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of congress packed up and went on vacation. so now 4,000 faa workers are not being paid. tens of thousands of others involved in airport construction and maintenance are also off t job. and some $25 million are being lost every day in taxes because there is no one there to collect. that is more revenue lost in one hour than you will probably pay in your lifetime because congress members cannot reach an agreement agreement. weill tear into this developing dispute in just a moment, but h...

But the same people who never stood for civil rights or the freedom for minority people. who never stood for the basic rights of these individuals, then all of a sudden appear on the scene, take the words that have been used by the progressives, that is civil rights, liberty and justice. and then use them in defense of right wing -- >> weve been talking about the failure of liberty since the founding of the country. you know -- >> im talking -- >> liberty rooted in possibility that black people ...

Just by a few people that held up signs. we cant paint that broad of a brush. >> the same people who never stood for civil rights or the freedom for minority people. who never stood for the basic rights of these individuals, then all of a sudden appear on the scene, take the words that have been used by the progressives, that is civil rights, liberty and justice. >> we have been talking about liberties since the founding of the country. you know -- >> im talking -- >> liberty rooted in possibili...

>> i think we should let anderson get a word in here. >> eric, ill let you have the final thought, because we have to go. >> i appreciate the time to do this, i think were painting with too broad a brush. and we cant have a civil conversation here. >> were very civil, we just disagree. >> the brush that were painting, calling people racist and racism. is the tea party or not. were talking about individuals -- >> were talking about the collective enterprise of american society. individuals belong...

Get stopped by the cops, the cops dont assume when you real reach for your wallet its not a gun, thats a kind of privilege youve been afforded. >> eric, ill let you have the final thought, because we have to go. >> i appreciate the time to do this, i think were painting with too broad a brush. and we cant have a civil conversation here. >> were very civil, we just disagree. >> the brush that were painting, calling people racist and racism. is the tea party or not. were talking about individuals ...

Obama, which tell me why the reference to his ethnic particularity has anything to do with his policy? >> thats what im wondering. >> the witch doctor motif has been perpetuate ed by the tea party. >> no, not by the tea party, just by a few people that held up signs. we cant paint that broad of a brush. >> the same people who never stood for civil rights or the freedom for minority people. who never stood for the basic rights of these individuals, then all of a sudden appear on the scene, take t...

The resignation of shirley sherrod. >> you dont think we can deal legitimately with this conversation when were having to go back 200 years who had benefits and who didnt. >> no, im talking about benefits right now. if youre a white person and you get stopped by the cops, the cops dont assume when you real reach for your wallet its not a gun, thats a kind of privilege youve been afforded. >> eric, ill let you have the final thought, because we have to go. >> i appreciate the time to do this, i t...