i signed on for the bongs and the waterbeds. what's this about, you know, blowing people up? and i began to see this totalitarian side to the left, and i think that was the beginning of my journey away from that was -- and so, yes, i think libertarianism has a great potential appeal, has a great appeal now and even larger potential appeal. [applause] thank you.

i signed on for the bongs and the waterbeds. what's this about, you know, blowing people up? and i began to see this totalitarian side to the left, and i think that was the beginning of my journey away from that was -- and so, yes, i think libertarianism has a great potential appeal, has a great appeal now and even larger potential appeal. [applause] thank you. the national book festival. >> now back to robin who is out and about here. >> i'm holding the the sense and no -- "the essential engineer: why science alone will not solve ou global problems" henry petroski, welcome and tell us what is the reasoning behind the subtitle, why science alone will not solve our global problems? >> we hear a lot about the global problems climate change and we also hear a lot about the importance of what science will do to help alleviate these problems or out rights all them. the history of science and technology teaches us that science and scientists generally do not solve problems, they help but engineers of the problem solvers. engineers and problem solving are really hand and glove. >> i

i signed on for the bongs and water beds. what's this blowing people up? i saw the totalitarian side on the left. that was the beginning of my journey away from that. i think libertarianism has a great potential appeal, and a appeal now, and even a larger potential appeal. [applause] thank you [applause] >> pg is the author of over a dozen books including parliament of whores and driving like crazy. for more information visit pjorourke.com. molly calledwell is the author of asleep, the forgotten epidemic one of medicines greatest mysteries. rebecca skloot is the author of hen rei -- henrietta lax. this is just under an hour. >> thanks, clay, for introducing us, and welcome, everybody. this section is called fact of life, humanizing medical mysteries and the authors are molly crosby and rebecca skloot. i want to remind you following the session 15 minutes after it, the authors will sign their books on congress avenue between 10th and 11th street. i've been involved with book fairs for many years, and like 10 years ago i took an author to the airport, and i

i signed on for the bongs and the waterbeds. what's this about, you know, blowing people up? and i began to see this totalitarian side to the left, and i think that was the beginning of my journey away from that was -- and so, yes, i think libertarianism has a great potential appeal, has a great appeal now and even larger potential appeal. [applause] thank you. >> p.j. o'rourke is the author of over a dozen books including "parliament of whores," "give war a chance," "and driving like crazy." for more information visit pj o'rourke.com. >> wilson is a pulitzer-prize winning naturalist, and we're here to talk to him about hisppe first novel called "anthill." tell us u how did you come up with the title of your book? >> well, it's really a coming of age novel about a young boy who grows up in the deep south and becomes enamored, in love with bonded -- [inaudible] a rare patch of old grove forests near his home and begins to develop such a liking of it and understanding of it that heb decides that he will do anything when he grows up to safe it from developers and down in that pa

i signed on for the bongs and the waterbeds. what's this about, you know, blowing people up? and i began to see this totalitarian side to the left, and i think that was the beginning of my journey away from that was -- and so, yes, i think libertarianism has a great potential appeal, has a great appeal now and even larger potential appeal. [applause] thank you. >> for more information visit pjorourke.com. >> every weekend booktv brings you 48 hours of history, biography and public affairs. here's a portion of one of our programs. >> in addition to a questionnaire that covered a wide variety of background items, the yaf members were asked to imagine the nation's history from 1966 to the end of the century. in other words, the year 2000. and so they were looking ahead for 34 years and imagining what they perceived, what they were giving as what would happen to our country for the remainder of the century. and a graduate student who is doing this study, richard brown guard, was surprised by what he described as the belief of yaf members that a continued drift to the welfare stat

on i signed on for the bongs and the waterbeds, you know? i began to see this totalitarian side to the left, and i thinke that was the beginning of my journey away from that was -- and so, yes, i think libertarianism has a greatial potential appeal, has a greatpel appeal now and even largerr potential appeal.pote [applause] thank you. >> p.j. o'rourke is the author of over a dozen books including "parliament of whores," "give war a chance," "and driving like crazy." for more information visit pjwit o'rourke.com.j >> richard roads, winner of the pulitzer prize and his new book, the twilight of the bombs: recent challenges, new dangers and the prospect for a world without nuclear weapons. realistically speaking, is theri a prospect for no nuclearcle weapons on the planet? >> oh, i think so.th they've cost us $50 billion ao year. president obama has announced i5 is official u.s. policy that wef move towards zero, so it's justw a matter of working out some ofa the security relationships that are standing in the way.t >> with regard to working ou

they are -- their organization is called the golden gate bong what association. these young women are students at san francisco state university and the university of san francisco, and they practice every sunday morning -- that is called dedication. they have got beautiful costumes. you are going to see them perform with their props here, but they celebrate the bunjabi full dance and their culture, and i think it is a wonderful way of celebrating our heritage month. would you please give a warm welcome to six lovely students? come on, everybody. let's give them a hand. [applause] ♪ [singing in foreign language] [applause] >> , on, everyone. part of a fabulous -- com onee , everyone. weren't the fabulous? we are all here for these awards, the asian pacific american heritage award honors individuals and organizations who have made direct impact to their communities. the apa heritage awards are being presented in three categories. for individuals, we have awards for the emerging leadership and lifetime achievements, and the community organizations. we have the comm

here among the hookas, bongs or roach trays. >> we have people coming back and rebuying it.ve people on the service and people on probation and they're buying it. if you like a marijuana type high. and you want to pass a drug test, spice is a great thing to smoke. >> reporter: more and more employers require drug tests and most urine analysis won't read spice. 27 states restrict at least some of them but not california. >> if they want to buy it, they should be able to. as long as it's not hurting anyone. >> reporter: doctors we talked to said it is hurting people. >> there's been some cases of seizures. one teen he saw recently nearly died. another seriously ill after smoking it. >> he did find the synthetic marijuana like compound in the blood in one of the patients and in the power. >> reporter: experts say synthetic cabanoid has sickened 1,600 people this year. >> they come in with hyper tension tacacardia anxiety. there's been reports of hallucination. i'm worried that could be people that really harm themselves with this. >> reporter: doctors warn that smoking marijuan

here among the hookas, bongs or roach trays. >> we have people coming back and rebuying it.ve people on the service and people on probation and they're buying it. if you like a marijuana type high. and you want to pass a drug test, spice is a great thing to smoke. >> reporter: more and more employers require drug tests and most urine analysis won't read spice. 27 states restrict at least some of them but not california. >> if they want to buy it, they should be able to. as long as it's not hurting anyone. >> reporter: doctors we talked to said it is hurting people. >> there's been some cases of seizures. one teen he saw recently nearly died. another seriously ill after smoking it. >> he did find the synthetic marijuana like compound in the blood in one of the patients and in the power. >> reporter: experts say synthetic cabanoid has sickened 1,600 people this year. >> they come in with hyper tension tacacardia anxiety. there's been reports of hallucination. i'm worried that could be people that really harm themselves with this. >> reporter: doctors warn that smoking marijuan

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i had a messy idea of freedom back in those days drinking bong water, but i had a tidy idea that freedom was the central issue of politics. now, i loved politics. many young people do. kids can spot a means of gain without merit, you know? this may be the reason that professional politicians retain a certain youthful zest. ted kennedy was the boyo right down to his last aged-disease wracked moment. i was sure i was right about the preeminent place freedom should have in a political system. but there are lots of definitions of free. thirty-six definitions of free in webster's third international dictionary. plenty of people are theoretically in favor of freedom. we are all but overrun with theoretical allies in freedom's cause. we have got collaborators in the fight for freedom that we don't even want. i mean, the proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. it's the second to the last sentence of the communist manifesto, and there's a creepy echo of it in the refrain of chris kristofferson's me and bobby mcgee. half a million people died in that definition of freedom, and we shoul

. >> i heard like a bong, like a long knocking sound.t know if that was normal. >> she says many passengers complained about the sound and asked the ship's crew what was happening the she says they told her the sound of the engine working at top speed to make up for lost time. another passenger, former marine, told her the noise was definitely coming from the engine. it didn't sound normal. then in long beach she says they were all herded out of the ship like cat. just as the new group was being brought on. makes sense that it was something wrong. they didn't really even bother to check very well. it is about making money. york wakefield shepard. is a bus driver. shy says on her bus she has to do a thorough inspection before she lets passengers on board. she fears that is not what happened on the ship. now the passengers are suffering because of it. tracy grant, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, tracy. san francisco, and other california cities and counties, are now worrying they have to go along with a controversial immigration program w

i signed on for the bongs and the waterbeds. what's this about, you know, blowing people up? began to see this totalitarian side to the left, and i think that was the beginning of my journey away from that was -- and so, yes, i think libertarianism has a great potential appeal, has a great appeal now and even larger potential appeal. [applause] thank you. >> thanks, clay, for introducing us, and welcome everybody. this session is called "back to life: humanizing medical bac mysteries," and the authors are molly caldwell crosby and rebecca skloot.hors i want to remind you thatlute. following this session, about 50 minutes after it, the authors yt will sign the book at the book signing tent on congress avenue between 10th and 11th streets. l sign their books between tenth, and eleventh street. have been involved for many years and ten years ago by was taking an author to the airport and mentioned by was a scientist and the author was a history rider and he said who are your favorite science writers and i'm struck dumbfounded and i said carl sagan, i really didn't -- nothing cam

of it, and that meant not just photographing the combat, but their time off when war is often very bong, boredom punctuated by sheer terror, and i wanted to capture all that. >> brown: we'll start with the combat. when you're out there with the men and a battle start what are you trying to capture? >> well, i'm a documentary photographer and filmmaker and i've been doing this for many years, and it was my first time to be in a combat scenario with i was in afghanistan with these men. i'm there as a witness. and i'm just trying to record what i can in the very kind of frenetic environment. i try and obviously, you know, keep myself out of the way and out of danger, but obviously you're in the situation. and the men kind of really accepted our presence. we became for all intents and purposes part of the platoon, although i never carried a weapon, i never pulled guard duty, thool i they they wish i did. and they realized we were going to go to the furthest extent they would go to, we were on in every combat situation, and that that made a bond with me and i was able to document their lives

but, honey, please, stay off the bong pipe. i can't promise you that. oh. [groans] okay. mm.h! hey, do you mind? i am trying to concentrate. i mean, here i am, staying up all night, killing myself, trying to come up with activities for our fourth of july camping trip, but you won't let me think! oh, you want time to think? why don't you think about the fact that you just wo-- ah, w-w-wha-- what did you just say? yes, you heard me. if you keep up this weird attitude, i won't be able to go to work for a year, and have to plan 10 more vacations. that make you happy? did you eat a bad yodel? give me those big lips. mm. ben: what's going on down here? ben. ben! come here. oh, my god. i missed you, i missed you. look at you, boy. you know what? i'm gonna finish the tree house. we're gonna sleep in it next weekend. from now on, we'll exercise, and i'm not gonna wear a speedo. all right! all right. and you... nice jump. i love you. one day, you are gonna be the hottest chick alive. but you've still gotta have brains, so... tomorrow i'm gonna teach you calculus. you know calculus? i k

. >> oh, yeah, for the horrendous crime of shipping a bong across the state line. >> you're a terriblemy. >> you know what happened, it was the only weapon of mass destruction that the bush people found. >> tommy, time's probably changing. maybe this will change, you'll be out there advocating. you're on tour right now. where can people see you? >> we're at santa cruz tonight. we're going to be in los angeles saturday. and then we're going to be in houston, texas. actually go on cheech-and-chong.com. >> you're a legend in comedy. i appreciate you coming on. >> it's great to be on your show. >> tell your wife i'll send her that autographed picture. just be patient. she's beautiful. thank you, buddy. >> thank you. >> check out their website where you can catch that. thanks so much, tommy, and to the congressman, allen grayson. i appreciate their sense of humor on that. >>> all right. what do a 4-year-old, a french doctor and a weeping willow have in common? i'm going to tell you right away. stay with me. curve at my curves. so i threw it right back... with yoplait light -- around 100 cal

then there is, of course, pakistan with its, quote, islamic bong," never forget that they are in allegiance with china while we give them money to bolster pakistan's economy. the chinese gave pakistan nuclear weapons technology. we are borrowing more from china to give to pakistan which is an ally of china even as they build their islamic bond with china. wake up, america, we can't continue with this kind of insanity. the opening by iran of a new missile production plant in march of 2010 enable ide ran to quickly expand its supply of nasr anti-ship missiles. yep, another china deal. not long after that, hezbollah, iranen -- iranian cruise missile knocked out an iranian ship. another gift from china. what's the response of the obama administration to all these transfers of weapons of mass destruction by chee in a to rogue nations? -- by china to rogue nations? there have been no penalties imposed. washington is again considering letting chinese rockets launch u.s. satellites. i guess they need to upgrade their system so they can pass even more updated weapons to their criminal buddies. china

the current system is likely built and tested outside of i don't think bong.lieve these sent finals require help. the best articles that i've seen on this is david albright and paul branyan, of ice sis, they just published a month or so ago. they lay out the extensive krpration with pakistan, going back to 1993. including training of north korean people in the k.r.l. the research has beentory. they started a start -- starter kit and laid out the procurement including from russia and germany. my concern has the possibility of connections to iran. but quite frankly, what we saw, ,000 centrifuges. 2,000 centrifuges and this 8,000 kilogram swoop, that's about i'm in the sure that i would go to iran if i were in north korea. it might, in the future be the other way around. so nevertheless, i worry about cooperation with iran. i'm getting close to the end, another question you have, why did they show us this and why now? the real answer, i don't know. bob collins doesn't know and maybe he'll tell you later. and john lewis doesn't know. but we could speculate. so, th