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Here. I have really been looking forward to this talk tonight because Rufus Youngblood, ive known the name, ive known who he is for a very long time. And im just delighted that we can have his family here. Weve got members of Rufus Youngbloods family here. We appreciate that. We also have tom johnson who was an aide to Lyndon Johnson who is the man that Rufus Youngblood protected and we are really glad you are here as well, tom. He knew Rufus Youngblood very well. Rufus was a secret service agent. Hes known for his actions on november 22, 1963, when shots rang out in dallas, texas, and he leap...

And im just delighted that we can have his family here. Weve got members of Rufus Youngbloods family here. We appreciate that. We also have tom johnson who was an aide to Lyndon Johnson who is the man that Rufus Youngblood protected and we are really glad you are here as well, tom. He knew Rufus Youngblood very well. Rufus was a secret service agent. Hes known for his actions on november 22, 1963, when shots rang out in dallas, texas, and he leaped over the seat and protected Lyndon Johnson. And continued to protect him. Johnson was one of five president s that Rufus Johnson helped protect. Af...

4500 feet, particularly when the company is good and the roach pipes are lit. Now time and space bcome distorted and the wellsprings of energy rush forth. People come for pilgrimages for centuries in all parts of the world. I believe they deposited a great deal of their energy here. They find this energy by meeting so many beautiful people. Narrator if their aim is a thinly guised excuses to evade responsibility, then in effect they have not escaped it all, for even at the threshold of shangrila, they become the focal point of world concern, and ironically concern from that part of the world t...

Gary not from adults. [laughter] peter we dont want to speak only about your scholarship. You said you didnt want to make it all about you. Im interviewing you, so that is going to be hard to avoid. He says no. Its going to be ok. Gary i said ill do whatever you want to do. Thats what i said. Peter i can assure you he did not say that. Case any of you are wondering, this is the profound flaw in oral history. [laughter] gary because there you are. Youre going to write about tonight. You have two diametrically different comments. You need to pick one and pretend thats correct. Peter so this even...

Author jeff quinn. You open your most recent book, waco, with this quote from rick perlstein, the historian. A fog of crosscut motives and narratives, the complexity that defies storybook simplicity at a that is usually the way history happens. I think the quote is the most cogent of ever heard. Rick does a tremendous job himself and its true. Know historic event happens in a vacuum. Its tied to many other things. And thats the fascination in research and writing on narrative, nonfiction, history. What i read a quote from you as well, and this is from 2021 in the cleburne times review. A lot o...