dickinson college graduate brains the executive replied in awe. i'd stop pushing paper and start taking lectures. i'd solve complex global problems, speak a dozen languages, use my critical thinking skills to find ways to balance the budget and cure menacing diseases worldwide and take a break from my morning cup of coffee and think some more. absolutely, the director responded with enthusiasm, but here is one more match for you to consider. generals brains. they're priced as $100,000 per ounce and we just happen to have some in stock. wow, the executive said. there's no limit to what i could do with generals brains. i could combine the audacity of george s. patton and george washington commanding the heights of the general service pay scale. but he asked why on earth do you charge $100,000 for an ounce of generals brains when the others are priced so much more reasonably? well, the director responded, do you have any idea how many generals it takes to get an ounce of brains? [ applause ] now you notice i didn't say anything about retired generals

then i showed her how dickinson was going to make that possible. >> why did dickinson make it easy for you financially? did you have to pay it back? >> had got a very small amount a student loans at the time. but think that left owing $10,000 in student loans. i think dickinson had a commitment as it does now to accessibility to higher education. it was a place that encouraged bill durham. the college up from bloated education. cost was certainly barrier for me. >> were you a good student all through school? >> you have to look at my transcripts. i think it did reasonably well. >> if someone is not, you were a good student which led to scholarships. what would you say to somebody that is watching that they just cannot get it together and get the a's you might have gotten? how do they get ahead? >> you do not have to be a straight a student in college to get ahead. some have decided colleges not for them. after a while they decided they had had enough. i do not want to say there is only one path to success. the individual defines its. there is academic success. one of the things i enjoy

public good and numerous issues that stand to benefit from the principals and values at the core of a dickinson education. now service by its nature is hard work. and i'd ask each of you graduating today to recall the wisdom in teddy roosevelt's assertion that far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. in fact, living those words will not only ensure that you enjoy the best prize that life has to offer, but also ensure that you remain faithful to the values of your beloved alma mater. inevitably there may be days when you feel overwhelmed by what you view ooze an insurmountable task or problem. never let those moments of frustration deter you. rather rely on the strength of what you learned here. some five years ago i was the newly appointed commander in iraq overseeing a surge of forces and implementing the most important surge, the surge of ideas on the conduct of counterinsurgentsy operations. it was an excruciatingly difficult period. well over 200 enemy attacks per day at the height of the violence. during that time, i occasionally dr

probably saying who the heck is john dickinson? this is a guy who was called opinion of the revolution. he was one of the most important of the founding generation. bar none. when he went to the philadelphia convention he looked at this constitution that james madison had written and he said no, no. we are not having that. that's not going to work, in these united states. or just someone like roger sherman of connecticut, a man that thomas jefferson said once -- i'm paraphrasing, never said a stupid thing in his life. this was also his constitution because again he was a conservative moderating influence. when he got to the philadelphia convention and saw james madison's work, he again said no, we're not having that in these united states. people of connecticut will never agree to this thing. or john rutledge of south carolina. another very important founding father john rutledge would later serve on the supreme court. he basically helped win the american war for independence in south carolina from the governor. so very important i

police say, who the heck is john dickinson? a guy that was called that tent of the revolution, one of the most important man of the founding generation bar none. and when he went to the philadelphia convention he looked at this constitution that james madison and britain and said, no, we are not having that that is not point to work in these united states. well, you have someone like roger sherman of connecticut, a man that thomas jefferson once said never said -- on paraphrasing, never said a stupid thing in his life. this was also his constitution because, again, a conservative moderating influence. and he gets the philadelphia convention and son james madison work he said, were not having that in these united states. the people of connecticut will never agree. john rutledge of south carolina, another very important founding father. of course would later serve and the supreme court. he basically helped when the american war for independence in south carolina. very important individual he said, this constitution that you have

terry dickinson started the dental program after realizing how many people needed help. >> they don't have any benefits. so it's, "what you do with the dollars that you get?" i mean, you're going to put it in gas? are you going to pay the rent? are you going to put food on the table? what are you going to do with those dollars? dentistry is not on the top ten. >> i've been trying for, like, over ten something years to try to get help. >> o'brien: vanessa nations traveled eight hours from her home near washington, d.c., to get here. >> i have a lot of teeth that are broken off at the gum line, and they hurt tremendously. i can't eat-- i've lost so much weight, i cannot eat-- and i keep getting infections. i just can't live like this anymore, i really can't. i feel like i've got little bits of poison inside of me, and it's killing me. >> o'brien: vanessa's situation, like that of many others here, is desperate. but this makeshift clinic has limited solutions to offer. it cannot do crowns or bridge work. the only option for vanessa is to have all of her remaining teeth extracted. >> a li

rolling stone national political correspondent, tim dickinson, sorry it was a brief segment. mr.ce president, we will be sticking around. thank you for joining us for the rest of the hour. the tactics used to suppress votes hit an all-time low. >> that's next on "viewpoint." innovation matters now more than ever. cap >> voter suppression? not exactly what our founding fathers had in mind. the right met to block the vote. former clinton speech writer michael waldman and al gore next on viewpoint. and everyone likes 50% more cash -- well, except her. no! but, i'm about to change that. ♪ every little baby wants 50% more cash... ♪ phhht! fine, you try. [ strings breaking wood splintering ] ha ha. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more cash. ♪ what's in your wallet? ♪ ♪ what's in your...your... ♪ >> once more around the block. voter suppression rears its head in florida again after attempting to purge voters from the state's roles, in particular's republican governor rick scott has been ordered to stop by the united states departmen

. >> cenk: all right, we're back and we'll talk to tim dickinson. these guys make romney look like a middle class. 16 donors gave over $1 million to romney. the median wealth of those donors is $1 billion an you'll be shocked to know that they're mostly white. i'll bring in tim dickinson next. we'll talk about who they are, and who they are all collectively. we have william koch, the other koch brothers, not charles or david. he's 72. his fortune is $4 billion and he has given $2 million to romney's super pac. then you have the marriotts richard and bill junior, the marriott fortune. $1.7 billion and $1.6 billion and $1 million to romney's pac. is this a representative of those who are in that category, and why are they doing it? why are they giving insane numbers to romney. >> they're all billionaire. $1 million is little insane to them. they all have real financial stakes. mitt romney is talking about getting rid of the inheritance taxes, preserving the bush tax cuts preserveing the carried loop hole, it's in their commonality to get this guy elec

i'll bring in tim dickinson next. we'll talk about who they are and who they are all collectively.. his fortune is $4 billion and he has given $2 million to romney's super pac. then you have the marriotts richard and bill junior the marriott fortune. $1.7 billion and $1.6 billion and $1 million to romney's pac. is this a representative of those who are in that category and why are they doing it? why are they giving insa numbers to romney. >> they're all billionaire. $1 million is little insane to them. they all have real financial stakes. mitt romney is talking about getting rid of the inheritance taxes, preserving the bush tax cuts preserveing the carried loop hole it's in their commonality to get this guy elected. >> cenk: is it just taxes or other interests to help that helps them financially to get mitt romney elected. >> jim davis the ceo of new balance. new balance wants a defense contract. they make shoes in the united states currently. soldiers are given a stipend. they can get their nikes made in korea. new balance wants to be the shoe of the military and he and romney goe

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times spending four years at frostburg college in maryland, but starting at 1963 they practiced at dickinson college in carlyle, p.a. for 30 years. they will move next season. >>> the rookie of the nats never ceases to entertain, whether it's stealing home, hitting himself in the head with a bat or knocking in the game running run, bryce harper is a headline making machine and did he it again last night. the nationals and mets batted all night long. ian desmond drove in three game tying r.b.i.s throughout the night, but bryce harper's walkoff single in the bottom of the 9th sealed the, do the first walkoff of his career and what other way to celebrate than with a gatorade bath. >> that was incredible. it was a great team effort tonight. that's why i came in, hard, it was awesome. i loved it. >> this was just a battle of wills. >> nice job getting out of the way on that one, christina. the nats go tonight for two many a row. . >>> mike -- two in a pro. >>> nybble will not return the rest of the season. the -- knuble will not return the rest of the season. he will become a free agent on july 1

and then cia director david petraeus at dickinson college in pennsylvania. that's followed by ohio senator sherrod brown speaking at hyram college in ohio. on our road to the white house coverage, first lady accomplish she will obama and ann romney, wife of mitt romney, were on the campaign trail this week. tonight at 8:00 eastern, c-span2 will show campaign stops by both. michelle obama in dale city, virginia, and ann romney in. tonight c-span will have live coverage of the radio and division keercorrespondents din. live coverage begins at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >>> two days of live coverage from the "chicago tribune's" printer's row lit fest. gary krist and joe al when on the making of present day chicago. rich cohen on the banana man in latin america. that's at 1:00. and at 5:00, r. dwayne betts was convicted as an adult at age 16. his memoir. and sunday at noon, gail collins' on texas' role on american politics. and at 2:00, thomas mallon has a story to tell in water gate, a novel. also this weekend on afterwards, madeline albright on growing up in nazi occu

joining me is contributing editor tim dickinson. thank you for your time, term.obs program, or is this just a lot of hot air and bills pulled together that don't have any nexus with the economy and job creation. >> if you believe these are job bills, this is what you believe, rolling back environmental protection that save the lives of young people and seniors will create jobs. you believe that stripping away financial protections put in place to keep businesses honest to keep the sec with some oversight overstock exchanges, that's going to create jobs. this is very curious sort of message to be rolling out on the day that mit romney wants to have an up or down conversation about barackbam's performance in the white house, you know, obama wants to make this a choice election to say, hey, you may not love what i am being able to accomplish but look on the other side. they are showing just kind of crazy stuff that the tea party and business roundtable want. >> i think in fact john boehner did barack obama a huge favor to pick up on your point. the white house highl

architects bill dickinson, is the last member of the swat team. he has been using ken and julius' services for years. today, bill is going to introduce the guys to his friend chris. chris is another architect. a partner at acton based design associates. and chris is working on several large residences in a nearby affluent neighborhood. exactly the kind of jobs these guys are after. >> chris, what do you look for when it comes to guys like these? who are the people you need? >> that's a real good question. because i want to be able to call up other professionals, design professionals that you worked with in the past. i get so much value out of that. >> ken and julius got a chance to show off their work. chris was especially interested in their working relationship with designers and architects. >> we really look at the plans pretty much in-depth and we always end up with questions for you guys so we like to have a real give and take and on-site meetings before the project starts and during the project as well. >> we think it's a good give and take.

[laughter] that's tim dickinson of rolling stone magazine, and carla marinucci of the san francisco chroniclecan have his other half. coming up, student loans are already a problem and they are an about to get worse. we'll be right back. and there's only one place you'll find us. we're the idea nobody wants to hear. until the truth reveals itself. ah, claim trouble. [ voice of dennis ] you should just switch to allstate, and get their new claim satisfaction guarantee. hey, he's right, man. [ voice of dennis ] only allstate puts their money where their mouth is. yep. [ voice of dennis ] claim service so good, it's guaranteed. [ normal voice ] so i can always count on them. unlike randy over there. that is one dumb dude. ♪ ♪ the new claim satisfaction guarantee, only from allstate. are you in good hands? innovation matters now more than ever. the new slogan should be "we own wall street." that's my view. >> jennifer: the clock is ticking on student loans. rates are set to double at the end of this month unless congress steps in. but keeping rates steady comes at a steep cost $6 billion. and con

[laughter] that's tim dickinson of rolling stone magazine, and carla marinucci of the san francisco chroniclecan have his other half. coming up student loans are already a problem and they are an about to get worse. we'll be rigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigig we have a big, big hour and the i.q. will go way up. how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and above all, politically direct. >>you just think there is no low they won't go to. oh, no. if al gore's watching today... gaeme inc. thank gaemezilinsky, thank you for joining innovation matters now more than ever. the new slogan should be "we own wall street." that's my view. [ train whistle blows ] [ ball hitting paddle ] [ orbit girl ] don't let food hang around. yeah! [ orbit trumpet ] clean it up with orbit! [ orbit glint ] fabulous! for a good clean feeling. ♪ eat, drink, chew orbit! ♪ >> jennifer:

years at frostburg state in frostburg, maryland, and originally their training camp was held at dickinson college in carlyle. a., talk about a flashback. here's our own jc hayward. we had to pull this video out of archives at '94 in carlyle and redskins throwing and frying to catch the football, playing a little football out there -- trying to catch the football, playing a little football out there. virginia governor said today the redskins' commitment to richmond will be for about eight years. so you might have to be taking that 100-mile trek from the district to go see your team. >> virginia says it's our team. thank you, appreciate that. >>> by the way, surae chinn is live at redskins park where the team has been holding its training campus in recent years. what are folks saying about all this? >> reporter: fans are hurting now, fans and nonfans alike saying they want their team to stay for the preseason training camp, the hustle and bustle. you can just imagine next month when it's going positive. this entire area will be packed with the cars and people lined up to see their favorite

summer strategy details on the president's campaign punch list with tim dickinson of rolling stone, karlaci of the san francisco chronicle, and karl frisch and much more. more "viewpoint" is straight ahead. >> eliot: here's what we can say about the u.s. tax code. never have so many done so much for so few who need so little. never have the wealthy gotten away so easily. as david cay johnston just told us, in 2009 there were 6 families with incomes over $200 million a year who paid no taxes at all. and the average rate of the top 400 families who averaged $200 million in income is a mere 19.9%. that compares to the 35% paid by the average top bracket tax payers who earn something around $375,000 a year. if you think this isn't just unfair but also counterproductive, when we are running big deficits and can't afford basic investments in education, join the club. to clarify my conversation with mr. johnson, much of the advantage the wealthyiest tax payers get is the result of the fact that we tax capital gains invest income, at 15% but ordinary income at rates up to 35%. this loophole is th

paul dickinson and his girlfriend tina keegan are cruising their boat off new zealand's north islandtheir bull terrier priscilla. >> we were probably half an hour into our trip. >> a rogue wave shatters one of the big windows. >> at that stage the wave came over and hit the front of the boat which in turn caused the window to break and the water was coming in. priscilla was sitting there looking at me. i was looking at the waves. i was like this is quite scary. >> the couple sends an urgent call for help. it's picked up by the rescue team in new zealand. >> i thought here we go. what we got now. we were told it was a boat in distress and if we could go out and try to find it. >> the may day calls gives a vague position. the pilot knows finding the boat will be tough. >> the helicopter actually went over us. it didn't see us because of the squalls in the water. >> it's now a nerve-racking 25 minutes since the rescue call was made. and at any moment the tormenter may sink. finally the rescue crew spots the boat. >> the boat was actually beginning to sink rather rapidly. >> alex stewart

specialist ron dickinson is driving the armored humvee.ever forget. >> nobody would believe us if we didn't have it on tape. >> three other members of his unit are inside the vehicle, including sergeant jason daw. >> if you slack off and you don't pay attention, that's when they get you. >> they've been in the country for several months and seen their fair share of improvised explosive devices, or ieds. >> ieds are the number one threat, as far as i'm concerned, because you don't know where they're going to be, what they look like or when they're going to go off. >> they're traveling a long, dusty road through the desert, eager to get back to their base. everything is going fine. then, without warning -- >> -- the road in front of them erupts like a volcano. >> whoa! holy -- >> when it first went off, it was like -- it was that split second, i think this is probably the worst one i've been through so far and this is not looking good. >> they swerve around the explosion as the asphalt and rock that is launched into the air comes crashing do

dickinson-brown, douglas, duncan... sir. edgewood, edwards, ellysmythe, ellison... sir.ather unusual action for you to take, chipping? i suppose it is, headmaster but my class's examination results this term were also rather unusual. well, i've looked at them. they were only a little below average. yes. that, for a class of mine, is rather unusual. it's a punishment? oh, no. i trust nobody thinks that. baxter does. well, he's wrong. i merely want to take my boys over their exam papers in some detail and show them their mistakes. it should be a very helpful session. quite so. unhappily, there's this tennis match. sutterwick's results are among the worst. even if they weren't, i should still think it wrong to make an exception. i don't know what sutterwick's father's going to say. i do. something very smooth, very offensive and quite beside the point. you know him? i taught him. you know that he is the generous donor of our new playing fields? most generous. i know he has a great deal of money to be generous with. you won't let me persuade you to-- no, but you can order me

i said dickinson. >> dirkson. >> dirkson.t have a lot of people here with facial hair. >> i've seen a picture -- >> you never have, have you, andrew? have you ever dried? >> i tried to do an edgar brothman once but it doesn't come in well enough. >> i saw a picture of you with a 'stash you could have cued the porn music. >> i was the cable guy or the pizza delivery guy that comes to the door. >> this is a very high level intellectual discourse, isn't it? >> now that we've raised it to this level, becky's going to -- let's get to sallie krawcheck. >> let's do that. our guest host is sallie krawcheck. she's a director of the newly launched motif investing. sally, you have been writing a lot lately. you've weighed in on blogs and op-ed pieces in the f.t., you have a piece in the harvard business review. you make some great points where you lay out that everything we're watching has to come back to responsibility for the boards. we go through these periods where we realize boards of directors have to go more pro active. >> it's t