it's my pleasure it introduce the next poet, george evans. . >> first, i would like to read a poem by my dear friend and wife, daisy samora, who was to be here today but is in nicaragua, keeping in mind what michael said about jorge and casablanca, i will read it in her language or my spanish first, then in translation. it's a poem directly addressed to poets but certainly to activists as well. (speaking spanish) no man's land. we are a mine field of clarity and whoever crosses the barbed wire comes back to life. but who is interested in crawling through undergrowth? who dares sail a tempest? who wants to come face to face with purity? that's why we're fenced off in this no man's land under permanent cross fire. three bomb holes. flag study. red. she walks into the bright vegetable garden, chopped water to life from brittle landscape, leans her hoe against goat wire, admires shoots balanced on turned earth, looks up, fulfilleds a leaves sigh, clouds, hands on her hips, her jaw falls open and a bomb drops down her throat. white. the horizon, a black line against brilliant white landsca

it's my pleasure it introduce the next poet, george evans. . >> first, i would like to read a poem by my dear friend and wife, daisy samora, who was to be here today but is in nicaragua, keeping in mind what michael said about jorge and casablanca, i will read it in her language or my spanish first, then in translation. it's a poem directly addressed to poets but certainly to activists as well. (speaking spanish) no man's land. we are a mine field

george will. >>> and, "the sunday funnies." >> in all likelihood, there were gay americans serving at valley forge. >> evan bayh, expressing surprise, that despite clear, reproductive disadvantages, gay people have somehow been around for hundreds of years. >> from all across our world to the heart of our nation's capitol. abc "this week" with christiane amanpour starts now. >>> hello again. back in 1993, the top military brass testified before congress, that homosexuality was incompatible with military service. at senate hearings this week, none of the military leaders testified that to be the case. 75% of americans approve of gays serving openly in the military. and in the pentagon survey of the troops that was released this week, 70% of those who responded said having a gay person in their unit to not have a negative affect on their ability to work together to get the job done. still, time to act is running out. congress has other priorities in this lame duck session. and some in the military say that changing the policy now would distract them from their focus on fighting two wars. in a moment, we'll debate ending don't ask, do

george w. bush foundation board of director, secretary donald evans.>> thank you for the blessing and inspiration of your words. what a wonderful crowd for an incredibly joyous occasion. good morning to all of you. welcome to the ground breaking celebration of the george w. bush presidential center on the beautiful campus of southern methodist university of dallas texas. [applause] what a thrill to be here on this historic day joined by more than 3000 friends and supporters and the bush family alumni. [applause] i would also like to send a word of welcome to the several hundred members of the smu community who are watching down the block as well as supporters around the world who are participating via live website. representsebration the culmination of work by people around the world. it began with a partnership with the people of smu. the design committee, chaired by mrs. laura bush, designed a building and grounds that will compliment this the campus. we are seeing the establishment and the development of the george w. bush center and its many compon

evan launched it back in 1999. >> jib jab. >> reporter: their on-line animation site first hit the big-time in 2004 with this spoof of the georgend ♪ i'm a texas tiger ♪ you're a liberal weaner >> typically we did 40,000 views back then when we released something in a day. on the first day we did 100,000. the next day we did 500,000. our servers just blew it. >> osgood: the server has long since restored, jib jab offers viewers the chance to create starring you videos. for ours we've chosen familiar faces. jib jab also produces an annual year in review animation. >> this is our health care puppet. >> osgood: it is getting its worldwide premiere right here right now. ♪ we arrived in '09 on a rainbow of hope ♪ but 200 blew it all up in smoke ♪ ♪ so long to 2010 ♪ we have no jobs despite all my spending ♪ ♪ we've had health care ♪ on national tv and said it's a real big (beep) deal ♪ ♪ the earthquake vol kahn owes, bailouts ♪ ♪ that well from b.p. got (beep) ground zero... ♪ ♪ so long to you, 2010 ♪ my ratings they plunged through the floor ♪ ♪ i got rangel, mcchrystal and karzai ♪ ♪ and no credit for ending the war ♪ ♪ don't ask

george h. w. bush campaign. >> you left out grover cleveland. >> good lord. we will go back there. and former senator evan bayh. during his tenure, he has written legislation calling on congress to fully implement the 9/11 commission's recommendation, helping to close the tax loopholes that help companies set up p.o. boxes overseas and avoid u.s. taxes, and cast a tie-breaking vote to advance credit card reform. he also spearheaded the creation of a third way, an organization on developing common-sense legislation -- legislative solutions, in addition to funding the moderate democrat working group. he served two terms as governor of indiana prior to his election to the senate. >> we refer to that as "the good old days." >> joe manchin, right here to my right, elected -- [applause] elected to the united states senate to west virginia last month, and prior to his election he served as the governor of west virginia. during his five-years as governor, he led the effort to pay down $1.7 billion in unfunded state liabilities and cut the food tax in half, saving west virginia consumers millions of dollars. [appl