i'm talking about dewitt clinton. another sort of myth about dewitt clinton. it was he that dreamed up the erie canal. of course it wasn't. it was actually first proposed in 18 of seven by a fellow who had intended to be the first western grain merchant, the first grain merchant of western new york, but he went broke because he discovered there actually was no good way to get the grain grown by the pioneer farmers of western new york. to actually get that grain east. there is no good route. he wound up, this fellow, another connecticut native to try to find his fortune in the west. western new york anyway. he winds up in debt or's prison. under a pseudonym he writes the argument newspaper essays arguing for -- proposing and arguing for a canal across new york state directly to lake erie. so it was actually his idea. but dewitt clinton picks up that idea three years later. and he is a guide that makes the erie canal happen. if you don't know anything about the wind clinton, he is a longtime new york city mayor. new york state lawmaker. congressman. he is one of

arguing for a canal across new york state directly to lake erie and it was actually his idea but dewitt clinton picks up the idea, three years later, and he is the guy that makes the erie canal happen and if you know anything about dewitt clinton he is a long time new york city mayor, new york state lawmaker, a congressman, a -- one of the canal commissioners, eventually and a long time new york governor, and he's a new york city civic benefactor and social reformer and nearly president in 1812, but for the then swing state of pennsylvania, but, clinton, has to be credited for seeing the wisdom of the erie idea. and then attaching himself, very early to the effort and he becomes its chief promoter and clinton was a popular leader, screw pewlessly hone lessllessly honest but a careless and often reviled politician but left astounding public attacks roll off his back and is this single individual who guides erie's legislative approval and financing and popular support. if clinton had taken any of the many outrageous assaults, against him, or succumbed to self-doubt, arguably you might say

with dewitt clinton there is a myth about clinton that it was he who dreamed up the erie canal. well, of course, it wasn't, it was actually had first been proposed in 1807 by a fellow who had intended to be the first western grain merchant to western new york but he went broke because he discovered there actually was no good way to get the grain grown by the pioneer farmers of western new york actually to get that grain used as i described, there was no good route, and you roundup this fellow jesse holly is his name, another connecticut native who tried to find his fortune in the west in western new york anyway, he winds up in debtors' prison and under a pseudonym rights newspaper essays arguing for proposing and arguing for a canal across new york state directly to lake erie. so it was actually jesse hollies idea but dewitt clinton picks up the idea three years later and he is a guy that makes the erie canal have been. if you don't know anything about the with clinton, he is a longtime new york city mayor, new york state lawmaker, a congressman, one of the canal commissioners e

dewitt. they look at the bloomberg terminal and by consensus the have all agreed to split on the bloomberg terminal is the price you're going to deal with three is right or not. >> you know i would say to you, mr. whalen, listening to your testimony from a sterile standpoint and saying if it's that kind of risk maybe it should that's probably okay unless that's the only regional airline in town. and when that one goes away, guess what? air transportation for western nebraska goes away. >> i don't know any airlines that can't hedge their fuel costs -- >> i'm not talking about fuel costs but you know what i'm getting at here. there are always unintended consequences and i just want to understand. if we are going to put a lot of little guys out of business tell me that. >> here's the thing i want your little guy to have the same facility of pricing a contract as the dealer. how do we do that? that goes to transparency but if i have transparency of an instrument that's still opaque even after of

i felt of the application to the best of my ability evin dewitt was long and confusing.emember including hypothyroidism, a condition i've had since i was 18 and i listed the contact information for my doctor and turned in the application to my broker. she told me everything looked good and sent it to blue cross and they accepted my application doctor for a checkup and i had routine blood work performed and the doctor's office sent the bill to blue cross. i received a letter shortly after birds singing they wanted all of my medical records from both my doctor and gynecologists. i consented having nothing to hide. a couple of months later in june of 05i received a letter from blue cross stating they were rescinded by insurance because i didn't disclose i had taken a job and because of a regular ministration. i had taken that is in the previous year but was no longer taking it rifle out the application. my doctor prescribed it hoping i would lose weight but it did not. i stopped the medication when i saw it wasn't working. in the recession letter blue cross said they would

>> [inaudible] it is absolutely about the money dewitt >> ms. beaton? >> absolutely, they will just keep on taking your money. >> each of you as i listened, ms. beaton, you were and are in, ms. raddatz, you are an attorney and as horton, you have family in the field of radiology. they don't have the ways or means or knowledge to take the steps necessary. they don't know -- i know hundreds of attorneys. i've been practicing for a lengthy period of time. they don't know the people i know so what do they do? degette the letter and they don't get the treatment they need and many of these people died and they think that's because they just don't know what to do, and i believe honestly that the insurance companies depend upon that lack of knowledge and lack of law, federal laws in place, and that's one of the ways they encourage profits. >> ms. beaton, do you want to add anything? >> i was going to say that a lot of people in my cancer group get letters like this, they just give up. they fade away and they die. >> well you were fortunate, ms. beaton, you had