pat buchanan?o writes for "new york times," urged that we move -- the fed should move, bernanke should move to induce an inflation rate of 4% to 6% saying this would, a, encourage borrowing at the same time, it would be a disinsenttive to hoarding cash, and induced inflation, and they're very open about it. what are your thoughts on that? >> well, you know, i just got back from this jackson hole fed conference where chairman bernanke was speaking. i think, look, if you were going to get too much inflation, you've got to be a little careful about that. as you know, pat, you know, if you go back in periods in this country where inflation started getting up high, there are a lot of collateral damages that we'd probably have to take into account. that said, the target inflation has been something around 2%, and we're not there. we're below it. the unemployment rate is at 9%. it seems like if this was a normal time, you'd be saying on the monetary side they ought to be cutting the interest rate. but the

what is the end game, pat buchanan?ling out one-third of the entire force by next september, september 2012. i would ask wes, wes, when you talk to the guys over there that are coming back, what do they say is going to happen when one-third of the force is out and the entire force is out or stands down by 2014? do they think the taliban will win? >> i can tell you, great question pat. part of the frustration that i have, we have 20,000 troops inside afghanistan in the country during that time period. part of the issue we had is that is a small force to be spread thin when you consider the mission. there are real concerns for the soldiers left on the ground. what does it look like when we have the same responsibilities. wes, in 2005, i had a mother of a young man who was in afghanistan. tell me, start talking about the afghanistan war and how it was and how her son brian would go from village to village to village. they go in, we are americans, this is why we are here. get them on the team. then leave and go to another v

mike halperin and mike barnicle are still with us along with pat buchanan in washington.ht now, though, finacier, steve. >> we've been hearing a lot over the past couple of days, a lot of democratic senators, commentators, some op-ed people telling us so much in slashing spending children will be kicked out of schools, parents will have to be feeding their children pine cones and wild berries. you got a chart. this is serious. it's unbelievable. they cut so much. i guess all of our long term debt problems are taken care of. let's take a look at what actually happened. so they did cut or were going to cut $2.1 trillion often years, back loaded and so on. this is a chart we looked at a couple of weeks ago. if you remember back in 2000 we had a surplus because tax revenues were 20.5% roughly. spending took off. you can see in the middle of that chart. spending at 28.1%. if we had done nothing -- >> for people at home the red line is the spending. the blue line is the revenues and they are going in the wrong direction. >> they are going in the wrong direction. let's look at t

contract ww-433, buchanan/ pierce/filbert/sacramento street and marina boulevard sewer replacement. any items to be removed from the consent calendar? >> -- president vietor: hearing none, is there a motion to adopt the consent calendar? second. all of those in favor? aye? opposed? thank you. the consent item passes. next item, please. secretary housh: the next item is -- [audience member] president vietor: we called for public comment. did you of a public comment on one of those items? -- did you have a public comment? is there one in particular that you would like to hear an update on?

buchanan had a long glittering resume. incident lay like lincoln buchanan was born in a log cabin. not a lot of people remember that. so, he loved to host parties. he would sort of host receptions for everyone from visiting japanese ambassadors to sue indian chiefs and he would open the door to the white house and people would come in and partake of the free federally subsidized cake and punch and whiskey at these events. he drank a lot of whiskey in the antebellum years, a whole lot of whiskey. there is -- is seen in my book of this last dismal reception at the buchanan white house, january 1, 1861. there was a tradition that some of you may know of in america in washington of the president throwing open the doors of the white house quite literally to sort of any decently washed and moderately sober citizen who wanted to say hello to the president of the united states on new year's day. this lasted until herbert hoover amazingly enough. you could just walk in and wish the president happy new year. here is this reception and it is a miserable affair. the marine band is there sawing

he's not losing like pat buchanan.e's losing people in his base who is exasperated and some of whom are saying maybe the hope and change thing isn't working out the way we wanted. i don't think riding around in the bus out there, repeating the same message with no program is helping. >> wasn't ronald reagan down? >> he was down, yeah. >> didn't he come back? >> yeah, but the economy by now is moving -- >> wouldn't it make sense for him to come back with a jobs plan and fight it through? >> i think he ought to come back with a tax plan and a deficit and jobs plan. >> i think he should come back with a tax plan. he should say we need to stop bush's tax cuts. >> okay. >> one of the president's strengths is he's patient. he doesn't get caught up in the day-to-day. he wants his vacation. he likes the tradition of martha's vineyard in the summer and hawaii in the winter. he thinks he's going to win the fight. if he wins the fight, it makes re-election more likely. >> it's an annual pass. put the president's vacation to rest.

buchanan had a long glittering resume. incident lay like lincoln buchanan was born in a log cabin. not a lot of people remember that. so, he loved to host parties. he would sort of host receptions for everyone from visiting japanese ambassadors to sue indian chiefs and he would open the door to the white house and people would come in and partake of the free federally subsidized cake and punch and whiskey at these events. he drank a lot of whiskey in the antebellum years, a whole lot of whiskey. there is -- is seen in my book of this last dismal reception at the buchanan white house, january 1, 1861. there was a tradition that some of you may know of in america in washington of the president throwing open the doors of the white house quite literally to sort of any decently washed and moderately sober citizen who wanted to say hello to the president of the united states on new year's day. this lasted until herbert hoover amazingly enough. you could just walk in and wish the president happy new year. here is this reception and it is a miserable affair. the marine band is there sawing

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buchanan had a long glittering resume. incident lay like lincoln buchanan was born in a log cabin. not a lot of people remember that. so, he loved to host parties. he would sort of host receptions for everyone from visiting japanese ambassadors to sue indian chiefs and he would open the door to the white house and people would come in and partake of the free federally subsidized cake and punch and whiskey at these events. he drank a lot of whiskey in the antebellum years, a whole lot of whiskey. there is -- is seen in my book of this last dismal reception at the buchanan white house, january 1, 1861. there was a tradition that some of you may know of in america in washington of the president throwing open the doors of the white house quite literally to sort of any decently washed and moderately sober citizen who wanted to say hello to the president of the united states on new year's day. this lasted until herbert hoover amazingly enough. you could just walk in and wish the president happy new year. here is this reception and it is a miserable affair. the marine band is there sawing

and pat buchanan says progressives got their lunch handed to them in the debt deal. hey, pat what about the billions in defense cuts? i'll debate pat live tonight. >>> plus sarah palin's newest hypocrisy. now she's offended by terrorist talk. give me a break, half governor. welcome to the show. i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, democrats, it's time to take stock. republicans have been having the conversation they want to have. now it's time to have our conversation, a conversation about creating jobs in america. the debt fight is over, the senate has passed the bill, the president has signed it, the debt limit will be raised. but for months republicans have tried to get away with all kinds of false statements about how the country got into this financial mess and what we should do to fix it. despite what we have heard from these republicans, facts matter. the truth matters. let's not forget where so much of our country's debt came from. fact -- when bill clinton left the white house, america had a $236 billion surplus. here's what that democratic president said at tha

we have to get halperin and buchanan on it. maria bartiromo will join us and from "the washington post," david ignatius and eugene robinson. plus, basketball diplomacy gone wrong. a full-scare, chair-throwing brawl erupts. our georgetown and a team from china. dr. sachs pointed out earlier. first, a check with the forecast. bill. >> labor day weekend only two weeks away. let's talk about what we are dealing with this morning. storms in new jersey and philadelphia where we got heavy rain. it's heading off the coast. expect a dry morning in the big cities in atlantic and new england. very summer like. humidity is up just enough. highs in the 80s in most locations. we are watching a conflict of storms that went through missouri last night. pushing south heading over the mississippi river. memphis getting the storms early today. let's go to the weekend forecast. not a lot changes, even on saturday. florida, you are going to dodge showers and storms for the weekend. many locations will see a period of wet weather. it's usually late

and pat buchanan, no new revenues and the tea parties have won, and you must be happy? >> yes, and the hobbits are returning to nail the koonskin on the capitol hill wall. well, they got new tax revenues and the debt ceiling raise anded and some budget cuts, but i agree that the budget cuts are not significant in the early years and we have to do a lot more to avoid a default down the road. >> but, pat, how can you say they won when senator lindsey graham said this is a $3 trillion package to still allow $7 trillion to be added to the deficit over the next ten years, so that the deficit issue remains a problem will, don't it? >> well, that is a hellish problem for the united states and i agree with that, but whereas the democrats, they called it a satan sandwich, because they gave up so much, the republicans and the tea party are saying that we didn't get enough. there is a difference. the republicans won, and the conservatives won, but i agree that the country is in very serious trouble. if you see what happened last week where growth basically in the first two quarter

chorused augustus buchanan required no introduction to jim crow. the death of ten children born in to pour circumstances he knew all about racial segregation and unequal treatment before he came of age. if you don't go that way it is white only it you are supposed to be reserved or preserved over here. that -- we had to live with it. somewhere early in life my mother goddess to understand if you live right you serve well despite segregation laws and so forth. and a simple piece of the advice you do right. the first of many jobs at the age of 8. his favorite childhood assignment was as a helper on a laundry truck because the laundry service made pickup and delivery atlanta's airport. when she got there and there were pilots talking. you didn't get to touch the airplane but you were in the audience listening to them talk which i enjoyed. the truck driver, a full-fledged georgia cracker filled up with all the things his father had taught him, took pity on him and tried to talk the boy out of his life's dream. i know you like that stuff but you are was

after our initial phone call, buchanan never talked to us again and at a news conference in erie, thedavid hickton, wasn't forthcoming either. >> what about mr. stockton? what can you tell us about his status? will he ever be prosecuted for this? >> we're not in a position to comment on in mr. stockton. >> douglas, marjorie diehl armstrong's attorney, says there is good reason the u.s. attorney and the fbi want to keep quiet about jay stockton. >> do you he is the one person who got away with this? >> yes, he got immunity from the government. free and clear. convicted sex offender multitime sex offender. the government felt that he was the least involved person. and so they gave him immunity. >> they shouldn't have given him immunity. he didn't deserve immunity. he deserved, he is the guilty one that killed my brother. he deserved to be brought to justice. >> stockton has been featured on the television show, america's most wanted. private investigators have tried to track him down but stockton has literally vanished. at least, that is what he may have thought. until the day we found

suspect continued into oncoming traffic until he turned north on webster and the east oneddy, sot on buchanan. during this pursuit, officer you lift prop broadcast the suspects route while driving, holding the microphone in one hand. once in large rally, the suspect drove along the block calling for residents of the housing project to come out and stop his car. officers paid and o'malley not arrived at the other end of the alley. officer of valley got out of his car and ran down the building line toward the vehicle. the vehicle started again. fear of the suspect might get into another altercation with civilians, as this was mayor of the scene of the initial incident, or leave the alley to in danger citizens and officers, officer of valley stopped -- officer o'malley shot one shot. the suspect fired a round at them through his back window. officers came, stern, and the live, returned fire without hitting the suspect. the officers continued their verbal commands to the suspect to put up his hands and leave the vehicles. the suspect got out of the driver's door, raised his hands, took off his sh

attorney for western pennsylvania mary beth buchanan why stockton never testified and was never charged told us stockton was sick, suffered several strokes, and was unable to travel. after our initial phone call buchanan never talked to us again and at a news conference in erie the current u.s. attorney david hickton wasn't forthcoming either. >> what about mr. stockton? will he ever be prosecuted for this? >> we are not in a position to comment on mr. stockton. >> douglas shagru says there is good reason the u.s. attorney and fbi want to keep quiet about jay stockton. >> do you think he is the person who got away with this? >> oh, yes. he got immunity from the government absolutely free and clear. convicted sex offender, multitime. the government felt he was the least involved person and so they gave him immunity. >> they shouldn't have given him immunity. he didn't deserve immunity. he is the guilty one. he killed my brother and deserved to be brought to justice. >> stockton has been featured on the television show "america's most wanted." private investigators have tried to track him

it was bounded by chesnutt, her, and buchanan. it is one block west of steiner. in order to accomplish that area, we have to have a located search rain. it brings us to the subject and bloc of lombard street. if we were to place it all the way over, we would not be able to cover the area that the engineers have defined. does that answer question? commissioner miguel: there was a question asked about high. this is allowed by code to go 25 feet above the height and let. it is 40 feet. this would be a at 65, and this is at 60. other than that, looking at the materials of the neighborhood association, from the petition which was referred to the school, i appreciated the fact that the project sponsor did actual testing for academicians at the school. the only thing i can say is what i just said on the last item. you're talking to the wrong department and the wrong commission. it gets a health department review before it comes to us. and we accept their recommendation for their non- objection, and with that, i would move to approve with conditions. commissioner antonin

this is pat buchanan. i will read the other one in a second. when did you put that in the book? >> that is a very common view. pat buchanan is very bold. but for many people in the country, that is probably a very common view. some of what we are witnessing in the growth of the tea party and obama on different levels is that we reflect some of the demographic changes going on in the country that counter what many people feel had been a history of whites and that the browning of the country, people coming from asia and africa and the caribbean, is a cultural rupture. but, in fact, the long, long history of the country has always been one of multiple people from all over the world. >> there is a second quote, but efforts have to ask you what is walker's appeal? >> david walker was an advocate in the 1830's. he was a free black man who wrote a pamphlet called "david walker's appeal" which basically called for black saves to a price. -- to uprise. the pamphlet was distributed in the south. it was illegal to have a copy of the pamphlet. let me read this. there is quite a difference i

downside is that those double-deckers', they go down and union street and they all turn right on buchanan. they don't go all the way down. they can go straight down the mosque. perhaps there are some routing issues that had been brought about. the upside is that anything that we could get to see our street is an advantage and i do support them keep in the noise at reasonable levels. if it is during business hours are reasonable hours of operation, then i can see that being advantage. thank you very much. >> thank you. are there any other further public comments? >> i do agree. we are a tourist town and tourism is the number-one industry in the city. all lot of the neighborhoods, they do bring the people in neighborhoods, especially those that did the drop on, drop off. you were talking about with the entertainment commission, lately i've noticed they are allowed. the commissioner says that if you go to new york can you go overseas to these other cities where they deplore on -- where they depend on headphones. >> we are talking about a very well capitalized industry. on the whole, the tour

pat buchanan. >> i think it hurts badly because nobody thinks barack obama has the answers, and nobody thinks the guy is a leader. i think a lot of people who are democrats, democrats behind him, they're starting to give up on him that he cannot lead in a crisis. >> also he gave reputation and gravity under the s&p statement, and they were already fined, what, a couple trillion dollars. found a $2 trillion -- why did he dignify them the way he >> the speech bombed, the election is more than a year away. this is a smart guy. he's going to retool, he's going to raise the level of his game come september. he's not going to let everybody just languish. >> the speech doesn't hurt in the long-term. what hurts in the long-term is he will be known forever more after the downgrade president. >> i mean, i think the speech did hurt. i think it showed there was such a trivial toy it. >> yes! >> that's a high school cheer. we're facing the biggest crisis we've had since the great depression and that's the best we get in the middle of the day? so i don't think it helped his reputation as a leader, n

>> the thing about george herbert walker bush is that he got a republican challenge in pat buchanan, who made him spend time and energy treasury paid by the time he got the nomination, it was not -- >> i am trying to think of mark in cowboy boots at the inaugural. >> looks like gaddafi is finished in libya. >> there is no way back for the gaddafi regime, and many of its key members are on the right. >> i wish i could talk like that. that is william hague, british foreign secretary. looks like the rebels have won. evan, who can take credit? >> everybody will until it turns bad. i been a critic of the obama administration for working -- intervening on this, and it turned out better than anybody expected because gaddafi is gone. there could be civil war that comes out of it, but look, it is better than gaddafi. the west can generally take the credit, a brief people who overthrew him to take credit -- brave people who overthrew him can take credit. >> how about nato? >> they came through with the air cover and the air strikes. they had to learn how to do this thing. i think the u.s. -- o

pat buchanan. >>> libya leader moammar gadhafi may be -- talking about weasel words.ring to flee the country. okay. he could be gone in a matter of days. that could be news. we'll find out in a couple of days. this is "hardball," only on msnbc. every time a local business opens its doors or creates another laptop bag or hires another employee, it's not just good for business -- it's good for the entire community. at bank of america, we know the impact that local businesses have on communities, so we're helping them with advice from local business experts and extending $18 billion in credit last year. that's how we're helping set opportunity in motion. >>> president obama is on his first full day of vacation. he is being criticize sides for his trip. >>> back in '83, ronald reagan's third year in office, 9.5. reagan set off on a 25-day vacation to his ranch in california. 25 days. not 9 that this president is getting. presidents have always been taking vacations and there's been complaining about it. we'll be right back. [ artis brown ] america is facing some tough cha

e, approve the plans and specifications, contract -- contract ww-433, buchanan/ pierce/filbert/sacramento street and marina boulevard sewer replacement. any items to be removed from the consent calendar? >> -- president vietor: hearing none, is there a motion to adopt the consent calendar? second. all of those in favor? aye? opposed? thank you. the consent item passes. next item, please. secretary housh: the next item is -- [audience member] president vietor: we called for public comment. did you of a public comment on one of those items? -- did you have a public comment? is there one in particular that you would like to hear an update on? [audience member] >> it is actually a one-page, a two-sided report. you have heard so much about that in the last several meetings, and we thought we would do a high-level update, letting you know that we have moved along the contract for the board of supervisors and some other small items, but it is not major. president vietor: and these written reports are available to the public, correct? " >> yes, and they are on the website. president vietor: they

pat buchanan. >>> libya leader moammar gadhafi may be -- talking about weasel words.ing to flee the country. wellance okay. he could be gone in a matter of days. that could be news. we'll find out in a couple of days. this is "hardball," on on msnbc. >>> back in '83, ronald reagan's nerd year in office, 9.5. reagan set off on a 25-day vacation to his ranch in california. 25 days. not 9 that this president is getting. presidents have always been taking vacations and complaining about it -- we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] this...is the network -- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's the at&t network... and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. helping strengthen our bones. caltrate delivers 1200 milligrams