mcdonald's and jindal, i insisted i would get a sign way piano when i finally got some money. i was in a studio apartment now. it was so huge, the piano. i slept on a couch, and i slept under the piano. when i rolled out of bed, it went under the piano. i was very happy every night sleeping under the piano. >> you must really like music. >> i would have to. tavis: you have had so many jingles over your career. >> they come to you and say here is the product. how does that work? >> they give you the lyrics and the melody, and you have to write duquette she is melete and now in 15 second -- to write the catchiest melete -- melody and 15 seconds, and if they like the rest of it, they buy it. for melodic commercials, these days they do not do it. >> what ever happened to melodies in music? >> the drum machine. the drum machines took over. they are making great-sounding records with great grooves, but the song writing took a back seat. >> what are marine -- what are we missing out on with the absence of the melody? >> the melodies seem to have gone to country music country music se

>> there's a scene in the book where you describe her as because you supported her opponent bobby jindal in the governor's race that she says it to you this is like a week before katrina, you will pay for this. vengence will be mine. i mean -- >> it makes it seem like her response to new orleans and katrina was a personal vendetta against you. >> she told me there would be hell to pay. and i think katrina qualifies. >> jon: so you think she conjured up the storm? >> no, i'm not saying she qon juered up the storm. but i think there were some residuals. >> jon: i mean is she-- is she that petty an individual that she would say oh, people are suffering at the superdome, ray nagin doesn't get water from me. >> i don't think so but i think there was some politics played a role in this, the response. we had a republican president, a democratic-- gem cat government never and i was a democrat. the governor and i didn't get data long very well before the storm. >> jon: louisiana is a relatively and i say this with all due respect, dysfunctional. it is a dysfunctional and somewhat, the words-- cor

commemorating the ten commandments to be built on the grounds of the state capital governor bobby jindal has already said he plans to sign the bill which is essentially a wrecking ball the separation of church and state even though constructional be privately funded the state will have to use taxpayer money to defend the project and courts as numerous groups have come forward promising to mount legal challenges to the law so can we once and for all put an end to the myth that this country was founded on judeo christian values and stop religion from creeping into our government you know if you practice i may just add to that the big debate back before when this country between jefferson and madison jefferson was still and you can read this in their letters back and forth jefferson was terrified that religious people would end up in politics and corrupt politics madison who was a very religious guy was concerned that politicians would start giving money to churches in fact that was his first veto was to church in washington d.c. and would corrupt religion now we've got both would you deny

church and state in america the legislation will now head to the louisiana senate and then governor jindal already said he plans to sign it the monument will be built using private donations it's likely that taxpayers will end up footing the bill for this religious symbol as the new i will certainly be challenged in the courts so here we go again with republicans trying to inject religion into government but don't they understand about the charge separation of church and state for more on this dr carol swain joins me she's the author of the book be the people they call to reclaim america's faith and promise dr swain welcome tom very nice to have you here with us if the dearborn michigan city hall wanted to put up a monument to the qur'an given the dearborn is the largest muslim community in the united states would you object would i say. i think that they want to use state funds to do it i think citizens have the right to. do that legislate towards what type of laws and actions that they want to take and so i think that. well to tell you the truth i would object. but you would know you kno

on a serious note, governor jindal is showing folks that conservative principles are not just sensible, but they are truly compassionate, surely affected. flying into new orleans this morning, one cannot help to reflect, and we were just looking out the window as we were coming in and thinking about the destruction that visited the city when hurricane katrina came through. just this amazing story of the human spirit, has given this town back its vitality and its feeling. this place is the writing again. there has been a lot of talk in this town and across the country about the government's responsibility in a recovery for a disaster. government certainly has a very important role to play. but the real recovery comes as a result of individuals taking ownership and doing the hard work and making the things happened. [applause] unfortunately this administration in washington that is in power now clearly believes that government is not only the answer to every need, but it is the most qualified to make it essential decisions for every americans in every area. and that makes of arrogance an

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ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to introduce to you jindal.y >> thank you all very much. thank you. thank you all very much. thank you for that warm reception and the kind is reduction. to all our guests, welcome, louisiana. i want to thank you for this team to what -- to speak at this great conference. we will have a great party tonight called the bayou bash. it is great to see so many friends throughout the south. i noticed a few northerners sneak into our party as well. as governor of this state i want to make sure you spend as much time and as much of your money as you are down here in new orleans. i see my friend michele bachmann is outside. we had the privilege of serving with her in congress. you may have seen the monday night that based on national tv. she made an important announcement. what do have you here aar it he. i am running to be the governor of the great state of louisiana. i want to take a moment and i will not take long to do what i love to do which is bragg on the people of louisiana. we are some of the strongest people yo

louisiana, home of what i consider the really great governors, a dear friend of mine, a republican, bobby jindal[applause] everywhere you look in this state, you see the evidence of his leadership. this guy is a real competitor. he is a winner. bobbie, want to leave you with one thing -- leave our football players alone across the board, all right? get me some professional courtesy. don't take them all. on a serious note, the governor showing that folks conservative principles are not just sensible but they are truly compassionate. they are truly affected. flying into new orleans this morning, one can help to reflect -- we were thinking about the destruction that visited this city when hurricane katrina came through. there is just as amazing story of the human spirit that has given this town back its vitality and it's a feeling. this place is thriving again. there has been a lot of talk in this town and across the country about the government's responsibility in a recovery for a disaster government certainly has a very important role to play. the real recovery comes as a result of individuals ta

as much as a money as possible, the 19 billion back to the gulf for restoration and not to bobby jindal's crazy sand barriers or any crackpot ideas he has come up with to spend the money. we wanted to be spent on bill restoration, land acquisition and to make evil whole. we have filed endangered species and -- species for the dwarf seahorse. the smallest the course in the u.s., the third or fourth smallest in the world. and it is -- lives and sea grass beds. i think we have all seen seahorses in aquariums. they are beautiful little things in very sensitive. very sensitive to changes in habitat and decimation of sea crabs. a lot of what happened with the dispersants is doyle doesn't go away. just breaks into smaller particles and sinks to the bottom and course fees get into the sea grass brett -- snr brill problem for the seahorses and other creatures who live down there. we are currently looking as john mentioned that around pelican was a rare success story under the endangered species act where to come back from just really a few hundred to tens of thousands individuals in the last 20 ye

brave people here, and i want you to know, you also have a very brave governor, in governor bobby jindalvernors showed, you can get it right! and they did. they are marvelous men. and i love them both. now, earlier this week, i don't know if you caught it, but there was a republican presidential debate. it was held by cnn and it was up a little north of here in new hampshire. and i want you to know, i learned a couple of things in that debate. i learned first of all, that newt gingrich likes "american idol." i didn't know that. i learned that ron paul favors the blackberry. and i learned that herm kaine likes deep dish pizza. and ds bes being a hard-core, die-hard johnny cash fan, the world found out that i have christmas with elvis on my ipod. but i have to tell you a little secret, you aren't going to tell anybody, are you? okay. well, i have to tell you, i was a little nervous, and i didn't know if they were going to ask boxers or briefs? you know, a girl never knows. you never know. but the debate, i think, did bring three things out in new hampshire that were very, very important. a

michelle bachmann and herman cain and it also hear from republican governors haley barbour, bobby jindal, rick. as well as marsha blackburn, congresswoman from tennessee and the rnc chair reince priebus and former governor of louisiana buddy roemer. that will all be live beginning tonight at 7:30 p.m. on c-span 3. you can watch newt gingrich -- but go to c-span.org if you want the full schedule. youngstown, ohio. daniel is a democrat. what do you think about secretary gate's stain most countries lie to each other? caller: teams like a poker game to me. really a high stakes, high roller. we never see that kind of money. these people know what is in their hands. then we get the chest pains on the side -- other countries -- we are all in this. it is a winner take all. who allies up with whoever. in the end, that is where the allies, in. -- the lies come in. all we have in america is this layman's perspective. i am glad for c-span. host: mechanicsville, virginia. annn on the republican line. caller: i thought i will call in and let you know not only do i support mr. bill gates, all countries

jindal thomas time is expired. >> i urge my colleagues to vote no on this resolution. >> the gentleman from michigan, mr. levenson reserves. . mr. mp: before i yield to the gentleman from new mexico, i would just yield myself such time as i may consume and say that the medicare trustees have said that medicare goes broke in 2024. and so if you support an unconditional debt limit increase, as 100 democrats wrote to their leaders and ask be made a position of the democrat caucus, that does nothing about preserving and protecting medicare for the ture. so i wld say -- no, i will not yield. i will not yield. i control the time, mr. van hollen. and so i would say that by supporting an unconditional increase in the debt limit, as more than 100 wrote in to their leaders, again, it does nothing to preserve for the future. at this time i yield to the gentleman from new mexico one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new mexico, mr. pearce, is recognized for one minute. mr. pearce: i thank the gentleman for yielding. in my district people ask, what is this vote about, this debt ce

we are threatening nuclear which is extremely important to this country and an energy sorted jindal the other problems that we have, and it seems we have no long-term plan for dealing with spent nuclear waste at the best we can say is you seem to be proceeding on a dangerous path with more of this stuff piled up. and members of congress need to know what's going on. we need to protect the funds collected and have a long term solution either storage that will work or reprocessing. and when are you going to get to this? was this question going on when i was chairman of the committee as a matter of fact it was going on live as a young member of this body. when is it i can look forward to being young enough i'm going to get an answer on these questions? >> i think the best answer is that is the charge of the blue ribbon commission and will have the interim report in july of this year. i'm looking for to that report and i too have been looking many years to understand what the long-term solutions acceptable in the country will be. >> thank you mr. chairman. >> for a notice to my colleagues,

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very brave people here and i want you to know you also have a very brave governor in governor bobby jindal. and governor haley barbour! these two governors show you can get it right, and they did. they are marvelous men. i love them both. earlier this week, i don't know if you caught it, but there was a republican presidential debate. it was -- it was held by cnn. and it was up a little north of us in new hampshire. i wasn't you to know i learned a couple of things in that debate. i learned first of all that newt gingrich likes "american idol." i didn't know that. i learned ron paul favors the blackberry, and i learned herm cane liked deep dish pizza. and aside from being a hard core johnny cash fan, the world found out i have "christmas with elvis" on my ipod. i have to tell you a secret. you're not going to tell anybody, are you? i have to tell you i was a little nervous. i didn't know if they were going to ask boxers or briefs? you know, a girl never knows. you never know. but the debate i think did bring three things out in new hampshire that were very, very important, and the first on