. >> can you please turn for the pledge of allegiance? >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> colleagues, you should have copies of the board meeting minutes, do i have a motion to approve? without objection, those are approved. madame clerk, are there any communications? >> items one through five are the consent agenda and it will be acted upon by a single roll call vote. >> colleagues, roll call vote on items one through five. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> 11 in favor. >> those ordinances are finally passes. >> can you call items number6 and 7? >> these are the proposed budget an annual appropriation of perpetrating all estimates and estimates for the -- upper pretty all estimates for the city of san francisco. -- appropriating all estimates for the city of san francisco. >> colleagues, any discussion? can we get a roll-call? >> aye. >> aye. >>

on top of that, i'm supposed to, like, divorce myself from allegiance to a foreign emperor of a country i've never been to and i have to swear i am an american when i thought i was always an american? there was a great deal of controversy in the camps and difference of opinion. so my character is one of those individuals who signed no, no. that's a form of protest. and because of doing that, he is taken out of the camp that he's in and sent to tule lake where most of the troublemakers were sent. then he gets out of camp and he comes back to san francisco and what happened in the japanese american communities is that many of the young men signed yes yes. many of them went off to war and became part of the 442nd, the 100th battalion, the mis, military intelligence, and were extraordinarily heroic and died in very high casualty rates in europe. and so when chet comes back to san francisco, those people who signed no no were looked upon as cowards. they were traitors. they sat out the war where these other people died. everyone a friend, an uncle or somebody they knew who had died, lost an

president chiu: can you please join me in the pledge of allegiance? [pledge of allegiance] president chiu: colleagues, you should have copies of the minutes. a motion by supervisor mirkarimi, second by supervisor maxwell. without objection? >> i have no communications, mr. president. president chiu: we have a special order in case the president wishes to appear in front of the board. i see mr. waggoner. are we expecting the mayor today? >> [inaudible] president chiu, do not believe the mayor will be here today. president chiu: that is unfortunate. >> items 1-12 comprise the consent agenda that will be acted on by a single vote unless the member requests discussion of the item. president chiu: would anybody like to sever any items? can you please call the roll for items 1 - 12. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor daly: aye. supervisor dufty: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor mar: aye supervisor maxwell: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor alioto-pier: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. p

if you would, please stand in joint commission in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the net is states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. if you would, please direct your attention to the roll call of commissioners. president joe marshall? president marshall: present. vice-president mazzucco. vice president mazzucco: present. thank you, commissioners. also see it with the commissioners is the chief of police and the director of office complaints. mr. president, you have a quorum. president marshall: thank you, lieutenant. this is the regular meeting of the san francisco police commission, july 21, 2010, and please call item no. 1. >> item one, mr. president, his approval of the minutes for the meetings march 31, april 7, and it 14, 2010. -- and april 14, 2010. president marshall: we have the meeting minutes for march 31, april 7, and april 14. if there are no corrections? >> so moved. >> second? president marshall:

oe pledge of allegiance. a group of people who do not believe in public religion are taking their stand to a famous ir stand to here's dan harris. >> reporter: here in north here's dan harris. >> reporter: here in north north a, deep in the bible the bible up of atheists group ofdecided to remind eople of the history of the pledge of allegiance by putting pl puttingillboards all over the state, including one on the billy graham parkway, which say "one nation indivisible." billy graham parkway, which say "one nation indivisible." urposely leaving out the words god.r god." atheists point out those words at original the original pledge. writtens written in 1892, more years00 years after the country as founded, by pastor francis ellamy, as part of a campaign to promote patriotic observances in schools. >> one nation, indivisible -- nation, indivise pastor didn't use the words "under god." >> reporter: the p use thes added the phrase in 954. so you think having "under god" you thin so you think having "under god"

the same manner as i would with the intelligence community because what you get is this strange allegiance you're supposed to protect your country from a lot of secrets that you have and all of those people have them just like former members of cia n.s.a. and other places that they're supposed to protect them from their new employers and yet they also have no allegiance to those employers and they're supposed to bring the expertise to the table sometimes these secrets that you have really come from the expertise that you've acquired and so there's this weird sort of. or any area where all of a sudden they're saying hey what i really need to understand meaning your new employer for example i just used the country hypothetically of course and what you end up getting is you end up getting this gray area or these former intelligence official all of a sudden maybe inadvertently or maybe not so if it were and they are providing information that may once or may still be classified to the very people that you once if you can call it far against that's what makes this particularly disturbing but ja

atheists are using the words in the pledge of allegiance to draw attention to their case. >> and now,vangelicals are firing back. dan harris has that story from ashville. >> reporter: here in north carolina, deep in the bible belt, a group of atheists decided to remind people of the history of the pledge of allegiance, by putting up six billboards all over the state. including one on the billy graham parkway. that says one nation indivisible, purposely leaving out the words, "under god," atheists point out those words were not in the original pledge, which was written in 1892, by francis bellamy, as part of a campaign to promote patriotic observances in schools. >> one nation, indivisible. >> reporter: the pastor didn't use the words "under god." congress added the phrase in 1954. you think having the phrase under god is discriminatory? >> i think it is for me. i don't believe in a god. i don't believe our country was founded on christianity or any religion. >> reporter: jennifer lovejoy is a mother of two and wife of a disabled policeman. >> i'm not taking away anyone else's belief i

israeli citizens to teach as a jewish democratic state i would be furious most refused to swear allegiance to a state they believe explicitly excludes and marginalizes them. earlier we spoke to two experts with deferring views on the case done a poor guy she was the head of the center for victims of crime and easy thinks the verdict is fair and israeli political journalists and analyst gideon levy who disagrees. i don't think it could have been different the service case the president that we heard lust here was say jewishness a prominent. who misled serry fluor. or no injury women into believing that he would help them flee and then surely they had sex with him when he was charged and here was sentenced to twelve years in prison and he was jewish say don't think it's a racist thing we are adults people who are grown up people and we know that in any relationship between men and women. since more lies white lies and blake lies he could deny her about his age he could tell her he loved her and he didn't love her he could tell her that he has a car and he doesn't have a car this will be sure

israeli citizens to israel as a jewish democratic state i would be furious most refused to swear allegiance to a state they believe explicitly excludes and marginalizes them. when i. was head of the center for victims of crime and academic college and also political journalist an analyst gideon levy and here's what they had to say. i'm not so sure about it personally i think that this case has been blown out of potion entirely because the court to emphasize the fact that the sure prison is to be single when he was married not sure then the court tenses science to such a claim to be too and the real question is whether it should be. raised now to the . time we are adults people have grown up people and we know that in any kind of relationship between men and women. big lies and small lies white lies and blake lies i hear about his age he could tell her he loved her and he didn't love her he could tell her that he has a car and he doesn't have a car this will be sure there really shows that he's emotional pretended to be a jew and this is the subtext of the whole thing don't touch a women tha

as a jewish democratic state i would be furious most refused to swear allegiance to a state they believe explicitly excludes and marginalizes them. here with our team news channel broadcasting twenty four hours a day from the russian capital and still to come in the program a manhunt is underway in southern russia. we follow a police station across north caucasus searching for those behind the attack on the hydroelectric power station and the shooting death of two guards. and american government tries. to stop controversial draconian immigration laws coming into force in arizona next week for more here on r.t. . but first a moscow court has delayed its verdict on a group of the. of murder and other new race hate crimes until psychiatric tests on four of the accused the men are accused of dozens of ethically motivated killings and terror plots and if convicted could face life in jail say see vivants has more . us some of the defendants said that they are guilty of some of the charges some of them say that they are innocent so there is like a nit picking of who is guilty and who's innocent

i pledge allegiance to this country. land of commercialism. if i can win gold medals. if i can sign my life away. ain't no language. this is my country too. i believe in free dom and diversity, need to get the hell out. [applause] >> i have one more performer. can you believe that? i am so excited. he is a very kind man to be here. he's a total icon. tales of the city. his book that was made do a city. he's here on his book tour. thank you very much. well, i would not have missed this evening for anything. you and i both know these things can be boring. not tonight. i like to read, since i'm back home from a tour. i would like to read the chapter that my editor wanted me to remove. i have to set it up for you. michael toliver is 55 years old. they have gone to florida because his mother has died. and they have been out to the rest home, to the bear bar in orlando. they meet a black bear, that is a husky african-american guy and the guy basically propositions them. proposes a three way. they decided he seems like a great guy. they tell him about their b and b. the innam

against all enemies, foreign and domestic; the vice president: that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god? the vice president: congratulations. [applause] >> will show you the defense department retirement ceremony for general stanley mcchrystal, including his remarks, tonight at 10:15 eastern on c-span. >> this weekend on sunday started at 1:00, the reading festival. all this talk about their books on fdr, his policy, and their legacy. afterwards, the best-selling book "infidel," coming to the united states and the life she left behind. the weekend filled with books on c-span t2. >> our public affairs content is available on television, radio, and on line. you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube, and signed up for our scheduled alert e-mails at at c-span.org. >> now, different perspectives on reviving the economy in the weekly addresses. pres

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neighbor allegiant my company was found out. we were like can a pig where we were to be hit and the cop unaids were converging and wiping the enemy out. there was a bright night you could. see long distances by them all we had been out for quite a while on this patrol and hadn't seen anything. we relaxed. all i want some day a kong stepped out of the bushes. and it's dog over him to see australia and it startled me and. he was firing and i didn't how my weapon was but on the die i brought my way up here off. so i managed to get. hagrid age off my belt. cost a couple grenades. dealt with it but a guy. then we could see as far as we could see there would be a call that was coming up to our parameter. and we called in for in direct fire and couldn't get it we called in for permission to return we couldn't get in because my comment was getting over wrong. so welcome on the tollers we just try to find a place and spend the night there. we told the marshy and he was on the one that was kill and one at a bomb crater and we sat there on

i do have a certain allegiance to the celtics, certainly, they were my team as a kid growing up. it's been great being part of the celtics the last five years or so. certainly we turned that team around and they won a championship and i have a ring and i'll always remember that. the organization is great. i left hand a lot from it, though -- i learned a lot from it, though, and the warriors are an amazing opportunity my moment time. we need to do better on the court and we are going to do our best to do that. >> how soon before you will have full control of the team? >> well, it's a process that we have to go through. we have to get nba approval and obviously finish a lot of documents. the lawyers are going to be very busy. and we don't really not amount of time it's going to be exactly. it could be more or less 60 to 90 days. we are going to plug on through and get it done and then get to work. >> this is really one of the best kept secrets. were you in on the process the whole time, or did your team jump in late? >> no. we were there the entire time right from the beginning i t

the change the oath upon entering the israeli parliament no longer do members of parliament swear allegiance only to the state of israel but also to a jewish democratic state why do you think this happened what is the significance well this is part of a much wider trend to do with loyalty the will to legislation as the government's now calling it mr mr lieberman's party. the far right party i've already mentioned he he he got elected on a plan he's the third largest party in the parliament he was elected on the platform of no loyalty no citizenship and his party has been introducing a series of bills to try and ensure that palestinian citizens have less and less legitimacy within the political system not all of the bills are being passed but but changing the whole discourse in israel now into one in which the assumption is that the palestinians are not loyal they have should have no rights they have to prove their loyalty and so this is very much part of that whole set of the same kind of move you talk about lack of loyalty that we see the elders made member of parliament earnings who are be

growing up, the pledge of allegiance was something many of us recited in elementary school and nevered. as a group of atheists battle public religion in schools. here's dan harris now with more. >> reporter: here in north carolina, deep in the bible belt, a group of atheists recently decided to remind people of the history of the pledge of allegiance by putting up six billboards all over the state, including one on the billy graham parkway, which say "one nation indivisible." purposely leaving out the words "under god." atheists point out those words weren't in the original pledge, which was written in 1892, more than 100 years after the country was founded, by pastor francis bellamy. as part of a campaign to promote patriotic observances in schools. >> one nation indivisible. >> reporter: the pastor didn't use the words "under god." congress added the phrase in 1954. so you think having "under god" is actually discriminatory? >> i think it is for me. because i don't believe in a god and i don't believe that our country was founded on christianity or any religion. >> reporter: jennif

oil to israel as a jewish democratic state i would be israelis are furious most refuse to swim allegiance to a state they believe explicitly excludes and marginalizes them. on t.v. just a. place in southern russia claimed they killed two militants suspected of attacking a hydroelectric plant on wednesday two security guards were killed gunman stormed the facility and knocked out two generators artie's negros is of a report from the republican county. it's been reported that the militants leaders are the sure who was behind the storming of this hydro plant in the north caucasus on wednesday morning a group of up to five gunmen forced their way into the box on power plant killing two police officers at the entrance members of the sure gang who were reportedly identified by employees of this station as the attackers although there's been no official confirmation so far the gang detonated four bombs equivalent to ten kilos of t.n.t. security has been tightened at all the energy facilities across russia. this is a sporadic event this is a case of criminal activity blatant negligence law enforc

loyalty to israel as a jewish democratic state i would be israelis are furious most refuse to swear allegiance to a state they believe explicitly excludes and marginalizes them police here r.t. jeff. a moscow court has delayed its verdict on thirteen people accused of murder and race hate crimes four of the defendants will have to undergo psychiatric tests before the final decision is made the groups accused of ethnically motivated killings and terrible if found guilty members could face life in jail investigators claim the gang was part of an ultra nationalist movement banned for its extremist activities but dozens of people killed in race hate crimes in russia each year. so what drives attackers to commit ethnic violence. this self professed deeply religious woman is full of hate hate for those who are different hate for immigrants. she accuses of occupying disrespecting and contaminating her nation russians she insists are fighting a race war motivated by loan book for love for our home went and our nation of love for our good people families where people don't just date and then break up b

oil to israel as a jewish democratic state i would be israelis are furious most refuse to swear allegiance to a state they believe explicitly excludes and marginalizes them police here r.t. . but i'm not joined from tel aviv by political journalist and analyst gideon levy thanks for joining us so what do you make of this case. if it wouldn't be so it could have been very funny this whole story. it's a story of a very well covered up racism it's a story of stupidity if i may say so because they called misunderstood the whole seeing. story of made chauvinism. because it's all based on the assumption that the woman gives something in the men get something which is also something that. it should be different in any case i was asking today in my article their respective full judges in jerusalem would they all saw him convicted a jew who would claim he is a muslim and would go to bed was a muslim also convicted for rape well it's interesting. yes it's interesting you raise that point in this race this point is a bit earlier we had a guest on saying actually this case was about the section the ma

loyalty to israel as a jewish democratic state i would be israelis are furious most refuse to swear allegiance to a state they believe explicitly excludes and marginalizes them police here r.t. jeff. we are running down the top stories of the week day and on wednesday gunmen stormed our hydroelectric power plant in southern russia leaving two guards dead and destroying two generators investigators say poor security at the facility made it vulnerable to attack. as of our reports from the republic of cartagena ball-carrier. it's been reported that the militants laser sure it was behind the storming of this hydro plant in the north caucasus on wednesday morning a group of up to five gunmen forced their way into the rock sound power plant killing two police officers at the entrance members of the surest gang who were reportedly identified by employees of this station as the attackers although there's been no official confirmation so far the gang detonated four bombs equivalent to ten kilos of t.n.t. the explosions didn't damage the planned day and didn't affect the electricity supply of the region

loyalty to israel as a jewish democratic state i would be israelis are furious most refuse to swear allegiance to a state they believe explicitly excludes and marginalizes them. and breakthroughs in treating aids have been attracting much attention at an international conference on the disease in vienna but activists have also been trying to highlight the need for universal access to treatment campaigners continue to protest demanding more rights for those with hiv and aids plane has been lodged against the u.s. the united nations on behalf of nineteen organizations they claim president obama's policies favor multinational pharmaceutical companies make treatments more expensive obama is said to be hurt by the accusations. north korea has can damn the u.s. and south korea for this weekend's joint military exercises saying they pose a security risk to the peninsula pyongyang also criticized washington's decision to impose further sanctions on the country to help prevent nuclear proliferation secretary of state hillary clinton announce the new measures during a visit to seoul on wednesday tension

loyalty to israel as a jewish democratic state i would be israelis are furious most refuse to swear allegiance to a state they believe explicitly excludes and marginalizes them police here are t. jaffa. ports across russia blocking navy day. which is held on the last sunday go to law a every year the display of nautical clout with also be big in ukraine where russia is a huge black sea fleet is based as thousands gathered to watch the parade maltese customer service ports forms of a still. very big day for sailors all across russia today is russian navy day and everywhere and most of the ports where the russian navy is pleaded where is it that ships are in port au be huge military parades celebrations and the state that is marking this occasion of course one of the most watched parades is the one of the russian black sea fleet which is not actually stationed in russia it's in ukrainian ports of the sea last couple here in the crimea ukrainian and russian so sailors will be participating in the festivities together with all of the city and many of the tourists who are holidaying here in the cri

loyalty to israel as a jewish democratic state i would be israelis are furious most refuse to swear allegiance to a state they believe explicitly excludes and marginalizes them. r.t. . earlier i spoke to donna. head of the center for victims of crime at the academic college and also political journalist and a list gideon levy here's what they had to say. i'm not so sure about it personally i think that this case has been. timely because the court emphasized this sure prison. when he was married nor. to claim to be and the real question is whether. we are adults people who are grown up people and we know that in any kind of relationship between men and women big lies and small lies white lies and lies. about his age he could tell her he loved and he didn't love her he could tell her that he has a car and he doesn't have a car. there really shows that he most men will pretend to be a jew and this is the subtext of the whole thing don't touch all women that's the subtext yf the judges to maintain the if they didn't mean it but that's their meaning. it was still to come later in the program a manh

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