As we saw volatile day for oil, bill, as well. One of the days where bad news was bad news. You could have argued once an upon you could have said bad news would mean that the fed would delay raising Interest Rates and the market rally on that. That didnt happen today. And you wonder if thats the kind of action we will see going into 2015 here if suddenly now bad news is bad news and vice versa. Volatility bill seems to be here to stay. Yes, maam. It is. Well talk about that. The volatility index is moving up as well today. Theres the dow up 120 as kayla was mentioning. Down about 99 points at the apex of the day. The low of the day. Now down 30 into the final hour of trading and the volatility index. Made a liar out of me. Down to 1831 and rather elevated level when you consider the rest of the market has been doing. S p down 5 points today to start the new year. And the nasdaq down 17 at 4719. Before we sta start our panel discussion, we want to hear from you at home. Log on the to c
Suits against and that happened time and time again. I asked the office how much has been spent and they wouldnt give me the figure. Anytime the any time the legislator asks for the figures on the Appropriations Committee thats wrong. We should receive those numbers so we can do a better job. But the point of the budget this year. We were given a 7. 2 billion budget bill at 10 a. M. In the morning on the last friday of the session and the first vote was that 12 32 and a half years later when the legislators dont have the proper time to review the budget we certainly cannot see the best type of budget for oklahoma. We must be responsible with those taxpayers dollar and make sure that the legislation that passes is constitutional and it goes back to the thorough review from one year and thats why we will see better legislation and opportunities. The money that is currently being wasted should quebec into the classrooms to teachers for a pay raise, to protect benefits and certainly to hel
But all of us learned a great deal along the way about our profession, about the middle east, and about the promise of american leadership. Through sams remarkable journey and my own checkered thirtythree year career in the foreign service, i have learned that the middle east is a place where pessimists seldom lack for either company or validation, where skeptics hardly ever seem wrong. It is a place where american policymakers often learn humility the hard way, a place where you can most easily see the wisdom in Winston Churchills famous comment that what he liked most about americans was that they usually did the right thing in the end. They just liked to exhaust all the alternatives first. Ive learned that stability is not a static phenomenon, and that regimes which do not offer their citizens a sense of political dignity and economic possibility ultimately become brittle and break. Ive learned that change in the middle east is rarely neat or linear, but often messy and cruel, and d
The New York Times, this headline, a day of silence, Michael Browns father pleading low lull. Republicans attempting to woo black voters. The piece points out that the hearts and minds were black voters wont the one or lost in hearts and minds of black voters. Republicans are determined to make a difference in those settings. Theew years ago his book, political mind, he said the key is appealing emotionally, not to rational faculties. I would suspect that the loyalty that the would not be broken by a few simple ideas. Nuven join us on social media or send us a tweet. The republican struggles recruit black voters and candidates offer is joining us on the line this morning. Caller good morning, how are you. Host baucas to the efforts by rance priebus and the gop to break what has been a byanglehold on black voters the democrats. Caller following the election the republican, party sat down and looked at his voter base. I also covered demographics. American america is becoming majority min
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