Room to read is an organization that is opening schools and libraries across the developing world for the poorest of the poor hundreds of schools, thousands of libraries so that every child everywhere is no longer denied an education because they were born in the wrong place at the wrong time. John wood is an amazing guy. He used to be a big executive at microsoft until he went on vacation in nepal. Thats when he saw the desperate need for books and libraries. He changed the course of his own life to change the lives of children all over the world. When i was growing up in pennsylvania, we had actually a bookmobile that came to our town. And we think of this kind of as a nepalese yakmobile. Weve got our yak loaded with books, and were about to head off to go to a secondary school here to deliver about 500 books to help them start their first library. When john arrives with his yakmobile, just look at the reaction. Reading isnt just fun. Its a way for them to connect to the world beyond
Its a way for them to connect to the world beyond their isolated community. What does shirash like . He likes ice cream. He likes ice cream. What do annie and onnie like . What do annie and onnie like . They like chicken curry. [ laughing ] they like chicken curry. Do you like chicken curry . Yes . Okay. In nepal, children express gratitude with flowers and the traditional namaste. Namaste there are also grateful children in africa. Cambodia. India. And laos. Since it started, room to read has reached more than 1,600 schools, and built 15,000 libraries libraries filled with books published in the local language. This is made possible by donations of all sizes, including help from american teens. Students throughout america have gotten very involved in room to read. We have a movement called students helping students. So, students pick a goal, they pick a country, and we dont dictate to them, heres what you need to do. Heres how you need to do it. We say, heres the menu. You can decide.
Favorite nonreagan president , noncheney Vice President , and nonoats quaker. laughter to this day, nixons 1972 Campaign Poster hangs in my office. It reminds me of a simpler time in america, when my parents seemed very tall and youd get a gold star just for using the toilet. laughter folks, before we delve into the socalled scandal that cost us this great leader, lets get to know the man. Richard nixon was born in 1913 in yorba linda, california. Even at an early age, he refused to wear makeup, which is why even his mother preferred kennedys baby pictures. laughter after serving in the navy, nixon was elected to congress and rose to political prominence as a member of the house in the house unamerican activities committee, where he accused state Department Official alger hiss of being a soviet spy. It was a dark time in our nations history, when it was considered wrong for government workers to spy on americans. laughter in 1952, while campaigning as Dwight Eisenhowers runningmate, ni
You gotta go to the airport for coffee. Airports are to coffee as bus stations are to nachos. laughter and, yes, steinmetz may have pointed an ar15 Assault Rifle in the direction of a mother and her teenaged daughter, so obviously were not looking at a brain surgeon here. Hes technically a top neuroscientist. Perhaps hes studying the part of the brain that overrides impulse control. The point is, arrests like this are pure discrimination, and that hurts the children. Fortunately, two gun lovers have written a new Childrens Book to help kids understand the open carry lifestyle. Its called my parents carry. laughter it tells the heartwarming story of brenna, her mom, and what looks like her other mom wearing a mustache. laughter unlike other parents, brennas mom and dad carry loaded weapons openly, which might make her feel different, but her father reassures her that, brenna, there is evil in this world and we want to protect you the best we can. When seconds count, the police are minut
I dont know. I just want some pizza. What do you want from me . [laughter] but tonight id like the talk to you about corporations. Corporations, theyre a lot like us immortal. [laughter] shielded from liability, accountable tom shareholders. Oh, wait, thats opposite of us. Sorry. But there is one thing corporations do have in common with the rest of us. They dont like paying taxes. Hate it. Fortunately, they rarely have to. Its the subject of tonights oh, no. Thats not. I dont. I did not approve this, and i feel that this is disrespectful in some ways. Its about. Okay. That i dont. That i dont. Lets go with the first one, and then well just. Okay. Thats fine. [laughter] anyway, this seasons hot new tax loophole for corporations, a onceobscure tax dodge known as the corporate inversion, which sounds like the business equivalent of gender reassignment, and it kind of is. Its a liberating procedure for companies that have been raids american but know in their heart theyre really irish. Ta