wheel grinding you got a ticket or i miss my gas. Hear that . No, no, hes not after me. I checked and nobody was trailing me. Thats what you thought the last time. Yeah. One more ticket and theyll suspend my drivers license. police siren you know, betty, if he shows up you talk to him. Maybe you can think of a better excuse. Im gonna just. [betty] hey wait a minute. Come back here. What do you want me to do . Tell him my brother has a bad taste of jitter and im gonna take care of the ticket for you . Would you do that for me . [betty] what . I wouldnt want to lose my license. If dad finds out hell ground me and take the car away. [betty] thats your own fault. I cant save you. Yes, you can. What if you let him think you were driving . Me . Oh, no [bud] you just offered to help. You practically promised. I did no such thing. Yes, you did you said, tell me what to do. Okay, you can save my life. Bud, ive never have a traffic ticket. Well, so youll get off real easy. [betty] no just probab
Troops as they went into battle they must be the thunder and lightning of desert storm. Among those deployed was Sergeant Stephen wiehe. As a forward observer, he was placed on the front lines for artillery and air support. His memoir, gday details the Critical Mission and movements of the First Battalion of the historic 502nd infantry regiment. It has been called one of the best of the gulf war. Stephen earned many awards for his service including four Army Commendation medals and deliberation of Flight Service medal. Texas, whereustin, he is active in veterans affairs. He is joined tonight by his his twoe, and children. He is a deep love of country and family and is proud to serve with the screaming it goes. We are going to show a video at the beginning of the program, and then stephen will come up to the podium. There will be a reception after the program, and stephen will leave enough time at the end for questions. In the Early Morning hours of , Saddam Hussein not use a powerful i
The 43rd in the 41st president of the United States here at the bush library center. This morning will consist of them moderated discussion about 41. Our moderator served as deputy chief of staff to the 41st president 11th United States secretary of transportation. He also served as chief of staff to the 43rd president of the United States and most recently as acting dean of the George Bush School of government and Public Service here at texas a m university. Ladies and gentlemen please welcome be honorable andrew card. [applause] thank you. Ladies and gentlemen the 46th governor of the state of texas and the 43rd president of the United States be honorable george w. Bush. [applause] thank you. Mother. Thanks mother and dad for being here and thank you all for coming today for this distinguished author series. I dont qualify. Anyway i have written a book. At kind of a surprise to people in our country that i can write much less read. [laughter] i will tell you right up front that this
Is in their parties primaries. If you are seen as being unorthodox can, as you were saying, or as Party Loyalists would say unfaithful to the partys positions on these issues, you tend to get Interest Groups who come after you with funds. They will often mount a primary opponent that makes your life difficult. And there are all kinds of institutions now in place and resources in place that really keep the parties politicians towing a very ideological line on these issues. So more and more thats become quite unusual in american politics. Host all right. Subtitle, how issue ownership drives and distorts american politics. Whats the distortion . Guest the distortion that i find in the book is the theme with which weve led our conversation, which is that i find lots of instances where the parties actually pay less attention to what the public wants on the issues they own than on the issues they dont. So, again, the Affordable Care act is a great example. This is a policy that is pursued he
And the Book Publishers decision to release the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on torture. For a complete Television Schedule booktv. Org. Booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and or authors, television for serious readers. Next on booktv, president george w. Bush discusses his biography of his father president george h. W. Bush with andy card who served as white house chief of staff for bush 43 and secretary of transportation for bush 41. This is about 40 minutes. [applause] today is a very special day in the life of the george bush president ial life foundation. It is special because we gather for the National Book launch of 41 a portrait of my father. Fittingly, on veterans day a. To wit, today we have both the author and subject, son and father, the 43rd and the 41st president s of the United States here at the bush library center. This morning will consist of a moderated discussion about 41. Our moderator served as depp canty chief of deputy chief of staff to the 41st presid