i hear chaching. been a white guy with the right education, i might not have gotten that third shot. the one thing that we should make sure is possible in america is we can't guarantee you success, but everybody in america ought to be guaranteed a fair shot. that means the ability to fail as well. go out there and strive for that. [applause] lesson number two. beyond that responsibility to yourself, you also have a responsibility to your humanity and your country, and the world at large. you are graduating at a time when our nation's political and policy debates are pretty intense. your generation has a whole lot at stake in these debates. $16.5a has rolled up -- trillion in debt. go tonight when you sleep, it goes up by $4 billion. you do not made -- you do not need to be a math major to know those are big numbers. in my day job, i am trying to work in washington to persuade my folks to occasionally take off their democrat had republican hats, and put our country first. [applause] guess what? if we d