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pain of the unemployed temporarily. some will put people back to work. but they do not make for a complete solution. yet its a start. as long as congress passes the bill. while the politicians bicker, many americans have no place to live. as many as 1 million people may have become homeless during the recent recession. with some living in tent cities like this one near st. petersburg, florida. these are people who used to have solid, middle-class jobs. whats more, almost half of americ...

Flight at times of any larger rational interests and they are on a kind of jihad and particularly in the face of this earthquake, this tsunami, and the atomic meltdowns in japan to consider cutting this stuff is insane in my opinion. >> christian parenti, thanks for joining us tonight. appreciate it. >> thank you. wisconsin, ohio, michigan, new jersey, and every state in the united states where wage earners are fighting a battalion, they didnt ask for it and they certainly didnt tonight, do we...

Pay no attention to the fake oval office hes sitting in. >> despite the total devastation in some areas of the country, there has been no looting. when our media asks why is there no looting in japan? you have to ask yourself, why? why is that question being asked? wouldnt the question, shouldnt it be, good people are good to each other in a time of crisis. when has that puzzled us? that is the question. it says a lot not about japan but us. there is still a culture in japan of respect for your ...

Revolution where they did the same kind of cuts theyre doing now. you remember they were going to eliminate air traffic control radar, all sorts of stuff, a lot of which didnt happen because it was so crazy but what happened at that time was pete domenici brought in, then the head of the nuclear regulatory commission, and told them, he said i am going to gut your department unless you shape up and stop harassing inland. in other words unless you go soft on allowing the relicensing of plants, ove...

Same kind of cuts theyre doing now. you remember they were going to eliminate air traffic control radar, all sorts of stuff, a lot of which didnt happen because it was so crazy but what happened at that time was pete domenici brought in, then the head of the nuclear regulatory commission, and told them, he said i am going to gut your department unless you shape up and stop harassing inland. in other words unless you go soft on allowing the relicensing of plants, overlook these violations, etcete...

Oval office hes sitting in. >> despite the total devastation in some areas of the country, there has been no looting. when our media asks why is there no looting in japan? you have to ask yourself, why? why is that question being asked? wouldnt the question, shouldnt it be, good people are good to each other in a time of crisis. when has that puzzled us? that is the question. it says a lot not about japan but us. there is still a culture in japan of respect for your fellow man, respect for prope...

To the best of our ability. when i was growing up, i remember america wanted to be the best. i remember john f. kennedy talking about america being the best. that we took pride in making stuff. we took pride in being the best and bouncing back and caring about our fellow man. we are so good but sometimes we get stupid. and i just dont have any other word for it tonight. i think it is flat out stupid for the united states congress not to pivot and put full attention on preparing this country for ...

All worth it. i know that there are a lot of americans out there that say, eddie, we got a lot of stuff happening in our country and this has really grabbed the news. you know what? i think its grabbed the news in a positive way if i may go so far as to say that because it gives us a chance as americans to realize just how good we can be, how good we have been, and the challenge that is in front of us. we need to do everything we possibly can to help the people of japan and we need to do everyth...

Realize that we are not prepared to the best of our ability. when i was growing up, i remember america wanted to be the best. i remember john f. kennedy talking about america being the best. that we took pride in making stuff. we took pride in being the best and bouncing back and caring about our fellow man. we are so good but sometimes we get stupid. and i just dont have any other word for it tonight. i think it is flat out stupid for the united states congress not to pivot and put full attenti...

Of the republican party and theyre in the ascendency right now and their ideology has taken flight at times of any larger rational interests and they are on a kind of jihad and particularly in the face of this earthquake, this tsunami, and the atomic meltdowns in japan to consider cutting this stuff is insane in my opinion. >> christian parenti, thanks for joining us tonight. appreciate it. >> thank you. wisconsin, ohio, michigan, new jersey, and every state in the united states where wage ear...