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Guest there was a series of goals that i tried to accomplish. The book begins my interest begins around 2002 there was an incident of Police Brutality in my home town. A 45 yearold mexican immigrant was beaten and choked to death by four White Police Officers it was caught on videotape. The grand jury was convened to decide whether or not charges would be pressed and then they decided not to the video tape revealed it was of a clear act of Police Oppression the medical examiners report that was released also ruled the death a homicide by a asphyxiation am blunt impact trauma. As a result of th...

On sunday, august 2nd booktv is live with media benjamin cofounder of the Political Advocacy Group code pink on in depth, our live monthly callin show. Shes the author or editor of nine books including her most recent an investigation into the use of drones for military purposes, drone warfare. Other titles include the greening of the revolution which examines cubas use of organic agriculture and stop the next war now on how to create political change through activism. Her other books cover topics such as how to aid People Living this the third world profiles of Inspiring Women and further exa...

I think we are getting closer to that. Somebody said do you think there will be a president by that time if young enough maybe. Thank you very much, barney frank. [applause] its a hard thing to believe that the United States of america is spending nearly 1 billion per week in iraq and here in new orleans, the United States we are being neglected. Why do we have to beg and plead when our president , our congressman, our elected leaders when we tell them we need help when its on the media everyday. [applause] this is the United States of america. The young lady mentioned earlier that we rebuilt ...

[applause] thank you and welcome barney frank. First ill ask some questions and then well go to questions from the audience which i have one of these cards, so i will access or reject them. [applause] i was hoping you can say a little bit about the two stories that you tried to tell, the political stories that you tried to tell in this book which is about your life and also political work. Its as i start writing that there are two things. I was a normal teenager, my father, working programs. [inaudible] so these hearings were fascinated to me. I also decided something i have to get into politi...

Cookie, which i understand is from the friends of ethics celebrating the passage of proposition t and ill have to check with the City Attorney as to whether or not that gift of a cookie has to be reported on our form 700 . It doesnt . All right, good. Thank you. Calling item no. 2 on the agenda. Public comment on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda. Let me just say, thank you to the friends of ethics for their support of proposition t, and thank you for the cookie. Its very nice. I dont know about the 100 bill that is inside mine though [laughter ]. I didnt get 100. Good evening. ...