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in the gray areas, does the warrior ethos, does the classic warrior ethos apply to some of the situations that we're in today where the rules of engagement are kind of -- are not -- hit them with full fire power and blow them out of the water. where you have tactics and engagement policies. does it -- i'm worning this myself. i don't have the answer. is the classic warrior ethos out dated? does it need to be -- when you are fighting against an enemy, who doesn't share the same code of honor do you keep your code of honor? or do you adjust to the enemy's code? and anyway, that's my question that i'd like to put to you guys. you know what, before i do that, let me wrap up in one -- i want to say something personal and then wrap this up. my part here. to me, the warrior ethos doesn't just apply to warriors. and it is not just about war fighting. i myself as a writer, i use the warrior ethos every day. i think that where the warrior ethos becomes to its highest level is where it's employed internally, and, you know, the warrior ethos concept behind it, it's a view of life that sees life as a
in the gray areas, does the warrior ethos, does the classic warrior ethos apply to some of the situations that we're in today where the rules of engagement are kind of -- are not -- hit them with full fire power and blow them out of the water. where you have tactics and engagement policies. does it -- i'm worning this myself. i don't have the answer. is the classic warrior ethos out dated? does it need to be -- when you are fighting against an enemy, who doesn't share the same code of honor do...
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the word ethos is all there was. here we talked yesterday you got 100% of the armed forces these days coming out of 1% of the population, and so that's a real choice that everybody made here, particularly if you think about it, the values of the civilian society, and i'm not knocking anything here, but they are quite opposite to the warrior ethos values. the conscious decision to choose warrior ethos yourself is a remarkable thing. if you think about values in civilian life, probably the par mount value is freedom. individual atonmy that a person can be, they can be a rock star or president of the united states. that's life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. rightly so. that's what makes america great. when you choose the warrior ethos, duty becomes the value and service so that you can't wear your hair in a ponytail if you choose to or don't want to deploy for a couple months or at all, so that's one value. a second value that the greater culture at large, you know, holds up really high is money, wealth, the pursui
the word ethos is all there was. here we talked yesterday you got 100% of the armed forces these days coming out of 1% of the population, and so that's a real choice that everybody made here, particularly if you think about it, the values of the civilian society, and i'm not knocking anything here, but they are quite opposite to the warrior ethos values. the conscious decision to choose warrior ethos yourself is a remarkable thing. if you think about values in civilian life, probably the par...
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the warrior ethos would be the only thing that was. a few years, general mueller, talking yesterday. you got one of% of the armed forces these feces coming out of 1% of the population. and so that's a real choice that everybody major, particularly if you think about it, the values of the civilian society, and i'm not knocking anything here. but are quite opposite to the warrior ethos values. so this conscious choice to choose the warrior ethos for yourself is pretty amazing thing. and let me just talk about the fight is just for one second. if you think about it in civilian life, probably the paramount value is freedom. individual autonomy, a person can be whatever they want to be. they could be a rockstar. they can be donald trump. they can be president of the united states, whatever they want to be. that is kind of life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. that's held out as, and try to sell. that's kind of what makes america great. but when you choose the warrior ethos, duty becomes the value. and service. so if you can't wait home -
the warrior ethos would be the only thing that was. a few years, general mueller, talking yesterday. you got one of% of the armed forces these feces coming out of 1% of the population. and so that's a real choice that everybody major, particularly if you think about it, the values of the civilian society, and i'm not knocking anything here. but are quite opposite to the warrior ethos values. so this conscious choice to choose the warrior ethos for yourself is pretty amazing thing. and let me...
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the warrior ethos is all there was. as we talked yesterday, there's 100% of the armed forces these days coming out of 1% of population, and so that's a real choice that everybody made here, particularly if you think about it, the values of civilian society, and i'm not knocking anything here, but they are quite opposite to the warrior ethoso values. to choose it for yourself is an amazing thing. i'll talk about the values for one second. if you think about in civilian life, probably the paramount value is freedom, individual atonmy that a person can be whatever they want to be. they can be a rock star, donald trump, president of the united states, whatever they want to be, and that's life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and that's rightly so. that's what makes america great, but when you choose the warrior ethos, duty becomes the value, and service so that you can't wear your hair in a ponytail if you choose to and you can't decide i don't feel like deploying for another couple months or at all, so that's one value.
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it represents... it's our ethos, it's our being. young people is... and this is a common cliche, but it's very profound. once you know who you are and where you came from, nobody really can mess with you. i mean, and cultural pride has always been at the source of our being as latinos, and also our music. a good friend of mine, colleague, one of the first djs in the hip hop world, he talks about cultural medicine. people are always looking for medicine. and for us, in our communities, whether they're african american, latino, or even anglo american, music is our medicine. and our music is so deep and rich in its ties to the past that we should celebrate that and not lose it. and that's... >> hinojosa: so your doctors... okay, if music is our medicine, your doctors would be mongo santamaria, mario bauza, tito puente... >> all of those people. >> hinojosa: ...machito... >> carlos san... >> hinojosa: ...dizzy gillespie... >> carlos santana. all of these people to me are priests. >> hinojosa: well, what was it like when you were... beca
it represents... it's our ethos, it's our being. young people is... and this is a common cliche, but it's very profound. once you know who you are and where you came from, nobody really can mess with you. i mean, and cultural pride has always been at the source of our being as latinos, and also our music. a good friend of mine, colleague, one of the first djs in the hip hop world, he talks about cultural medicine. people are always looking for medicine. and for us, in our communities, whether...
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people more and lessor their autonomous actors and that is under mining in a basic way of religious ethos. >> do you know that oregon physician assisted suicide is okay >> the one state. >> it is tacitly done in hospitals all the time but under the legal range. >> we have to be careful with the distinction here, and that is the removal of a lifeline, and the actual injection with a needle or some positive direct a act. >> that's true. >> the catholic church for example, which is quite clear on this and quite studious about it there's no requirement to maintain extraordinary means to stay alive. there's no requirement. so what is an extraordinary means. extraordinary could be heart surgery. so how do you you see that balance there? >> so doctor assisted suicide may not always be in the instance of the 4,000 who have it done out of 5,000 who requested it. in other words is it different between the right and the practice of it in the netherlands? >> it's active euthanasia that's being discussed in need 0 netherlands. >> atnetherlands. >> a thenetherlands. >> athe netherlands. >> and they giv
people more and lessor their autonomous actors and that is under mining in a basic way of religious ethos. >> do you know that oregon physician assisted suicide is okay >> the one state. >> it is tacitly done in hospitals all the time but under the legal range. >> we have to be careful with the distinction here, and that is the removal of a lifeline, and the actual injection with a needle or some positive direct a act. >> that's true. >> the catholic church...
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model of the liberal arts and sciences as the way to do that, that teaches broad perspectives, a deep ethos a deep concern for ethics and a specialization. >> ashesi has 450 students and will soon triple that number in a new campus being built just outside the capital, accra, with funds from the world bank and other investors. students and alumni we talked to echoed the school's values. >> you are training ethical leaders, entrepreneurs who are going to take over in terms of the integrity, in terms of sharing the national cake or the national pie among everybody so that the majority of the ghanaian nationals are not eating the drops or the crumbs from the table, but then they are sharing equally. >> for now, ghanaians are hardly sharing equally. there's still deep poverty in rural areas, where the majority of ghana's 22 million people live. development experts say the best way to attack poverty is to create jobs and improve the rural economy. a number of efforts have begun to do this. for example, shea nuts are a major export. they're processed in europe and america into shea butter, used i
model of the liberal arts and sciences as the way to do that, that teaches broad perspectives, a deep ethos a deep concern for ethics and a specialization. >> ashesi has 450 students and will soon triple that number in a new campus being built just outside the capital, accra, with funds from the world bank and other investors. students and alumni we talked to echoed the school's values. >> you are training ethical leaders, entrepreneurs who are going to take over in terms of the...
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>> the ethos thaha we adhere to always place the mission first, never accept defeat.ever leave a fallen comrade. those kinds of things require you to have belief in something bigger than yourself. >> reporter: just as military chapels are intended to be nondenominational, accommodating soldiers of all faiths or no faith at all, the military says the assessment is not intended to test soldiers' religious beliefs but they're overall mental health. before sergeant dustin chalker, a vowed atheist, the program is actually a thinly veiled religious endorsement and un-ameririn. >> when you have a commitment to what you signed up for and your belief in supporting defending the constitution and then you are given a test that is in direct contra decision to that, there's a sense of betrayal. >> reporter: more than 300 other soldiers agree, and a group of them are planning to sue the military in a federal court. the military says no soldier is required to follow the programs tips for spiritual fitness, though it stands by the assessment, which it calls valuable in treating the s
>> the ethos thaha we adhere to always place the mission first, never accept defeat.ever leave a fallen comrade. those kinds of things require you to have belief in something bigger than yourself. >> reporter: just as military chapels are intended to be nondenominational, accommodating soldiers of all faiths or no faith at all, the military says the assessment is not intended to test soldiers' religious beliefs but they're overall mental health. before sergeant dustin chalker, a...
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called etho 2. what i was in dabab three weeks ago, i was there on the ground with the prime minister who had a public press conference with the international media. at that press conference he gave his word that the government of kenya would allow the etho expansion to be opened and unhcr has begun to move refugees there. and we look forward to a continued commitment from kenya to support that. the cost for the camp is largely born by the international community. the u.n. high commissioner for refugees is responsible for management. and the world food program is responsible for feeding. the government of kenya provides some financial support with regard to the provision of security forces around the borders. but the united states has long been the leader in terms of supporting unhcr. >> the reason i brought it up is i think when we talk about tragedies like what's going on with the famine on the horn, we also ought to give kudos to those countries trying to help. and the kenyan government and kenya
called etho 2. what i was in dabab three weeks ago, i was there on the ground with the prime minister who had a public press conference with the international media. at that press conference he gave his word that the government of kenya would allow the etho expansion to be opened and unhcr has begun to move refugees there. and we look forward to a continued commitment from kenya to support that. the cost for the camp is largely born by the international community. the u.n. high commissioner for...
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same movement that cheney had started by his constant visits to the cia i got caught up in the same ethos around george tenet and his deputies in the hand selected team he had of analysts to brief me and i should have known better i should have been able to break out of that and i should at least resign and as i said this morning i regret that for the greater good i didn't resign but i don't see i mean if i were you are the first to cry get your hands on the people who at that point when you decided not to resign i should make that decision i made the decision principally because i'd been with colin powell for a long time and i felt like i was doing him a service and i want to continue doing that service he needed he needed what i was doing for him and we all tell ourselves that we all rationalize our performance that way if colin powell of course i think can also admitted that he tried to have colin powell removed for expressing doubts about the iraq war. and he thinks that the state department did serve in the administrative action of our subserve colin powell called me into his office
same movement that cheney had started by his constant visits to the cia i got caught up in the same ethos around george tenet and his deputies in the hand selected team he had of analysts to brief me and i should have known better i should have been able to break out of that and i should at least resign and as i said this morning i regret that for the greater good i didn't resign but i don't see i mean if i were you are the first to cry get your hands on the people who at that point when you...
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. >> the ethos of this, it's interesting, looking at you, will, for example, you come from east los angeles, a very humble background, and you've talked very honestly about that before. do you kind of feel that everybody, whatever their upbringing and background, has the potential to be something special, whether it's technology or entertainment or whatever, do you believe that? >> wholeheartedly. i also believe that cutting programs isn't good for our future, whether they're the arts or science, you know, i also believe that, you know, more opportunities and -- my sister's not going to be a football player, right? there's just no way, but there's a football field in her school. you know, shouldn't there be a science program be in her school? shouldn't f.i.r.s.t. be in her school? think about economy now. technology isn't suffering. kids already had the iphone one. the iphone 2, i got the ipad 2 . technology is still moving forward. >> apple, they're like the complete exception to the economic rule. they're ruling the world economically, apple now is worth more than america virtually. a cra
. >> the ethos of this, it's interesting, looking at you, will, for example, you come from east los angeles, a very humble background, and you've talked very honestly about that before. do you kind of feel that everybody, whatever their upbringing and background, has the potential to be something special, whether it's technology or entertainment or whatever, do you believe that? >> wholeheartedly. i also believe that cutting programs isn't good for our future, whether they're the...
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including mitt romney, the most moderate with the possible exception of jon huntsman, fully captive to the ethos of the tea party. while it may allow them to win election, long term, it could be disastrous to the party. >> michael i think you are wise and sensitive to the movements in the republican party. when it moves away from its suburbs, moves away from people who are a bit flight their politics but not hard right? >> well, i have file add column for publication tomorrow on exactly this issue, and what i say is that mitt romney and jon huntsman if they were to emerge, present the best hope for the gop for exactly this reason. only if they can survive. i don't even say win. i say survive the primary season. i happen top think that the best thing that happened to romney was perry getting into the race, because he and michele bachmann attract the same kind of a constituency, and i think the only hope romney has is that they split that conservative tea party vote, allow him to be the last man standing, because either he or huntsman are the only one who can appeal to independents and moderates w
including mitt romney, the most moderate with the possible exception of jon huntsman, fully captive to the ethos of the tea party. while it may allow them to win election, long term, it could be disastrous to the party. >> michael i think you are wise and sensitive to the movements in the republican party. when it moves away from its suburbs, moves away from people who are a bit flight their politics but not hard right? >> well, i have file add column for publication tomorrow on...
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what's the business ethos of mark cuban? >> i learned that ksh you know, i started with nothing.as living with six guys in a three-bedroom apartment eating mustard and ketchup sandwiches. it made me realize i'm one mistake from being back there. i recognize what it's like to have nothing. i know what it's like to come home and your lights are turned off. it made me appreciate the effort of others and respect people i work with. it made me work harder. >> famously you want people to e-mail you. can they e-mail you if they watch this? >> mark@hd.net. >> how quickly do you respond? >> i'm quicker to delete than respond. >> you have a great theory about which kind of e-mails you respond to. talk me through it. >> if it's legitimate. if you have a business idea. >> when do you immediately delete is? >> the minute they start with a sob story. i flunked out of school. start with the sob story, forget it. if you start off and said, you know, i would be rich, but somebody stole my idea. millions of dollars of people who presented businesses to me i invested millions of dars in people who
what's the business ethos of mark cuban? >> i learned that ksh you know, i started with nothing.as living with six guys in a three-bedroom apartment eating mustard and ketchup sandwiches. it made me realize i'm one mistake from being back there. i recognize what it's like to have nothing. i know what it's like to come home and your lights are turned off. it made me appreciate the effort of others and respect people i work with. it made me work harder. >> famously you want people to...
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it was a very strong ethos that ran through at least my early years. you put on the uniform of the united states, you serve in other ways, you make the country a better place. there's no higher calling than serving your country. >> what values did your father -- i know you're still very close to him. he's a huge influential part of your life. what values did he instill in you? >> hard work. i watched a great entrepreneur start up a company. it wasn't until much later in life that that company had any success at all. so through the early years i was raised in a very normal fashion. southern california. my dad took a job with government back in maryland. we settled in utah. pretty normal upbringing. >> the bit i like about your early background which is not commonly known, is that you dropped out of high school to be a rock star. to be the next freddie mercury. that alone dispels all sports of rumors. >> as you can see it didn't work out so well. i did have the platform shoes and a lot of other things that show that we gave it best efforts. >> what was t
it was a very strong ethos that ran through at least my early years. you put on the uniform of the united states, you serve in other ways, you make the country a better place. there's no higher calling than serving your country. >> what values did your father -- i know you're still very close to him. he's a huge influential part of your life. what values did he instill in you? >> hard work. i watched a great entrepreneur start up a company. it wasn't until much later in life that...
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he was ethos and talent scout. he had the best people working for him from the industrial designers to the managers of the the retail operations, and he has a great team in place. this isn't so unexpected. if the you think about it, he has been on medical leave since january. >> that is what a lot of the experts are saying, look, this was already out there and coming. talk to me about tim cook though, if steve jobs makes sure that the best and the bright rest in place, it would seem that the transition would be seamless. >> well, it is going to be an easy transition, i would imagine, because it is not new for tim cook who managed the company in '09 when jobs took the medical leave and managed since january, and every ceo is differently, and while jobs was an idea guy, and he has 300 patents and cook is more streamlined to make the business profitable for the investors. >> and i said that the stock is down 3%, but it is in line of other companies, so this is not a reaction to the stock, but as you heard the guy say
he was ethos and talent scout. he had the best people working for him from the industrial designers to the managers of the the retail operations, and he has a great team in place. this isn't so unexpected. if the you think about it, he has been on medical leave since january. >> that is what a lot of the experts are saying, look, this was already out there and coming. talk to me about tim cook though, if steve jobs makes sure that the best and the bright rest in place, it would seem that...
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we needed to show a very positive ethos as far as not only the nfl but this country's concerned. >> rose: tell me what was the hardest thing to give nupt negotiation for you. where did you comrms that you walked into these negotiations saying i don't think i'll go there but you went there. >> well, i think i felt like in the draft that the players will be free to go do new contracts earlier than they were in the other agreement. those specific players are very important to the economics of the league right now. they are very important. they're starters. well, under this new agreement, they're going to be able to go out here and see where they are in the marketplace, and my player may go to jerry's. and he may be a panther. so i thought that was a tough-- and it really did. we labored on that one for several weeks. that became quite a point of contention. >> rose: what do you think? >> i would say the 18-game -- >> versus 16. >> versus 16. and, charlie, that was driven-- our fans clearly are telling us they're not excited about our four pre-season games. we felt the solution -- >> how do
we needed to show a very positive ethos as far as not only the nfl but this country's concerned. >> rose: tell me what was the hardest thing to give nupt negotiation for you. where did you comrms that you walked into these negotiations saying i don't think i'll go there but you went there. >> well, i think i felt like in the draft that the players will be free to go do new contracts earlier than they were in the other agreement. those specific players are very important to the...
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republican party as much as really the soaring rhetoric of barack obama that captured, i think, what is the ethos of the millennial generation which is the desire to rise above partisanship, the air peel to service -- appeal to service and the resolve that government could work again. one more thing about the challenge facing republicans. we need youth especially because the republican party hasn't just shrunk in the youth category over the last ten years, it has also shrunk in almost every other category that's been polled. in 26 categories -- economic, religious, ethnic -- 26 categories that gallup polled republican identification shrunk in 25, and can we remain the same in the only one, and that one other group which was weekly churchgoers. so i think we're a far away from the permanent majority we were seeking, but i think we have an opportunity to come around to win back more than just millennials. because i think that the message of this book and the way to reach millennials will also reach with a broader portion of the electorate. so what my book is, it's an attempt the characterize the mi
republican party as much as really the soaring rhetoric of barack obama that captured, i think, what is the ethos of the millennial generation which is the desire to rise above partisanship, the air peel to service -- appeal to service and the resolve that government could work again. one more thing about the challenge facing republicans. we need youth especially because the republican party hasn't just shrunk in the youth category over the last ten years, it has also shrunk in almost every...
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now there is a new ethos of community and interdependence.we are citizens and the same community and the same society and now we are in the same boat. we have to help one another. it is not time for social darwinism, survival of the fittest. this is what a society really is. it is a national community of people who are interdependent. >> nicely said and i was thinking that roosevelt referring to himself as humble, you can imagine roosevelt haters and maybe even jim's dad would have find it politely laughable when fdr would refer to himself as humble and any circumstance. more fodder for the roosevelt critics. i agree with susan and one thing that she said that really said a lot to me was the way that, and you will see this all through this book and all of jim's writing, it works so well on the level almost a fiction it is written so politically especially the expert -- excerpt which is her but at the same time almost without you knowing it he goes back and forth between that and making very important political science points. you know there a
now there is a new ethos of community and interdependence.we are citizens and the same community and the same society and now we are in the same boat. we have to help one another. it is not time for social darwinism, survival of the fittest. this is what a society really is. it is a national community of people who are interdependent. >> nicely said and i was thinking that roosevelt referring to himself as humble, you can imagine roosevelt haters and maybe even jim's dad would have find...
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and s.i.d.s now are in search of a clearer part in terms of its ethos. what woulding your advice in terms of international development in terms of its thinking? >> well, i would say that it has been an enormous force of idea in evidence-based research that has to continue to derive discussion and development. it's about the uncertainty, about opening up the options. and i think that the role that the societies can play in that field is enormous and we should avoid to go back to the course of things that have the answer for everything, you know, and that there is only one way of doing things. and to play our role on that arena as you have played always since you exist. it's my major aspirations. but can i say only one thing for today because this is something that was brought up in the beginning. but let me say in discussion development. let's not forget somalia and the horn of africa needs today. if we continue about -- to talk about development but we failed in saving the children and mothers that are suffering today in somalia, it will be a huge failur
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presbyterian minister that was conservative in his ways, although very much the widespread progressive ethost times were getting better. and norman went to princeton where he loved debate. he knew woodrow wilson there as his college president and professor. took every class he could with woodrow. after wards, he came a minister and went to work in the tenements on spring street, right across the island where he was exposed to some pretty extreme degradation. although that's not really was radicalized him. it was the movement at the time called the social gospel movement which held basically the point of christianity was not just into heaven, but to establish a kingdom of god on earth. this is very much main line protestant thinking. so tons of young men coming out of, you know, -- you know, the kind of middle class. and streamed into the tenements and sort of thought they were obligated to try to make the world a better place. he then went to the seminary, which was a pretty liberal seminary that's crashing it's father. and then he goes to work at a very fancy church on 5th avenue. marries t
presbyterian minister that was conservative in his ways, although very much the widespread progressive ethost times were getting better. and norman went to princeton where he loved debate. he knew woodrow wilson there as his college president and professor. took every class he could with woodrow. after wards, he came a minister and went to work in the tenements on spring street, right across the island where he was exposed to some pretty extreme degradation. although that's not really was...
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now there is a new ethos of community and interdependence. we are citizens and the same community and the same society and now we are in the same boat. we have to help one another. it is not time for social darwinism, survival of the fittest. this is what a society really is. it is a national community of people who are interdependent. >> nicely said and i was thinking that roosevelt referring to himself as humble, you can imagine roosevelt haters and maybe even jim's dad would have find it politely laughable when fdr would refer to himself as humble and any circumstance. more fodder for the roosevelt critics. i agree with susan and one thing that she said that really said a lot to me was the way that, and you will see this all through this book and all of jim's writing, it works so well on the level almost a fiction it is written so politically especially the expert -- excerpt which is her but at the same time almost without you knowing it he goes back and forth between that and making very important political science points. you know there
now there is a new ethos of community and interdependence. we are citizens and the same community and the same society and now we are in the same boat. we have to help one another. it is not time for social darwinism, survival of the fittest. this is what a society really is. it is a national community of people who are interdependent. >> nicely said and i was thinking that roosevelt referring to himself as humble, you can imagine roosevelt haters and maybe even jim's dad would have find...
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around all these commissions and all these reports, it's really been the ethos about how to bridge a gap between the rich and poor and how to alleviate and make international cooperation realize the objectives of realizing social justice in the world today. but 20 years down the line, dr. grynspan, do we, what is the balance sheet? what do you think is the balance sheet? have these commissions, this whole idea delivered, or do you think this is work in progress? >> well, i really think that a lot has been achieved. what we are seeing right now, we see the emerging south, the south, the emerging african continent that we were talking about, the improvement and progress made on the development goals. even in the herald africa that sub-saharan african we are seeing despite many of the challenges some progress. so i think that a lot of progress has been done and has been achieved. but i would say that the main thing that is happening right now, because i think that we are shifting in what we are seeing in the world. you mentioned that has happened, is that many of the ideas that we are c
around all these commissions and all these reports, it's really been the ethos about how to bridge a gap between the rich and poor and how to alleviate and make international cooperation realize the objectives of realizing social justice in the world today. but 20 years down the line, dr. grynspan, do we, what is the balance sheet? what do you think is the balance sheet? have these commissions, this whole idea delivered, or do you think this is work in progress? >> well, i really think...