Those protestants of 19th century were important in the formation of the Republican Party then ended the 20thcentury they were the important constituencies of the reagan and bush presidency. Said there is the affinity with that background with the Republican Party. The people of dutch or german descent may at one time may have been part soso that has worn away as americanized as they were. There is the strong with some was between evangelicals and ethnics. Ethnicity or scottish but you can look at it that way to see that politically as well. Who were the leading evangelicals and American Society today . Like rick warren at Saddleback Church or cholos dean who is popular i dont follow him. But they would be people who are not very political. With the democratic nominee. At the obama inauguration 2008 he has not bed joel has had no political footprint as far as i have followed by Jerry Falwell senior was very important event to make it onto the cover of time magazine. And the president o
Im brent goff, good to have you with us. The liberation of muscle has become begun. The words as troops broke through the defenses of the socalled Islamic State and began advancing towards the center of the city. Their meeting fierce resistance. They are using civilians as human shields. A day of symbolic progress for iraqi forces. They are back in the city for the First Time Since Islamic State fighters ousted them and say they have captured an important building. Our troops enter the tv station which is very significant. Peration has begun. As i i i i i i i i i i i i i i y are meeting evever greater resistance. Bondsnd boooo will fight to the death if necessary. They have forced tens of thousands of civilians toward most old. People are very close to their offices and military installations. That is used to support the assertion that they plan to use these people as human shields. There were believed to be about 5000 militants remaining in muscle mosul. Is the last major stronghold i
Challenge the media to carry the sordid keep this message going. It seems like thats the only way its going to happen if it stays in the public view. Thats the reason for the book and the lecture. Thank you or that. Its quite something and important for him to understand it could have been to you. With the government turns on you because they can pretty much but they are powered of the government behind themselves to crush you and many, many ways. He refused to give the Bush Administration the names of all the client after 9 11. At t and verizon caved in this that i cant do it. Im a public company. You got to give me a subpoena. They came up with some charred and put them in jail for seven days. They spent 30 million defending themselves. If you read it, it is quite amazing to see what went on with this hysterical kneejerk reaction after 9 11. A horrible thing of course, but why . On my side of the coin we were talking in prison together i said yeah i give Osama Bin Laden a 14 million
The rule of law, dealing with religious law, those debates can take place, but there is a need to understand a new term or terminology needs to be negotiated and used so you are not just restricted to religion. There is a danger because your putting religion in, and it is hard to argue the word of god. How do you equate that put the words secular and secular or fundamentalism are what are being rejected. That question about the declaration of human rights is a good question, and it goes to the idea about not just few people will pull apart universal declaration of human rights where there are reservations on the restrictions of religion. Underlying is the mistrust. It goes to back about understanding the new social contract and the relationship. People understand there is a misunderstanding. Human rights and democracy is called on when there are certain political wo;; and is ignored in other assets. We do not acknowledge it. We do not acknowledge it in strong terms, but is not owned. T
You can reach out to us on social media this morning. The walle take from street journal. Others have insight and background and this is from the Washington Post. The larger context this morning is about the cancellation of meetings between president obama and president clinton and russia over issues. We want to and president Vladimir Putin. You can alsol use social media. Maryland is up first on our democrat line. Caller good morning. Host what do you think about the cancellation of this meeting . Caller i think it is kind of silly because when you have problems with somebody, shouldnt you talk to them . Why you cancel a meeting if youve got problems with their neighbor, you go talk to your neighbor. That the white house says because progress was made, a summit was not good at this time. That is their argument. Caller i still think you have to talk to people. Host if thats the case, talk pointwhat the discussion be and how does Edward Snowden complicate this . Caller that really compl