it reminds me of a yogi berra story-- yogi berra, the famous baseball player. he said early on, he was not so-- he didn't do too well in school. and he said, one time, the teacher said, "yogi, do you know anything?" he said, "i don't even suspect anything." you want an advisor who suspects something, who wants to learn something. you want to work with somebody that knows more than you. you ever go in for a major purchase? you're going to spend a lot of money. maybe it's an appliance, a tv, even a car. and you go in and within 15 seconds in the conversation with the salesperson, you start to realize you know more than him. that ever happen to you? how does that make you feel? you're going to spend a lot of money. don't you want to work with somebody who knows more than you? well, do you think a person's life savings is a major purchase? is that a major purchase for you? you want to work with somebody who knows more than you. the better educated you are, the more you will demand from your advisor and he or she will be better educated. the less likely you'll just

. >> it is not like yogi berra would have us believe it is deja vu all over again. may guest: be if you need a passport and the government shutdown it would feel like deja vu. host: you are on the line from oklahoma. caller: it is kind of a double- edged sword for us as republicans because we voted in the election for these republican congressman because we were concerned about spending and we were concerned. there's no money left. but we don't want the government to shut down, but we did not vote for these guys to reach across the aisle. we voted for them to cut the spending and get it under control. i don't know where people think this money is going to come from if we don't cut it. thanks for having me. host: who's your congressman? >> john sullivan. host: have you been pleased with his performance so far? caller: i have. host: what was one of the key items that made you vote for him? caller: he campaigned for cuts in spending. that was one of his biggest campaign items. host: if he turns on that promise in two years, would you vote for him? caller: i think i wou

. >> it is not like yogi berra would have us believe it is deja vu all over again. guest: be if you need a passport and the government shutdown it would feel like deja vu. host: you are on the line from oklahoma. caller: it is kind of a double- edged sword for us as republicans because we voted in the election for these republican congressman because we were concerned about spending and we were concerned. there's no money left. but we don't want the government to shut down, but we did not vote for these guys to reach across the aisle. we voted for them to cut the spending and get it under control. i don't know where people think this money is going to come from if we don't cut it. thanks for having me. host: who's your congressman? >> john sullivan. host: have you been pleased with his performance so far? caller: i have. host: what was one of the key items that made you vote for him? caller: he campaigned for cuts in spending. that was one of his biggest campaign items. host: if he turns on that promise in two years, would you vote for him? caller: i think i would b

and this is, you know, i've often called it yogi berra's famous statement about if you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there. and steve has, i think, the one that first brought me -- brought that to my attention. so i don't believe that pakistan has a clear vision. and i don't believe the civilian government has spent any of its time in the first two years producing that vision and trying to get a national understanding of that vision. in a manner that it could then bring along the other parties and perhaps also manage to bring along or congeal or convince the pakistani military to move towards the clearly-divisioned vision of what they would like pakistan to be. that's one the reasons why i brought up the issue of the democratic shift. that's the reality that pakistan is going to have to deal with. unless and until the political system changes, because of those natural causes, it's going to be hard to expect the politics to change it in a manner in which it goes against them. they are not going to have the par. nor the cartel that they -- [no audio] >> the confli

eevetchts by saying to each and every one of you something that my favorite political philosopher yogi berra once said at a dinner in his honor when he said thanks to all of who you have made this day necessary. really the people in this room have made this day necessary so give yourself a round of applause. i want to thank you all. the fact we could have accomplished this in such eye short period of time is a testament to everybody in this room. i had the pleasure of speaking to the vice president and his lovely daughter mary earlier. i started to tell them a story. they're very good friends with a dear friend of mine, jim baker, former secretary of state. and they were with him in texas earlier. and i just wanted to tell baker's favorite story since he always -- i'm always the punch line for his stories. the one story that he always told -- and i think still does after all of these years -- concern the time he was the one and only time a candidate for public office. and we were in west texas one day. it was a sunday and we were having a terrible time finding voters. finally in desperation

season, pitchers and catchers reported, so i always am reminded of the great baseball philosopher, yogi berraho said when you come to the fork in the road, you've got to take it. i think we have to take it. the good and bad news i think is there really are not many options out there. joe alluded to this earlier. the work that chairman thomas did and senator breaux are mimicked in ryan, rivlin and some of the other proposals. we'll talk about the elements in a moment. the alternatives to a program that looks more like that, more competitive, that's more of a defined contribution as opposed to a defined benefit is to ratchet down on provider payments or increase taxes. in some cases, along with it, continue to promise people that you're going to do that by swinging the benefit pot. we've tried that. albert einstein said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again. that compels me to believe that the debt situation, that the situation we face in terms of the lack in quality and all the incremental improvements that we've tried to sort of weld on to this 1965 battle shi

. >> it is not like yogi berra would have us believe it is deja vu all over again. may guest: be if you need a passport and the government shutdown it would feel like deja vu. host: you are on the line from oklahoma. caller: it is kind of a double- edged sword for us as republicans because we voted in the election for these republican congressman because we were concerned about spending and we were concerned. there's no money left. but we don't want the government to shut down, but we did not vote for these guys to reach across the aisle. we voted for them to cut the spending and get it under control. i don't know where people think this money is going to come from if we don't cut it. thanks for having me. host: who's your congressman? >> john sullivan. host: have you been pleased with his performance so far? caller: i have. host: what was one of the key items that made you vote for him? caller: he campaigned for cuts in spending. that was one of his biggest campaign items. host: if he turns on that promise in two years, would you vote for him? caller: i think i wou