one of the books he is authored or compiled for the regnery is the completed autobiography of benjamin franklin. ben franklin wrote his autobiography and only covered until 74 g7 a lot of things happened after 1757 and dr. skousen has taken the actual awards of benjamin franklin and compiled the rest of the story so at our book party immediately following we will have copies of the completed autobiography to be handed out. now i give you benjamin franklin. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much. it is most agreeable to be here with you on this beautiful day in new york. i am sad and of course to discover after being gone for over 200 years that the city of new york is substantially larger than my home town of boston and philadelphia. what has happened to this country? but in the end, it was a pleasure to know that new york is the capitol capitalism and the world, and for that, i would always be in favor because i was always in favor of the commercial society. i have been amazed. i come at the time before my demise and 79 d, had always wished to have lived in your time to to three centu

he's a good friend of benjamin franklin and it was actually through his collection with benjamin franklinhe company in philadelphia that he was to do contact with english gardeners. but as i read on through the letters and manuscripts and accounts, i came across an account of a visit of the delegates of the constitutional convention in 1787 to the bartram's garden, and i'm going to talk about that a little bit later. and i found an invoice to george washington, who had ordered hundreds of trees and shrubs for his garden in mt. vernon to read james madison had visited, john adams visited and the jefferson found time to come here while and he was writing the declaration of independence. and therefore, romanticized the depiction of george washington visiting bartram's garden, and you can see this is the kind of back of the house. so, but it was really only when i followed john bartram's footsteps through the appalachian mountains in october, 2006 that i understood just how important plants had been for the founding fathers. because bartram had ghana plan taunting and had gone to the appalach

i just got the perspective of but sure enough benjamin franklin is involved. it was an interesting outlook. although calling it to do the heavenly pleasure of pop. >> i am interested in your descriptions of the district of columbia. could you talk about that? i was surprised there is so much disagreement to what it should be that washington d.c. should be the organic place. basically i did not talk about that today because of that story but it will take three minutes on this question. we're all passionate gardeners. where to find the most amazing stuff. we didn't find anything which then to say a whole theory is not working. basically, when they decide there will be a new capital in the district of columbia, they have two very different ideas and both of them agreed the capital should be a reflection of the power of the federal government. that the federal government should have a lot of power while its epperson believes the federal government should be as invisible as as possible. so if they have a grain and and amazing sweeping avenues and the market plan fo

>> no, benjamin franklin said that. it goes back before benjamin franklin all the way back to aesop's fables. >> here's another one -- god works in mysterious ways. where's that one come from. >> not in the bible. technically some versus seem to support the idea but it comes really from a 19th century hymn "god moves in mysterious ways." >> the next one, cleanliness is next to godliness. where does this one come from? >> john westly in the 18th century and frances bacon before him. again some passages seem to support the idea but nothing quite like that. the cleanliness the bible talks about is religious purity, not whether your fingernails are clean. >> "spare the rod, spoil the child." now it's kind of, sort of, in the bible but it is not really verbatim like this. >> that's right. there's something sort of like this in proverbs 13 and a few other passages that talk about disciplining children but it doesn't have anything to do with spoiling the child but rather that discipline is part of parental instruction and love

the chinese education center, washington irving elementary, rafael wheel and elementary, and benjamin franklin middle school and marina middle school. in 2000 evon was awarded the award for excellence in math and science and was at george washington high school and now retiring from her post as the principal of yuqual school in the heart of my district. last and certainly not least, judy polly, in the 42 years she has been with the district she has served in a wide range of roles in our elementary and middle schools. she's been a counselor, a dean of students, program director, and an assistant principal at marina middle and for the past five years judy has served as the principal at francisco middle school. over this past year, in recognition of her tremendous contributions, judy has received many educational awards. school master of the year by the california school masters club, administrator of the year by the association of california school administrators, and mayor's principal of the year presented by the city and county of san francisco. i have to say by the way, i cannot believe that

i went to school here right across the street at benjamin franklin. it is not called ben franklin anymore. i have grown up now. my whole thing is, i can remember hearing the stories about jim jones and how he rated the black community of their properties and businesses. it is very painful to see that. i was born in the 1980's and i saw i whole lot of black businesses when i was growing up, but now, even back then, elders were telling me things were not the same. now that i've grown up a little bit more, and i come from the fillmore, i am seeing less and less black businesses. to me, it is not the same. it gets even deeper than what they were saying. i am seeing less black businesses. please find them if they have good ideas. support the use and support the community. please support them. it is important. the western addition, the fillmore, would not be the same without the african-american community. san francisco would not be the same without the black people. i will just ask you respectfully to support that. it is very important. thank you. >> thank

i think benjamin franklin talked about that, you know, how children who are brought up without much really have the best work ethic, but you know, for me, i'm so blessed to be able to do what i love to do as well, you know. >> what do you like doing most? put family aside for one moment, professionally, if i could offer you the chance to just do one of these things every day. >> my goodness. one? >> what would you choose? what would you get rid of? what's the one thing you love most? >> that's been my curse. i can't really find that one thing that keeps me content or happy. i've always wanted to have the ability to do what i want to do and there's so many things i want to do. i love acting. i love directing. i love producing. i love being a wife. if i had to choose one, put me in the crazy house. >> what would your mother say? if i had her sitting here now, what would she say is the thing you enjoy most, do you think? my mother would know. >> she would probably say being a mother. >> right. what about professionally. >> music. >> really? that's interesting. >> yeah. she would say music see

and in the second shoran of benjamin franklin is involved. so it is kind of like, this is an interesting subject. kind of, you know, the earthly pleasures and other heavenly pleasures. yes. >> i was particularly interested in york descriptions of the establishment of the district of columbia. could you talk about that a bit? was surprised there was so much disagreement among the founding fathers as to what it should be. particularly jefferson felt this to be an organic and not important place. >> i basically -- while god. i basically didn't talk brought that because it is a whole story in itself. i am going to take premeds to answer this question. so if you think that the first four presidents of the united states are all passionate gardeners you would just assume that you are going to find the most amazing stuff above the white house garden. well, i didn't find anything. you then think about, my god. my whole theory is not working. i came up with a theory which i think it's in quite neatly. basically what happens is when they decide that the

case of the japanese americans in fact underlines most strongly those wise wards attributed to benjamin franklin who said those who give up sensual liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. thanks for listening. let's have a little discussion. [applause] >> yes. [inaudible question] >> the question is, was there any actual evidence that led to the confinement? this is a key question, very intelligent question and key question, because michelle milkan and those who falled her have claimed the u.s. intercepts of the japanese diplomatic code displayed mass espionage by japanese americans. my contention is they don't show any such thing. they show pious hopes by japanese authorities who are recruiting spies, that they could get to recruit japanese americans, and even if there had been evidence of that, it was not shown to the people who made the actual decisions on the ground. the best answer i can come up with is, no. the best evidence is that there was no actual evidence of any sabotage by any japanese american on the west coast, and this is one area where t

as fascinating of a character as you are likely to find, sort of amoral benjamin franklin absolute genius who was a complete rate. and but, you know, i ended up cutting pages and pages out of the manuscript. i get so fascinated by these people. you could only tell so much of the story. eyes on the prize as my wife reminded me. anyone else? yes. oh back there. >> is there any mention in your book about his dealings about nature? i remember there was a story in the rattle snake about not killing mosquitoes around the campfire. >> these are stories -- i should have mentioned some of these. the name story where he steps on a rattle snake, the rattle snake bit him, and he dug into it and came back and the only recorded instance of his killing an animal. and he came back and saw it dead on the ground later and was devastated by what he had done. the other story about -- yes, putting out the fire so the mosquitoes wouldn't be burned. you and i are pushing them towards the fire. he dozes the fire. there was the pure animalistic quality. he did see -- another story why he planted apples by seed. h

he went 463 in this one but he did shut down the benjamin franklin parkway in philly today for his effortshat's a look at sports. guys, that has always been my goal to get in the guinness book, somehow some way. >> you keep trying, jim. let us know when you do it. i don't want to hear what you're doing it for, though. >> that will be our lead story. >> thanks, jim. >>> speaking of leads, for a full half hour of bay area sports coverage, watch comcast sportsnet central tonight at 10:30. maybe you'll hear more about jim's attempts. >> we'll be right back. denny's new tour of america menu. 50 star cuisine. the new tour of america menu. starting at $4.99. only at denny's. america's diner is always open. welcome to the neighborhood. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you say... can you believe it's been 20 years since college? ♪ [ male announcer ] nothing says "you're special" like boursin, a creamy, crumbly blend of real cheese and savory herbs, boursin makes any moment more memorable. even if you're saying... my mother has the kids tonight. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you say boursin? >>> coming up

american inventors have led the world for centuries in new inknow vagues from benjamin franklin and thomas edison to the wright brothers and henry ford. if we want to continue as leaders in the global economy, we must encourage the innovators of today to develop the technologies of tomorrow this bill holds true to the constitution, our founders, and our promise to future generations that america will continue to lead the world as a fountain for discovery, innovation and economic growth. mr. chairman, i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from ohio is recognized. ms. kaptur: mr. chairman if this bill is passed into law, it will violate the first right explicitly named in our constitution, the intellectual property clause. this bill makes a toyal -- total mockery of article 1, section 8, clause 8 which requires congress to secure for inventors to -- their exclusive rights. supporters say it's an attempt to modernize the patent system. what they mean is that this bill europeanizes our patent system by granting the right to an invention to whoever

i osha is the founding fathers statement in terms of benjamin franklin, he who sacrifices libya for security deserves neither. we lost that spirit and i think that's what the blinking in. we were trying so hard to prove our american that we forgot that being an american is holding our government accountable, the essence of being an american. the other issue that emerged was that was almost an official handing over of the baton. it was the young generation whose folks had full confidence in the american identity to say, this is not making sense. they are the ones who stepped forward center stage and said i can challenge you and your i'm less of an american. and i won't accept you to make the claim. [applause] >> after 9/11, i think the arab-american and muslim-americans, they face with the question whether we wanted to be, you know, integrated or we want to be assimilated. and you know that's very political culture. and because there are certain level of years, i mean, if we are assimilated actually we would be accepted by the larger american community. but if you're integrated and kept our c

was it benjamin franklin, john hancock, thomas jefferson or george washington? >> john hancock?aul revere was out to warn that famous night a year before in april that the british were indeed coming. >> we've been hearing a lot about that lately. let's go back across the street. >> where are you from, again? >> texas. >> right out of waco. what is the next line from america's national anthem "the star-spangled banner" o, say can you see by the dawn's early light. >> what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming. >> had to help you there a little bit. >> it's harder when you don't sing it. it's harder when you say it. >> two for two. this song comes from a later war, the war of 1812 written by francis scott key and it didn't become the national anthem until much later, but it was the second war against england in the war of 1812, written in 1813. >> interesting. >> back across to kathkathy. >> who designed the first american flag? it might be a trick question. oh! was it betsy ross? was it molly pitcher, martha washington or george washington? >> betsy ross. >> uh --

benjamin applebaum. no democratic president since franklin delano roosevelt -- let's go to tampa, florida.lex, what do you think? caller: the economy is the first priority for everyone right now. not only here in the u.s., but around the world. president obama will have a huge problem next year with a latino vote because he only got one reform, dealing with immigration. i did -- i do not know how he is going to deal with that next year. you already have 12 states that want to do their own immigration laws. from my point of view, it will be a powerful issue for both parties. host: are you going to stay home? caller: i am disappointed. they are taking advantage of the minorities that cannot defend themselves. instead of fixing the problem, they are making it worse every single month. host: might from wisconsin. caller: we need to put tariffs back in place to create fair trade. then we need to go back to pre- reagan tax rates. then you have to eliminate corporate tax altogether, since 67% of corporations do not pay taxes right now. and then reduce the defense budget by 50% over three years. i

benjamin applebaum. no democratic president since franklin delano roosevelt -- let's go to tampa, florida. alex, what do you think? caller: the economy is the first priority for everyone right now. not only here in the u.s., but around the world. present obama will have a huge problem next year with a latino vote because he only got one reform, dealing with immigration. i did -- i do not know how he is going to deal with that next year. you already have 12 states that want to do their own immigration laws. from my point of view, it will be a powerful issue for both parties. host: are you going to stay home? caller: i am disappointed. they are taking advantage of the minorities that cannodefend themselves. instead of fixing the problem, they are making it worse every single month. host: might from wisconsin. caller: we need to put tariffs ck in place to create fair trade. then we need to go back to pre- reagan tax rates. then you have to eliminate corporate tax altogether, since 67% of corporations do not pay taxes right now. and then reduce the defense budget by 50% over three years. if he