then we have a chance to apply ericsson's not only to problems within our own country budget to apply our science normally to problems with their own country -- then we have a chance to apply our signs not only to problems within our own country, but around the world. we are anxious to step up the plate and provide that kind of evidence. >> could you be more specific about how uc nih fitting into the health-care debate? -- how you see nih fitting into the health-care debate? >> when you have a circumstance when there are more than one alternative, how do we know which one is the right one for that person? that takes research, carefully designed research, and we do not have enough of that. oftentimes, it is sort of a good guess. physicians and patients tried to muddle along. wouldn't it be great if we just knew the answer? >> you are getting $400 million from the recovery act. talk to me about how you structure competitive effectiveness impersonalize medicine where you can target cell populations and genes might be susceptible to particular diseases. how does comparative effectiveness

. >> ericsson journal is filled with hate, hate all the way through. i will start up one word but the opening line is i hate the effing world. he started out wanting to kill and ended up killing over the course of the year. but with dillon it is completely different. he spent two years doing his journal and the most common word in his is loved. it is completely unexpected. to me dylan was the revelation. he was a sensitive boy with a lot of anchor but his anger was mostly direct inward. he was angry at himself for being such a loser, such an outcast. he wasn't, it was untrue but that is how he saw it. >> host: atlanta here is an independent call. what was your favorite nonfiction book 2009? >> caller: good morning. merry christmas. >> host: same to you. >> caller: my favorite book is slavery by another name by douglas black men. i believe he covered this on c-span as well. the subtitle was real enslavement of black americans from the civil war to world war ii. and i learned a great deal from that book. >> host: tell us a piece you learned from it. what

namely the houston tea party society, alicia craven's complaining about some deaveuated files under ericsson county. for those of you who don't know that that's members. it's the basically your legal right to do business. and it appears mr. robertson has been buying up names to names sump as tea party, tea party of houston and 1776 tea party and so often. i guess he didn't think of the name tea party society because now for some reason this -- assume this -- yes. felicia creighton and her associates are basically saying that he is buying uprights to the name of different tea parties that people can think of and then selling them back to the people who want to do business with him. so why aren't you in stores as people who actually each because the tea party is supposed to be against taxes. host: let's hear from mr. robert sovereign. 2k3w0eu7 i'm glad you fwrauth that up. the cravens is a republicans preaching chair in harris county and she actually took donations even though i put a lot of money into the tea party movement. i bauth those url's after i started the tea party movement and when

namely the houston tea party society, alicia craven's complaining about some deaveuated files under ericsson county. for those of you who don't know that that's members. it's the basically your legal right to do business. and it appears mr. robertson has been buying up names to names sump as tea party, tea party of houston and 1776 tea party and so often. i guess he didn't think of the name tea party society because now for some reason this -- assume this -- yes. felicia creighton and her associates are basically saying that he is buying uprights to the name of different tea parties that people can think of and then selling them back to the people who want to do business with him. so why aren't you in stores as people who actually each because the tea party is supposed to be against taxes. host: let's hear from mr. robert sovereign. 2k3w0eu7 i'm glad you fwrauth that up. the cravens is a republicans preaching chair in harris county and she actually took donations even though i put a lot of money into the tea party movement. i bauth those url's after i started the tea party movement and when

. >> charlie ericsson with hispanic link news service.umber of press conferences dealing with hispanic organizations similar concerns. and i'm wondering if you are working at all with hispanic organizations and what results you have? do you feel that working together with them, it will strengthen your case? >> it's an excellent question. i think it's fair to say that we have all been in touch with the leadership of latino organizations. we sit around the table in a number of places. i think coming out of this meeting today, i'm going to take it as my responsibility to reach out to the leaders of the latino community to compare notes. you're right. the concerns are similar. we in our community, there are afro-latinos and afra-latinos in our community, people who are both black and latino. you are correct to point out the similarity of concern and correct that we need to work together in order to be able to ensure that there is no undercount in either community. one or two questions? >> sydney miller, black radio magazine. is there a plan t