> all right, there you have it. how about a big round of applause, our men traditional dancers. thank you very much, gentlemen. next we're going to bring out another society of men and boys, another healing society of the grass dancers. and they are from the northern plains, the northern regions and the northern south dakota, montana, all the way up into canada and we're going to call up on the native american aids project for the grass dance song. michael is the lead singer. when you're ready, michael.
the first homeland event, our native american american indian warriors. [speaking foreign language] >> all right, there you have it. how about a big round of applause, our men traditional dancers. thank you very much, gentlemen. next we're going to bring out another society of men and boys, another healing society of the grass dancers. and they are from the northern plains, the northern regions and the northern south dakota, montana, all the way up into canada and we're going to call up...
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american ballet reality t.v. still snake gains recognition as a cultural nonspecific country. the final stage for mergence impose due to russia as the drought. has been defeated the cost of the damage caused by the wreck or breaking heat wave is approaching four hundred million dollars. out of one has the latest update on the five situation across russia. it seems that the emergencies ministry did report that all most of the country's fires have been played out specifically in the moscow region as you can see the weather is completely different to what we've gotten used to over the past few weeks it's actually quite cold people are wearing jumpers sweaters and the recent wind and rain according to the emergencies ministry helped a lot in extinguishing the fires and neutralizing a localizing all the existing fires in the moscow region but fires in other parts of the country are still ravaging the nation in central russia and the most affected regions like the region overdesigned for example there forest fires are still ravaging the countryside thousands have already lost their
american ballet reality t.v. still snake gains recognition as a cultural nonspecific country. the final stage for mergence impose due to russia as the drought. has been defeated the cost of the damage caused by the wreck or breaking heat wave is approaching four hundred million dollars. out of one has the latest update on the five situation across russia. it seems that the emergencies ministry did report that all most of the country's fires have been played out specifically in the moscow region...
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has banneker native american communities are nearly double the rates of white americans dr carolyn alexander suggests the alarming numbers plaguing minority communities is directly linked to g.m.o. foods i believe that these are certainly at the root cause of a lot of our children's health issues in particular in low income communities because they'd. i don't have the access to real food. products of allusions to the entire population so if the food is slowly killing us making us unhealthy and fat why is it on our supermarkets shelves and even more important why aren't jail all products labeled. as r t washington d c. despite cast discrimination being illegal in india many face harassment and hostility on a daily basis because of their social status those choosing to tie the knot with a member of a different cast can find themselves rejected by both their community and family because artie's current thing reports more and more young people are trying to break with tradition. prakash have upset their families born into different castes they were expected to mattie one of their own but they ha
has banneker native american communities are nearly double the rates of white americans dr carolyn alexander suggests the alarming numbers plaguing minority communities is directly linked to g.m.o. foods i believe that these are certainly at the root cause of a lot of our children's health issues in particular in low income communities because they'd. i don't have the access to real food. products of allusions to the entire population so if the food is slowly killing us making us unhealthy and...