On the surface of things, we , t dont stand a chance. Hat but i cant believe that. I have to believe that there is hope. I have to believe that the y. Upcoming generations will see through all this buying of democracy, will see through the neocons always going for their gun first. I think the kids today are smart, i think that they will see through on this, and i think eventually they will find their, way of protesting. Ontin the way i was brought up is to speak my mind through music. And thats what ill continue to do as long as im on this side of the grass. M let me respeak myself. The idea that crosby, stillsr nash, crosby, stills, nash young, youve had different combinations, but theres alwayb been great harmonies of songs that moved us, made us think a a little more. Youre 72 years old, as you said, and clearly youve had a t long career. Whats next with the relevance of the songs you perform and music you continue to write speaks not just to our. Generation but to younger nned gene
Another pair of sneakers, buy another soda, and leave us alone while we rob you. Thats whats going on today. On a very, very subtle level and sometimes not so subtle. There are many protest songs still being written. If you go to neal youngs website, living with war, youll see about 3,000 of them. But the people that control the media dont want to hear any of that. It used to be that most of the societal changes came from universities, especially the sarbonne in paris and berkeley in Northern California and london to a certain extent. We have trained our kids to be doing this. Thats all they do all day. And its great for them. But its not really a part of the real world about whats going on. We have distracted ourselves from the importance of whats really going on. We are much more interested in Justin Biebers monkey and the size of Kim Kardashians ass than we are in afghanistan, in yemen, in somalia, in iraq. On the surface of things, we dont stand a chance. But i cant believe that. I
Author of big, hot, cheap and right, and what america can learn from the strange genius of texas. [inaudible conversations] good morning. Im glen, the directer of the school of journalism at the university of texas at austin. I welcome you. Theres two superb authors here to morning to talk about the state of the union where we went wrong. We have 45 minutes, but could spend 45 hours on this. We better get rolling. Ill introduce the writers, ask questions, and i turn it over to you. I want to remind you when the session ends, two authors go to the signing tents, and theres a place to buy copies of the books and take them to the tent and have them signed. Follow us out when we leave. To the left, george packer, staff writer for the new yorker magazine, author of asass sins gate, named one of the ten best books of the year by the New York Times, written two novels and two Nonfiction Books, a play off broadway, and lives this brooklyn, new york, the new book called the unwinding inner hist
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