he calls for an alert citizenry. that is he's calling on the political branches of government as well as all of us in our daily lives to follow these events and be aware of it. and so understand that any military industrial complex will require a certain momentum and affairs but they must justify themselves as we justify ourselves as well and i believe your book highlights some stories that i'm aware of, the fitzgerald story, william proximate meyer who's a senator from wisconsin that i know well and other clashes between the military industrial complex and the political branches of government. to give you a little bit of background on this speech, my own book picks up about 65 hours it was given and i would stress a somewhat different aspect of it by way of background and this has to do with alert citizenry. "going home to glory" opens shortly after the speech is given and the eisenhowers are driving back to the gettysburg on the winter chill that john kennedy was inaugurated president of the united states. these ar

obligations that the board and the mayor and the city have already read and promise both to our citizenry as well as our businesses, as well as the agencies. we have a lot of regulatory and land use approvals that have to be done, and that office will be leading that effort as well. developing all of the event logistics with the authority and in coordination with all the different agencies. we will be partnering through that office with the america's cup organizing committee on all the private fund raising that has to get done and also the obligations. we will also be working on a plan that promotes this city and the best we have been able to do. i know we have done a great defense in the city from the world series two super bowls and so forth. as i said earlier, this event will be a combination of all of those great events put together for literally the year -- the next two years leading up to it. so, of course, we will be promoting all of our great benefits and local restaurants, hotels, retailers, manufacturers, big businesses, but also small businesses. they are really a backbone. onc

james madison, for example, according to which tyranny is less likely to be imposed on an armed citizenry. why is that? because it's more costly to do it. and the fact that through technological and social changes, there's certainly no doubt that the 101st airborne could defeat any group of american citizens with their hunting rifles. that's certainly true. that doesn't change the fact that in less extreme situations, government oppression, government violence can be deterred by the fact that there are armed citizens. because they raise the prospective cost, or raise the risk of engaging in tyranny. and there are examples of that. for example, durng the '60s in the civil rights movement, where the government and quasi government organizations like the ku klux klan were deterred by visibly and organized groups of blacks and civil rights workers arming themselves to make it more costly to oppress them. although this kind of operates at the margin nowadays, not in the kind of ultimate extreme sense that people like to think of it, it does not mean that an armed citizenry is no deterrent at a

citizenry unless they have good and accurate information. the national press club and its members elevate and continue that tradition. it plays a vital role in the fabric of our democracy, the well-being and health of our democracy and i take that sentiment that i expressed to alan very seriously and sincerely, thank you for the work that you do. we also know that in those instances where reality and fact give way to condemnation based not on fact or allegation or judgment, it becomes very corrosive, not just to the debate but to our democracy and more broadly. in my experience with the 35-w bridge collapse, we have individuals and others making severe judgments in the early moments and hours of that crisis that turned out to be flat wrong. one hour later, one year later, the ntsb determined that the primary cause for that bridge falling was a design flaw dating back to the 1960's, really quite unrelated to much of the concern and allegations that were expressed. we saw some of those same reactions in this tragedy of a few days ago. i come t

the town, and the quality of activating, in a gratitude kind of way, and organized response by the citizenry, and this is something that you could be very proud of. >> going back to what he said about the intake process, they are really focusing on logistics'. doing purchasing supplies. the training has reflected the response, taking into getting the purchasers, and other logistical people, involved in reacting to an earthquake or a tsunami or other disaster. >> we had so much money to spend, at the beginning. we're trying to get the equipment here, and i'm wanting to thank you for putting this in place. yahoo! >> when we got all of this driving down, the question is, if you were spending this. we have the process, to spend money. and not everyone in that sector of the economy necessarily represented at the valley is. and we had to figure out some ways in a strategic way to organize and get all the equipment purchased. and in the money would disappear. >> go ahead. >> since everyone is saying thank you, i would like to offer my thanks for the efforts and shepherding these contracts, and this

leadership is looked at more and more by people of other countries as to what they can bring to their own citizenry and their neighbors. this is a wonderful job, i do this with enthusiasm. i would like to thank the supervisors and to those who work with me and are our friends. i would like to extend my thanks you to my mother, my wife, my family who has been here. they have seen the sacrifices it takes to run this great city. thank you for being here and thank you very much. [applause] >> by the way, his mother and family flew in from seattle and new york. are you ready? we will go through the usual routine. you have done this many times. i solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies foreign and domestic and that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter. during such time, that i hold the position as the city a

sort of scratching our heads about doing this on a monthly, so if it means increasing access to the citizenryf listening it to the committees and commissions that are not well covered, neither by sfgtv or any other medium, television access, then at least, the very minimum is that i think that we turn back to those on realized proposals that are really cheap on a dime and make them happen, and then i think it makes these kinds of questions a little more palatable to us. does that make sense? >> it does. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. chair chu: thank you, supervisor mirkarimi. number one, we have a motion to amend the motion by supervisor mirkarimi, to allow for and require that there is a reporting that is done by dt in terms of consolidation efforts every six months, twice a year. can we take that without objection? [gavel] so the item has been amended. there is also concern with regard to making a recording that is now required as part of the amended legislation. just a general update at some point in time about future consolidation efforts. i think supervisor kim pointed out about -- co

that is asking the question of what happens to our ability to manage and caretaker the needs of the citizenry when oil becomes at such a cost that it is prohibited. there are context in international circles and domestic think tanks that this nation needs to be prepared for the possibility of what is known as peak oil. when those supplies or the cost of those supplies become such a challenge. all this report did was begin the embryonic stage of looking at what it means to live with this particular reality which i don't think is so science fiction. want to appreciate eric mar and his staff that worked with the peak will task force that is before as and pulling up points that the city must take notice. other cities like portland, ore., and new york city are doing the same thing and san francisco should join them. >> can we take a roll-call vote on item 22? >> aye. >> no. >> aye. >> aye. >> no. >> aye. >> aye. >> no. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> the resolution is adopted. i would ask if we can refer back to item 19. i understand we don't have a board of supervisors meeting on the 18th and we need

and yet they have so corrupted the levers of power as to render the citizenry impotent.nd that in an advert in totalitarian have a situation where economics always trumps politics were as in classical totalitarianism all it takes trumps economics. and he says the way that the masses are pacified is through credit because real wage or 90% of americans have been on a steady decline since the early 1970s. and cheap mass-produced goods. well now the credit is gone for most people. and the mass-produced goods are becoming because of the deprivation among our permit underclass unaffordable. and i spoke to one not long ago and i asked him if you take away those two mechanisms of control, can you see the possibility of inverted totalitarianism slipping into the kind of classical totalitarianism, and he agreed that we could. we are not immune from them. we are not immune from these sources. we are no different from the germans who were interested in the late 1920s or the yugoslavs or anyone else. and, unfortunately, the systems of mass propaganda and the resources in the hands of

of course, they do not mean the entire citizenry. they are referring to a small said that shares their selfish interests. the bankers and took billions of dollars in a public bailout and still pay themselves tens of millions in bonuses call themselves the financial- services. the mafia calls itself a family. the people in the public library do not consider in fraud or cheating or lying. it is just what is necessary for the library family. there was a time when people believed in democracy. people need to accept obligations to society and contribute to the good of society. they look to you as an example. the idea that those in charge consider themselves a family with the problems of the aristocracy that the principles of democracy were intended to solve, the idea that we have supervisors who have no training in democratic principles and feel free to actually call themselves family and say it into the microphone is appalling. the citizens of san francisco is the family that we should be talking about. the french have a saying. [speakin

by and large there is an active citizenry that care about the neighborhood and conducted themselves accordingly think that the district has been a home to a voice of passion and common sense. i think is often missing in civil discussions and that's something that they demand of me as their representative. >> like every part of our great city district 7 still has features for to discover. come down and check out yourself. for next time i am jennifer lowe for sgtv, thanks for watching.

what i am maintaining here is that your heart seeking to privatize the citizenry in the name of business. it is not really a good idea. i would really like to hear from you as to how you thought it was possible to even entertain this idea. privatizing the government of the city of san francisco is not a good idea, and if you think it is, you need to find other work. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good evening, supervisors. my name is bob stewart. i am an organizer with the coalition on homelessness. you took your offices because you believe government has a particular role in society and want to make the decisions that will fils. that includes public safety and the maintenance of public spaces. through a cbd, you effectively for fit your own responsibilities in those areas in a fundamentally under crop -- undemocratic way that marginalizes people in our society, especially homeless people and youth. beyond giving up on government, cbds in this form, where the government is paying as a member, are bad government. we are talking about spending a quarter of a million