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and i had a free and reduced lunch at school. bedford is a middle-class area in boston. i was the only kid there with a voucher. i knew that was different from everybody else. but i was very fortunate because i was able to stay, going to very good schools in bedford when my parents got divorced. they were divorced when i was 5. my father left for a few years. my mother had never worked a day in her life. because of a variety of government programs, she was forced out of -- she was able to -- she was forced out of her house, but she was able to find housing in bedford itself, a new de...

>> a discussion on public unions. we'll here from stephen moore. this was part of the libertarian conference held annually in las vegas. >> hear ye, freedom court fest is now in session for this important trial of our beliefs. judge jeffrey verdon is presiding over this hearing. please all rise for the judge. [laughter] >> please be seated. [applause] ladies andladies and gentlemen, members of the jury, we are gathered here in the great sorch state of nevada to decide the fate of public unions in america. in this hearing, we hope to discover if the benefits, the public, and the taxpa...

♪ ♪ >> this event was part of freedom fest, a libertarian conference held annually in las vegas. here ye, freedom fest court is in session for this important trial of our beliefs. sog jeffrey verdon is residing over this hearing. please all rise for the judge. [laughter] [applause] please be seated. ladies and gentlemen, members of the jury, we are gathered here in the great sovereign state of nevada to decide the fate of public unions in america. in this hearing, we hope to discussion if the benefits, the public, and the taxpayers to have our civil servants at the federal, state...

embarrassing. to remind us what we were thinking when president obama was elected and i will introduce my fellow panelists and ask questions. back in 2006 garrett graff wrote the following. a few short years ago he wrote no one heard of the skinny chicago senator and constitutional law professor with the big ears and a funny name. now all bets are off. obama just might be willing to be the next president of the united states. it would be the capstone of an amazing rise for a politician whose charisma and personal story. the harvard educated has breezed life into the democratic party....