right there on the scene, while nick of the most punitive men in america, michael moore. a happy day for me as 1 i will be unemployed when i don t have to make another movie and read another one of these book. the real people in this country are in charge and i don t have to do any dust anymore. that is my nevada. that was half an hour ago. miraculously, you have appeared on time. it was a little bit here, we lock you out. i was down there at the protest but we made it back. is that what life is about? people on the streets, protesting having their voice? does that sum up michael moore? i am a citizen of this country so first and foremost before i am a filmmaker or anything else, i am a citizen. i try as much as possible to participate as a citizen care placement i resist down there about an hour ago, there was a man there from a more concerted news channel and asking me what was i doing down there. and why am i against capitalism. you do so well, why are you agai
two quick vignettes from republican america in today s news. first from benton harbor, michigan, a town taken over after the new republican controlled legislature and michigan s new republican governor expanded and beefed up a law covering emergency financial managers. under the new law the state government can declare a local emergency, overrule local elections and replace any locally elected officials. republican governor rick snyder s administration will weigh in and do what they want in a town or a school district. they will override local democracy and local control. in april the emergency manager put in charge of benton harbor, michigan, declared unilaterally the elected officials of the city would hence worth be allowed to do three things. call a meeting to order, approve meeting minutes and adjourn a meeting. that s it. does not matter the tone voted for these elected officials. they re not allowed to do anything now.
two quick vignettes from republican america in today s news. first from benton harbor, michigan, a town taken over after the new republican controlled legislature and michigan s new republican governor expanded and beefed up a law covering emergency financial managers. under the new law the state government can declare a local emergency, overrule local elections and replace any locally elected officials. republican governor rick snyder s administration will weigh in and do what they want in a town or a school district. they will override local democracy and local control. in april the emergency manager put in charge of benton harbor, michigan, declared unilaterally the elected officials of the city would hence worth be allowed to do three things. call a meeting to order, approve meeting minutes and adjourn a meeting. that s it. does not matter the tone voted for these elected officials. they re not allowed to do anything now. despite that order, benton harbor s locally elected town com
two quick vignettes from republican america in today s news. first from benton harbor, michigan, a town taken over after the new republican controlled legislature and michigan s new republican governor expanded and beefed up a law covering emergency financial managers. under the new law the state government can declare a local emergency, overrule local elections and replace any locally elected officials. republican governor rick snyder s administration will weigh in and do what they want in a town or a school district. they will override local democracy and local control. in april the emergency manager put in charge of benton harbor, michigan, declared unilaterally the elected officials of the city would hence worth be allowed to do three things. call a meeting to order, approve meeting minutes and adjourn a meeting. that s it. does not matter the town voted for these elected officials. they re not allowed to do anything now. despite that order, benton harbor s locally elected town com
about it, by the way. and books like this tend to come around this time. we saw it with clinton and with bush, and we have seen it time and again, and two years in people take the assessment of the first couple of years, and it s not pretty for everybody, frankly. if you look at the bigger context, it s not surprising we see a book at this time that would criticize the first couple of years the way the administration is figuring itself out. here is the problem, though, robert, because he did over 200 interviews for the book and had incredible access inside the white house, and whether the quotes are taken out of context or are wrong, what does an overall depiction say when note he spoke to the president about this. yeah, it s a larger point in my mind that the little mini vignettes of narratives going