george orwell, correct. fictional lands, $600. who is coleridge? no. roger. who is milton? no. you were thinking of james hilton... that's right. and you said milton instead. yeah. roger, pick again. fictional lands, $800. who is vonnegut? kurt vonnegut. fictional lands, $1,000. who is mccaffrey? anne mccaffrey. you're back on the plus side, tied with mark. churchill for $600. what is "finest"? churchill, $800. what is "business"? churchill, $1,000. "baffled by" the facts. all right, we've done with churchill, roger. where do we go now? uh, movie soundtrack, $600. what is... "tron"? more? (sighs) "2.0"? joon? what is "return to tron"? no. what is "tron: legacy"? back to you, roger. movie soundtrack, $800. so maybe it didn't cost you anything. we'll find out. you have $1,800. you can risk any or all of it. you know, i'd like to bet it all. i'm gonna do that. okay. here is the clue in on the movie soundtrack... what is "amadeus"? "amadeus," of course. you say, "salieri," you have to come up with "amadeus." go again. movie soundtrack, $1,000. what is "rio"? no. joon. what is "rang

among offers -- authors like george orwell who wrote a " down and out in paris and london." also, r. d. laing. exposing the fact that in a capitalist society, people suffered psychological effect from dehumanizing politics. i thought it necessary to expose the mechanisms of repression that i believe for unleased on people to protect economic self interest and corporate greed. it is an almost unimaginable horror. i have a picture of what i looked like in those days. i'd barely believe it is me. i remember taking the picture. [bell] my parents changed over the years. one gray hair at a time. the corporate influence peddlers could not to be any better. they're just too corrupt. i'm still fighting for the decency and access to reason to which that slightly lost youth was entitled. i would never turn my back on him because democracy exists for one when it exists for all. when our society collapses, that is when we realize the lies cost more than the money. president chiu: thank you. and great picture. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i was at the flea market, i got the best job i

yeah there it's the interesting thing i mean the way it happens i think it was george orwell on my right who said when fascism comes to america it will come in the name of freedom it was either singular or it was or upton sinclair but yeah maybe maybe. and that's what the tea party is about it's not only a phony populism it's an authoritarian populism because what they really want is this you know corporate control of america their i mean they they must bitch and moan about the elites but they're interested in this type of corporate formation and so the railing against there just doesn't cut any real ice and the the the the form it will take i mean the claim for freedom is really a claim for something very repressive so that there's a possible foreshadowing of it and the i mean you know douglas dowd the economist at cornell for many years in one hundred seventy four he wrote a book called the twisted dream which was what he thought of the american dream that it was a mistake from day one and the one of the things he said is which i think is is dead on is that accurate for the united stat

if i stood on my desk, i could see the headland where george orwell wrote 1984.y homage to him is to call it barn hill farm. there is no place more beautiful than the west coast of scotland. >> is there any feeling from the former british -- >> when i was on the tour for the alice behind wonderland, i was told i was a traitor, and had stopped being a brit. i don't sell as well in britain. in britain, there is a curled lip. "how dare you go to the other side." >> i have the hardback copy of "the atlantic." our guest was simon winchester. thank you very much for visiting. >> for a dvd copy, go to 1877- 7726. for free transcripts, go to qanda.org. also available as c-span podcasts. >> upcoming guests include carl colby, "the man nobody new." and marsha anderson discusses her career as the first african-american two-star general. >> prime minister's questions with david cameron. then, mitt romney addresses employees at nationwide insurance. and the publisher of the new havehire leaerder, who endorsed newt gingrich. of programs a couple with dennis blair on potential

if i stood on my desk, i could see the headland where george orwell wrote 1984. my homage to him is to call it barn hill farm. there is no place more beautiful than the west coast of scotland. >> is there any feeling from the former british -- >> when i was on the tour for the alice behind wonderland, i was told i was a traitor, and had stopped being a brit. i don't sell as well in britain. in britain, there is a curled lip. "how dare you go to the other side." >> i have the hardback copy of "the atlantic." our guest was simon winchester. thank you very much for visiting. >> for a dvd copy, call this number. for free transcripts, visit us at www.q-and-a.com. they are also available as podcasts. >> upcoming guests include producer/director carl, releasing the film "the man nobody knew." discusses hern life. >> tomorrow, and look at the future of health care legislation with the help affairs journal. then a discussion about the authorization bill. later, we will chat with carol rosenberg on the cost of operating the guantanamo bay detention center. that is live at

have saved them, but to kannada wasn't about the political cost of george bush to try to save a dying company run by a political crony orwell is viewed as a political crony. >> it is the one before too big to fail. again is a founder -- this is his identity. he had created this company with the merger of two pipeline companies and he was going to save it. he just wasn't going to have his reputation of the company's reputation tarnished. >> let's talk about the very end here and will have an opportunity, but the dynegy deal and then fairly quickly falls apart. >> said the dynegy thanksgiving weekend was falling apart and that was that. and so it was a sunday night angst giving weekend we filed for bankruptcy in delaware and also sued dynegy for the failure of the merger and at that point all broke loose inside the company because employees turn on the tv, so the company was bankrupt. traders brought in case of and started partying. a lot of other employee simply started taking furniture is that they wield their chairs at the front door, took the potted plants, loaded up anything they could and headed out the front door. i th

have saved them, but to kannada wasn't about the political cost of george bush to try to save a dying company run by a political crony orwells viewed as a political crony. >> it is the one before too big to fail. again is a founder -- this is his identity. he had created this company with the merger of two pipeline companies and he was going to save it. he just wasn't going to have his reputation of the company's reputation tarnished. >> let's talk about the very end here and will have an opportunity, but the dynegy deal and then fairly quickly falls apart. >> said the dynegy thanksgiving weekend was falling apart and that was that. and so it was a sunday night angst giving weekend we filed for bankruptcy in delaware and also sued dynegy for the failure of the merger and at that point all broke loose inside the company because employees turn on the tv, so the company was bankrupt. traders brought in case of and started partying. a lot of other employee simply started taking furniture is that they wield their chairs at the front door, took the potted plants, loaded up anything they could and headed out the front door. i thin