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That you are abandoning anyone, or that you are doing a disservice to other groups. You can do both, you know . And its important to focus on yourself sometimes. And im not sure that there is one answer. A lot of the things that were talking about sort of go toward this point. There may not be a solution that allows you to strike the balance that you want, but that you can invest and engage in all kinds of different struggles and work toward making things more equal. And you are, if youre asking these questions, youre already doing the work of balancing, right . If youre already considering ho...

Were pleased to have with us, author, juan s. Thompson. His new book, stories of myself. Growing up with hunter s. Thompson. His father and the relationship. He is with bestselling authors doug loose brinkley. His latest book is on ourselves right now. Join us welcoming Juan Thompson and douglas brinkley. [applause] we want to welcome juan to austin. He is a longtime friend and robin thompson, and where is robin . Is here right now . Robin is here. Juan has family in town. Hunters kinfolk live here. But wanted to begin, juan will do so reading of stories i tell myself. Im here because i edited...

Of military assurances firepower, in east asia, in europe and this is a replica in a sense of american the pattern of American Foreign policy behavior after the First World War. People with good historical mind know that we had a president named Woodrow Wilson who win to war to make the world safe for democracy, and after the war was over and after it was won, a lot of americans concluded that as the british like to say, the game hadnt been worth the candle. They did not want to remain engaged in global affairs. They did not want to police the world order that had been established at versaille...

Administration, the george w. Bush administration. We want less engagement in the middle east. We want to turn our backs on a war on terror that seems to many people to be unwinnable. We want to provide less by way of military assurances, fire power in east asia, in europe and this is a replica in a sense of a pattern of American Foreignpolicy behavior after the First World War. People would take the stargel mind now that we had a president named Woodrow Wilson who went to war to make the world safe for democracy and after the war was over and after it was one a lot of americans concluded that...

Tax credits were gunmakers make sure they can make the guns. Theres a new research and Development Grant to make sure we are making the best gun. Is everything you would expect in a bill like this. Im sorry . Yeah, every gunmaker in america has something in this bill. It is kind of have a say in the book a loaded business tree but loaded in a different sense of the word perhaps. Any final questions or comments . Yes. [inaudible] it is funny you should ask that. Do you know paul reiser . Great comedienne. One of the funniest guys around. He is a friend of mine and in fact he has a blurb in the ...