resources, trust funds, wasn t about special treatment but the equal treatment at the heart of the american promise. she fought for almost 15 years across three presidents, seven trials, 10 appearances before a federal appeals court. all the while she traveled the country some 40 weeks a year telling the story of her people. and in the end, this graduate of a room-room schoolhouse became a mcarthur genius. she was a proud daughter of montana s blackfeet nation, reached ultimately a historic victory for all native americans through sheer force of will and a believe the truth will win out. elouise cobell believed what was worth fighting for was worth it. every media critic in the room knows the phrase newt minow coined, the vast waste land.
american family. you ll see it on the screen in a moment. the guest isauthor here is jean h. baker and we thank you very much. guest: thank you. pleasure to be here. .. [applause] [applause] thank you, thank you so much. [applause] that s so sweet. [applause] thank you. thanks, everybody. [applause] i can t believe liberals got to the sound system already. [laughter] i haven t said the first word, are you kidding me? i m so honored and delighted you could join me tonight as i introdpiews my new book 50 things liberals love to hate. the book is about liberals not democrats who are aren t that much different from republicans in many respects. the book is dedicated to the fee pee wishes more in america were liberal. think michael bhoor and nancy pelosi, your local college professor. think the driver of the crazy car with all of the bush is hitler bumper stickers on the back of the car. [laughter] , you know, think the check out help with the master disagree in gender study
there were, the more choices there were, that would be the best thing the government could do. let me challenge you a little bit on that and push back. we have all these channels now and you have a lot of folks out there saying take news, for example. you have more cable malaise and cable news. you have more opinion then reporting. you have more talk than actual news gathering. you have more cable news more people there is a lot less there than meets the eye. do you agree and what do you do about it if you do? i do agree because unfortunately, news was controversy. news of love s controversy. if you can find an argument, the reporters will all be there. i was appointed by the first president bush to a commission right after the first iraq war about whether women should serve in military combat. our meeting was open to the press. as soon as there was a break, the television guys would rush to the extremists. the people in the middle who were looking for some kind
this overhang of debt they are operating under. one of my theories and it s not original. i heard it from someone else. one reason people buy buy housing is never a bad investment was all those people who bought houses in the 60s and 70s and had the value of their mortgage rates reduced by inflation. it was a great investment for generation of people come up with an housing was elation that eroded the value of their debt. i think that could be something the economy needs. i will say, you know, the debt overhang is really dangerous strain of going forward in the economy. we have a savings rate of under 6%. there s a reason why can t jump to 12% over the next couple years. we ve had 12% in the past me of home prices falling again so wouldn t the a shock of people started saving and i ll put a serious drag on growth going forward. and i would just wrap a good point about fiscal policy. i would say that the fed does have should be allowed to have an opinion on the side of the f
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