calvin coolidge had the same experience. he suffered the loss of his favorite son, his 16-year-old son who died of blood poisoning after playing tennis and getting an infected blister on one of his toes and the boy died after a week. behavior changed significantly. we sometimes forget that he was governor of massachusetts. he was president of the state senate and vice president of the united states and a member of the legislature and mayor of the sitter -- the city of northampton. he was respected and held in high esteem. by the press, constituents and as the president of the united states. when he was nominated for president, he succeeded warren harding. calvin coolidge was nominated and then a few weeks later lost his favorite child. his behavior changed dramatically. he worked for hours a day. he used to be described as the work force of american politics. after his son's death, he worked for hours a day. . four hours a day. -- 4 hours a day. he was unable to answer questions about policies that he had put into effect. he

we hear he was ronald reagan's favorite president. >> coolidge has come back into favor a little bitdropped off everybody's screen and that's sad because he was a terrific guy. >> what are today's leaders, conservative leaders, lacking compared to ones you write about? >> i think if you look at davis and coolidge they were in agreement on policies of that day and they were very focused on reducing taxes and reducing government spending. and the result of the 1920s bear looking at. there was a time of economic boom, stable prices and it came out of a very tough recession in 1920. >> obviously a lot of people would say we came out of a tough recession but those policies led to a great depression. what's your response to that? >> well, there's a quote in the book that it's unfair to blame coolidge and hopefully that will help liberals see it's not the right thing to do. there's a growing of discussion among historians about that very point. particularly historians like paul johnson that have taken the view that that the policies prolonged what was a tough recession and turned it into gr

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this case i know they got in touch with classes college because almost immediately afterwards the coolidge called and told partially to withdraw example occasion and basically get the hell out they were scared that their philistines got involved. then the media picked up the story and the college was forced to stop its unlawful actions being now allowed partially to attend lectures but still refused to give him a room. when a bunch of kids vandalized a car in broad daylight in a remote part of central russia police couldn't find a copper it's for days but the information they provided allowed bloggers to find them in a matter of hours names addresses and license plates included so why is russia's online community becoming suddenly so influential. that the. first of all it's evidence of a technological progress the internet is becoming more and more available and because it's available more and more people are using it for things other than work it's a community in a much faster one than any other. but the by this spike in online use means it's not just journalists who can cover information

the people in coolidge and florence have worked on this project for years. it is not about partisanship. they have come together as local community leaders, as private businesses, to support this job creation project. it makes common sense. and yet once again washington is not going to listen to the voices of the american people. once again washington isn't going to impose its -- is going to impose its partisan bickering to stop jobs, to not listen to the american people. that's what's wrong with washington. i urge my colleagues to vote yes on this critical legislation. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the chair reminds members it's not in order for talk to occupants of the gallery. the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i'm sorry the gentlelady from arizona did not yield to me so i could ask her a question because i was -- we heard a great deal of talk here on the floor about job creation.

free enterprise benefit everybody from the country and not just fat cats, aka, the rich and calvin coolidgeot it and so did ronald reagan. you'll see, here is what i'm talking about. take bill gates of microsoft fame as an example and worth a bazillion dollars, maybe two. to the way back machine, please, it's 1973 and geeky bill has a great idea for a business, packs up, leaves harvard and scrapes together a few bucks and from the garage starts the microsoft company, later shortened to microsoft, comes up with great ideas and boom, the space time continuum to 1986 when microsoft no longer operating out of bill's garage makes an initial public stock offering, five lucky folks, including bill become balance nai billionaires with a b. and 2010 and thousands of others joined the super rich club courtesy of microsoft stock and almost 90,000 folks in total draw weekly paychecks courtesy of bill's idea. so do the math. bill makes a ton and paves the way for a whole lot of others to do the same and many, many, many more to earn, shall we say, a better than decent living? in turn, those folks take t

to 2.9% a year total increase, including entitlements for four straight years, lowest rate since coolidgebalance the budget. we balanced the bunt while cutting taxes if you want to get to a balanced budget, if you are worried about the deficit, quit spending. don't think you are going to catch up with tax increases. frankly, these politicians will raise the spending to stay ahead of whatever amount of tax money you give them. >> greta: i don't think we are going to solve a problem by lying and insulting. i think a letter like this to insult people and insult the rich is not a way to make them feel generous and want to help us out of a fix. it is the methodology. whether taxes go up or down, frankly, i don't care so much. but i would like not to divide our nation in the process. all right, -- go ahead sir. >> go ahead. somebody should take that letter and send major dough forces to those 46 members and say here's what that member really thinks of you. growth that might be done, who knows. the republican pledge how does it compare to the contract with america? we just it last week, is that

>> the coolidge effect, that a male exposed to female will after a while tire of cop lating with that female but if you show him another female, that same male who appears exhausted but all of a sudden capable of sexual activity. >> rose: why is that? what happened in the brain? there's some habituation, familiarity which is... it's very much like addiction. >> expected reward. increase in value over time. >> but it made me also smile because it's the same thing with food. with food you can actually... they put you a piece of meat, they can tire of it, but then they bring dessert, because you're full, you'll eat dessert. anything that's novel will activate the dopamine system. >> rose: they again. everything gets tired at some point andactivates the dopamine... >> to become tolerant. so a natural stimulant will activate the dopamine cells because as you become satiated, it becomes less effective. not with drugs... >> rose: how why is drugs different? >> you do not become satiated. >> is it possible that part of the addiction is to risk? >> that's exactly right. and i that i mean's one

that is the lowest rate of increase since calvin coolidge in the 1920's. if u.s. we could you get to a balanced budget, absolutely -- if you asked me could you get to a balanced budget, absolutely. would you like to have lower taxes and less government or higher taxes and more government? my guess is that 80% to 50% will pay lower taxes and less government. >> what did you learn from your mistakes? >> it was very sobering. the first elected republican speaker in 40 years, the first one reelected since 1928, i really underestimated how big the jobless. i had been the republican minority whip. i would jump from minority whip to speaker overnight. it was the biggest one-party increase in history. i enter estimated how big it was. at times i made mistakes that were just a function of misunderstanding. >> such as? >> when you are a minority whip that has not been in office for more than 40 is, you have to yell to get attention. if you're a minority speaker, if you whisper, you get more attention than when you were young. i did not learn to be careful about my words. i

. >> calvin coolidge's fault. >> it stopped the down economy with fannie mae and freddie mac people couldn't afford the buy houses and the market collapsed and housing market is going down as fast as the democratic party. >> gregg: rick and rich, good to see you both. >> julie: well, before making a final ballot decisions, many voters are waiting to see what congress does about expiring tax cuts. president obama and many democrats want to end the bush era cuts for wealthiest americans but many recipes says raising taxes on anyone isn't the answer to our financial crisis. julie, we got some answers on the timing of the tax cut vote. what is the word. >> reporter: the number two democrat in the house appeared, steny hoyer he doubts there be vote on tax cuts meaning that americans are going to have to wait until after the november elections to find out what their tax rates are going to be, on income, dividends and capital gains. hoyer says it's republicans support for tax cuts for the rich which is holding up a tax relief for everyone else. here is hoyer. >> if such is the sentiment it westboun

that is the lowest rate of increase since calvin coolidge in the 1920's. if u.s. we could you get to a balanced budget, absolutely -- if you asked me could you get to a balanced budget, absolutely. would you like to have lower taxes and less government or higher taxes and more government? my guess is that 80% to 50% will pay lower taxes and less government. >> what did you learn from your mistakes? >> it was very sobering. the first elected republican speaker in 40 years, the first one reelected since 1928, i really underestimated how big the jobless. i had been the republican minority whip. i would jump from minority whip to speaker overnight. it was the biggest one-party increase in history. i enter estimated how big it was. at times i made mistakes that were just a function of misunderstanding. >> such as? >> when you are a minority whip that has not been in office for more than 40 is, you have to yell to get attention. if you're a minority speaker, if you whisper, you get more attention than when you were young. i did not learn to be careful about my words. i