Didnt. Some of them, there was still mining going on up the valley, not the smelting. They would ship it out in ore cars probably to there was a smelter in washington and there were some this canada. So some of them would get work there, but most of them just waited and waited for the mines to reopen, and they didnt. Finally, many left. But many stayed, and maybe theyre involved with the ski industry here and the tourist industry. But the wages paid in those industries is so much less than the miners were paid. It really hurt the town a lot. I wanted to write a book about kellogg because i grew up here, and i began it as a novel about the labor strike that happened when i was a junior and senior in high school. And so i came back to interview people about this strike and find out more about it because i knew a lot about it because id worked for the lawyer who helped form the new union, but i learned i didnt know know everything. And the more i talked with people, the more i learned. And it just seemed that i should be trying to preserve the stories of the people who lived here. Because the mining was gone by then, and there were such it was such a community where everybody really helped each other through the hard times and through the good times. And it seemed to me it ought to be remembered somehow. And so i decided to put this book together. For more information on booktvs recent visit to idaho and the many other cities visited by our local content vehicles, go to cspan. Org localcontent. Heres a look at some books published in 2012, booktvs 14th year on cspan2. Dr. Ben carson published america the beautiful what made this nation great. And Rachel Maddow released drift the unmooring of American Military power. Also published in 2012 buzz it worked for me in life and leadership by colin powell. The former secretary of state was on booktv that year to talk about his book. Its very important that that rule had to be the summary of the 13 rules, and it links to the first one also that says, you know, things will get better in the morning. And i start that description by saying thats not necessarily the case, but its the attitude you should have. Things are going to get better, youre going to make them better. Of it is within your life to make things better, and then if you go through the rules and end up with perpetual optimism as a force multiplier, force multipliers a military term. Were always looking for ways to enhance the power of our force whether its by communications or supply lines or whatever it is. But we look for things that make the force more effective. And so i have found in working with human beings and this book is all about working with human beings i have found that if you as a leader or manager convey an attitude of perpetual optimism, we can do it, we can do it, then that will infect an entire organization, and it becomes a force multiplier. They can do more than they thought they can do. I also, coming to roberts real question, as i go be around the country go around the country, i see all of the problems that are discussed here in washington so very, very off. The unemployment rate, the fact that our economy is just starting to come back but not fast enough, the problem with the overseas adventures that we have been been involved in and other crises around the world. But i also see as i go around the country people who are hard at work, people in business and i talk to business leaders, financial leaders, mass audiences i still find that people are optimistic about the this country. They have confidence in who we are and what we are. An almost ray beganlike confidence among the people. And if theres one thing thats really bugging them its that they sense their leaders in washington dont understand how much confidence and optimism is still out there, and theyre waiting for the leaders in washington to cut through the gordian knots of conflict and lack of compromise and get this country moving. So i have always tried to be optimistic and convey an attitude of optimism, and i am optimistic about this country. Hm for the first time in the history of american and jurisprudence a State Government of florida the department of justice, the white house, the news media media, entertainment industry, but a and the Civilrights Movement conspired to put a transparent the innocent man in prison present for the rest of his life. I had to ask myself why . And what i have chosen to do is to ask for basic questions why did this happen in . The second question is how transparent was George Zimmerman innocent . How did these forces succeed to bring zimmerman to a trial and get him arrested . And fourth, what was the consequence of trying an innocent man and a county where he could expect a fair trial . Let me start with the wise and i have to go back to the year 1920. The rest of to an italianamerican gentleman arrested for the murder of a payroll clerk also an italianamerican. They went to trial 1921 he was sentenced 15 years in prison nobody said anything about it that later they went to trial and had an interpreter and due process and went through the trial both were convicted in both transparently guilty. And in 19211 of the reporters the guys in this case throwback to his editor and said not much here. Just a couple of logs in the jam then the aclu picks up the case and send their attorney to massachusetts and he realizes is right away if they have any chance of the appeal process but then more tries with limited success event then he falls out of a and the attorney is fired. So then stalling and takes over in the soviet union in realizes we could never start a workers revolution all he could hope to do was create an image in the world that is not a melting pot but xenophobes or racism to put italians in jail for nothing. Just for their politics. He sets out to do that they get a hold of the case. They started agitation and propaganda and they started to stage a world wide parade to free them not even executed but not even guilty. The thought process is called line for the truth. You just tell the allies really the first time in the history of america you introduce conspicuous lying just to get your way. Neutral fax went out the window if they simply did not care. In did 1925 when you create a court you attract a lot of celebrities. These are the people who just wrote about the case. Felix frankfurter a and Upton Sinclair. The night of august 27 the night to be executed there were violent rallies in rome and italy and berlin, paris, london come outside the penitentiary in massachusetts under on the up protesters she says i hope the governor intervenes and i hope they will be saved and this is what Catherine Porter said about the woman she said saved . Who wants them saved . What earthly good would they do us alive . The whole purpose was to see them killed that way it could continue to perpetuate that america is evil and of racist place but it justice intervenes then that ruins the narrative. Keep that in mind because we will come back to that. Among the people who is writing about the case at the time was Upton Sinclair if you were probably forced to read him in high school when people read books and highschool. On the verge of writing a two volume documentary novel about the case. And he was halfway through it when theyre executed 80 started to have misgivings and sought out the attorney that was fired and here is what he wrote about his interview with more that the men were guilty and he told me in every detail how he framed a set of alibis for them. Here is the kicker. My wife is absolutely certain if i tell what i believe i will be called a traitor to the movement in may now live to finish the book. So Upton Sinclair finishes the book as he was expected and then murdered for the causes now there is statues of them and theyre still in dissent and they still remain that way. The letter that sinclair was only under such under is the only five years ago that you wrote. But not with much attention as you can imagine. But throughout the 20th century to stir up animosity i will give you some specific cases. In 1953 you had the execution of those that were jewish the judge was to issue that was forgotten because now they can say natalies you know, phobic but somatic and then there or executed. Of first they said not that they extend to the narrative to say but today a book after book written about the rosenbergs. They were guilty as sin but every time us soviet faults open septic is confirmed your reconfirm to they were totally transparently guilty. The soviets did that and they did not care. They would like for the jurors. Irrelevant. Larger truth. What rules. Fed may move into the American Indian movement with two fbi agents in cold blood still celebrated for his innocence tried and convicted with a fair trial totally guilty and if you drive around Douglas County you will still see them and that took place 35 years ago. A boxer in multiple roles murder. Patterson new jersey. Tried twice for murder and convicted those times when out on leave he took his female manager and beat her neardeath at the same time in writing about hurricane carter and singing around the country. He was finally released on a technicality years later but that allowed champions of some of media to make him in the center once again but for the multiracial jury convicted twice. Some of you may have heard of john paul. 1982 or december 1981 a Police Officer who was 25 years old at the time set have a tough situation get here quickly. His backup gets there two minutes later with a bullet in his back and another between his eyes. Faulkner shot one ball is in the chest jamal was at his side and his bullets five were shot and two of them are in faulkners body. There were four eyewitnesses at the scene. Two were black and two were white and they all identified the man as the shooter. They went to trial multiracial jury convicted easily transparently guilty. He was sentenced to be executed of course, they protested the execution is then his very conviction now he was in the senate. Youre probably see in those bumper stickers as well. And then he became a celebrity giving commencement addresses. He wrote books ever written about him and getting published everywhere then at the height of it npr science him to do a series of commentaries for all Things Considered at which point the philadelphia of Patrolmens Benevolent Association said enough is enough. We have a widow who was killed by this man now doing things on npr . That was not a violation but that is the nature of the beast. They finally got the message and canceled the commentary so that is how they work historically that discarding in the soviet union moving to the United States even after it expires the playbook lives on. They know how to agitate and propaganda. Agiprop. But day counted on something in that stage is to presuming the guilty innocence stage. In detail like the Andy Griffith show but now the rise from a particular 67 episode which some of you have seen. To remember when aunt bee is the juror. Do remember the guy on trial . The actor . Jack nicholson. 1967 a few years later he would be a movie star but he is on trial for what vinegars restore 12 people on the jury one was aunt bee the other 11 are convinced the character is guilty but aunt bee pulled out because he does not seem like the kind of guy to rob us store for a first everybody is angry with aunt bee to hang century but it turns out that real steve is captured then of course, aunt bee is the hero for her foresight not sending the innocent man to prison. Would be watched that we dont identify with aunt bee because we think that is how we would be paid for your openminded and fair minded to see all the evidence. That is the distinctive american sense of self justice. Not to make it to political but i have too a little bit 12 angry men a classic movie produced in 1957 right at the height of the mccarthy era and when we walked it i always identify with juror number eight with henry fonda character. It is a huge it is almost as high as it gets rated number nine. But the author saw it a little differently than you have to read his instructions as to how the characters should be portrayed. Here is juror number eight the month of may and who sees all sides of every question inconsistently seeks the truth. A man with strings tempered with compassion above all a man who wants justice to be done and will fight to see that it is. Fair enough. But if you remember 12th inning premed were adversaries. He was like aunt bee deal anyone to say not guilty juror number three humorless and tolerant of opinions other than his own and is accustomed to put his wishes and views upon others. Who is he talking about . And they still are. Juror number 10. A bigot. But number eight but he once justice and not swayed by a motion and ignores the clamor of the mob for a conviction and sticks to his principles. But when did the worm turned . If that were the liberals self image when did that stop being true . It was not necessarily the right or the tissue. With the civil rights activist some of the greatest supporters was gershwins but that pledge said totally of didnt georges ever been a and you cannot pretend that they did not. When did the zero were returned and it was okay to accuse an innocent man to advance the narrative . Says one to grieve for the innocence but also to be cree said gilts of an innocent man i will trace it through 1987. Two things happened and you would think that it precipitated a actually the latter may have precipitated the former. Bonfire of the vanity was published in if you read that it is like the playbook for what happened to George Zimmerman. In the book, that the prosecutor and the judge are weary to do try black and latino men not morally but they decided is in bad taste. What they would really like to try is the great white defendant in they find that with the character who is of master of the universe and they go after him in dick nor the evidence because it will make them feel good about themselves. They will align themselves with the all sharpton character. The kid who was killed is called henry lamb. The 17 yearold honor student who was hit by a car actually in the process of trying to rob the characters very funny in complicated and interesting book and it seems like fiction than one month later al sharpton discovers, the you wonder if he read a bonfire of the vanities and i could be him. Like life imitating art than a 15 yearold black girl upstate new york missing five days comes home she has kkk across her chest is sexually assaulted and with al sharpton and others they decide that the person who did this to her was the prosecutor of that upstate the york county. They accused the prosecutor and five of his buddies. Utterly totally of rages but again, and the the the first time where the media got involved they were accusing the in the sense of being guilty to advance a narrative that strength is their agenda that nothing has changed but they are terrible event you need people but that was the message. But not before every with the lives of the people accused then they were vindicated and they sued dow sharp doom for slander or libel and i believe Johnnie Cochran finally paid his bills because sharpton would not pay them. That is why the search for their great white defendant has not gone away. George silberman made very likely great white defendant but he was there. I want to talk about transparency is a reason to believe he was and is said . People said he was guilty and watch tv for a year and a half you was terribly guilty. During the early days of the trial i spent the weekend with a black friend of mine. Good guy and levelheaded the trial was on falling the Mainstream Media. What will happen . Ice said he will be acquitted. Because he believed what the media would tell him. He is levelheaded a and clear thinking. In its you wonder what the rest of the route was thinking. Here is what we know. Do you watch for the hours within the 48 hours they know or they dont here is what the police knew about the George Zimmerman case within 48 hours much was documented because he was on the phone for the first four minutes of the incident. He calls the nonemergency dispatcher to say he sees something suspicious. As the coordinator of Neighborhood Watch he is following the dictates if you see something say something. We hear that at the airport or the subway but also the Neighborhood Watch supervisor this africanamerican woman and she agreed we want them to err on the side of suspicion call it. Not 911. You call the nonemergency number. What does he see that causes him to be suspicious . This is what he tells the dispatcher. We have had some breakins and there is a real suspicious guy that looks like he is up to number doe good or on drugs. It is ready if he is Walking Around. Is he profiling . Of course. Here is why. He sees him first young and male. Every single crime committed in twin lakes is committed by a young male. Every single Home Invasion young male. He sees him in the part of the retreats where outsiders have come in and it is not fenced and causing the most havoc. He sees him in the raid. Not walk been quick but Walking Around and looking in and windows. Profile. Profile. Profile. I john mail in the wrong place looking suspicious hanging around. Then what is he calling and . By though way the retreat is a gated community it was built 2004 the and is selling at 2,002,000 the bubble crashes by the time the shooting takes place they are selling under 100,000 have prevented many are section eight that people cannot flip the houses and they are stuck with their mortgages to renting. It is plagued by breakins by a least one serious Home Invasion in the house next door that he intervened to. Then they could not since the final west side of the complex of people were getting in. That is why they formed the Neighborhood Watch after his neighbor was always her baby in the three gunmen broke into the house while she was there and she went upstairs to lock yourself in the room also the dispatcher said get a weapon and lock yourself in the room she comes up with a pair of scissors. That will not cut it against three guys. He is