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Take the public schools. the whole point of the public school movement, if you go back to its founding, was not only tç provide everyone with an education, it was to bring people together in a common space that would cultivate a shared, democratic citizenship. if we disinvest in the civic infrastructure of public life, we create a way for the affluent to leigh public life. those are not only unfair for those left with shoddy surfaces, its also a -- and the 1% in this actually ends up feeling mo...

Affluent ask ceos can be in sky boxes and never encounter the people in the bleachers. i call this the skybox communication of american life. this happened throughout our society. you mentioned going first class. to get through the airport security line, if you buy an expensive ticket or even if you pay extra, the airlines will sell you the right to jump to the head of the line, even for the security check. >> which çseems, karen, one of those things for one individual on an impulse is always ...

Extravagance that is going on, big money people behind the scenes. appointment of this guy by the administration. how can they say they can make this argument anymore? >> its really rich, isnt it? i mean really rich. you got the dnc, host committee down in charlotte drumming of 37 millions dollars to put this big coronation celebration together. what the white house and what team obama is counting on is that people will not compare their rhetoric to their record. youve got first lady michelle ob...

Extravagance that is going on, big money people behind the scenes. appointment of this guy by the administration. how can they say they can make this argument anymore? >> its really rich, isnt it? i mean really rich. you got the dnc, host committee down in charlotte drumming of 37 millions dollars to put this big coronation celebration together. what the white house and what team obama is counting on is that people will not compare their rhetoric to their record. youve got first lady michelle ob...

Committee responded by saying attacks from the pulpit seek to divide the country. >> its official. president obama will accept his partys nomination on the last day of the democratic national convention at the bank of america stadium in charlotte, north carolina. bloomberg reported last week that convention planners were struggling to meet the $37 million fund raising goal. the new venue would allow for incentive, such as luxury exciboxes to attract -- sky boxes to attract wealthy donors. occupy...

Committee responded by saying attacks from the pulpit seek to divide the country. >> its official. president obama will accept his partys nomination on the last day of the democratic national convention at the bank of america stadium in charlotte, north carolina. bloomberg reported last week that convention planners were struggling to meet the $37 million fund raising goal. the new venue would allow for incentive, such as luxury exciboxes to attract -- sky boxes to attract wealthy donors. occupy...

time will tell. >> and mississippis governor is under fire. 200 pardons in his final days. new information on who was set free and what these convicted killers are now allowed to do. we also understand that these are unconditional pardons, which means that their constitutional rights are restored. were going to find out a little bit more about that. apparently, theyre going to be able to vote and own guns. >> 2011 was so last year because 2012 got some stocks on a tear. the dow climbin...

and stock markets react as well. european stocks closing down on grave concerns on whats happening on the euro zone and whether italy will be able to pay its bills. and stresses that were seeing in the italian bond market. when you talk about stocks, stocks are much smaller than the overall bond market. the bond market is where governments, companies go to borrow money to keep going. the cost to borrow for governments, governments in trouble, has been rising. you have that above 7% now...

As for john mccain, a man who says hes a man of honor i think quite frankly, he knows these charges to be incorrect. in desperation to keep his job, sadly hes proving himself unfit for service in the united states senate. >> im not carrying water for john mccain. i dont actual le even know what hes been using against you, but i have to ask about five different fund-raisers that you held in jack abramoffs sky boxes. you didnt report at the time that he did that for you. you were just using the sk...

Nothing wrong and the people of arizona will have a chance to decide that. as for john mccain, a man who says hes a man of honor i think quite frankly, he knows his charges to be incorrect. in desperation to keep his job, sadly hes proving himself unfit for service in the united states senate. >> im not carrying water for john mccain. i dont know what hes been using against you, but i have to ask about five different fund-raiser that you held in jack abramoffs sky boxes. you didnt report at the ...