they came to milwaukee, but milwaukee was such a small town at that point that they really felt that their chances were better for success in chicago. so, they went down to chicago. and that's where captain pabst's mother died in the cholera epidemic of 1849. so, frederick when he was a teenager was interested in maritime career and so he joined the great lakes steam ship company as a cabin boy and then worked his way up to captain. and so that's what we have the title of captain. and it was while he was serving on a ship on lake michigan in the 1860s that he actually met his future father-in-law who was phillip best, the best brewing company. phillip best had an eldest daughter, maria, and maria and frederick pabst courted for two years and then married in 1862. now, frederick pabst enjoyed his career on the great lakes and so he remained a captain for another two years until he finally retired and bought an equal half interest in his father-in-law's brewing company for $21,000. again, a large sum of money especially when one considers we were in the middle of the civil war. so, at

and of milwaukee's society. this bust in particular was done by a flarntine sculptor who was a sculptor who arrived in milwaukee in the early 1890s and found favor in milwaukee society, and he would model his subjects in clay, send the form back to his studio in florence, italy, and then the following summer return with several crates of white marble statues of milwaukee society members. and so here we have captain pabst. he had found a home in a vermont garden of a pabst descendant for about 20 or 30 years, but now he is back inside in our front hall, and we're happy to have him back. at the far end of the hall we have what is known as the musician's nook, and two to three musicians during an evening dinner party could gather in this space and play and entertain the pabst family. situated in the nook is one of captain pabst's prized possessions. it's a ceremonial chair featuring the crest of the ruling family of prussia in hand-tooled leather, and this has always been situated in the front hall of the house. be

. >> great to see you. >> hey, milwaukee. >> yay!l right. big surprise. our theme for today's show is, guess what, americans relationship with beer. and drinking in general. as we do in each week on our radio show, we'll be bouncing around through the centuries trying to see what a trans- historical approach to the subject like alcohol might reveal about other aspects of american life. as always, i, peter onuf will represent the 18th century, ed the 19th century. >> and i, will be toasting the 20th century. to kick things off, i want to go back to your period, peter, and just a few basic questions. we want to know who was drinking. i want to know what they were drinking and, hold on, i want to know mainly how much were they drinking? >> you should have asked who wasn't drinking. would have been a short show. we could have shut down right now. they're drinking everything. you might even say that this is the golden age, guys, the 18th century for alcohol in america. actually, it is not a very nice century to be honest, but if -- >> cal

it's probably one of the oldest ones still extent in a home in milwaukee. we pass back into the formal portion of the house, and then we'll go over to captain pabst's study, which was kind of his quiet retreat. it was kind of an intimate nook. so now we are ensconced in what is really kind of this very dramatic room that is kind of recalling his earlier life in germany, although he grew up very modestly on a farm. this probably in some respects represents kind of an ideal in his mind of what someone of his position's home should look like. and so all the woodwork in here is wall net and oak, designed in a 17th century german renaissance design, antiqued to give it to the appearance that was 200 years old 100 years ago but was indeed made here in milwaukee. what's particularly beautiful about this room and again harkens to the craftsmen that were working in the dining room, certain artists including milwaukee artist louis meyer actually created this magnificent ceiling, all done using different colored stains to give the effect of inlay and then incorporatin

in the city of milwaukee unemployment has gone up 28%. it is now one of the poorest cities in the entire country. unemployment is above 10%. i said time and time again we don't want wisconsin to become milwaukee. we want to help milwaukee become more like the good things we've done in the state of wisconsin. that's what we're going to do moving the state forward. >> may i respond? >> yes. wait, no. >> i thought there was time for a 30 second rebuttal. >> no. that's in direct questioning. our next question is from bob directed first at governor walker. >> most of the last budget debate was focused on the spending side of the ledger cutting spending to bring the budget in balance. we'd like to talk about the other side right now the revenue side, taxes, tax increases, tax cuts and specifically how you define a talk increase if a tax credit or a deduction gets removed is that a tax increase? what about previous spending cuts if they get restored is that a tax increase or things like licensing fees increased paper work filing fees if those ge

he became county executive of milwaukee county following a recall. and he has signed recall petitions, as my understanding, against senator finegold, against senator cole not for criminal misbehavior but because he disagreed with political decisions, the decisions that he made led to this recall. >> absolutely the law should be changed. i think democrats, republicans alike realize that spending $16, $17 million on another election is just a horrible waste of money. but it's the law right now. at some point in the future after this is all said and done, we'll move on as a state. we'll be able to move forward. you'll see democrats and republicans not only in the legislature, but voters across the state that want to see a change. i think that's something important. but today we have a chance to debate the future. i'm going to spend tonight talking about the future. >> our second question is from erin davison directed first at governor walker. >> change in public employee collective bargaining law last year is one of the reasons we're here tonight. gover

governor scott walker and milwaukee mayor tom barrett. this evening's debate is made possible in part through generous grants from the wisconsin association of independent colleges and universities and wps health insurance. and now on their behalf mr. ralph revagi and mr. jim reardon. >> good evening. >> along with wps wisconsin's 22 private nonprofit colleges and our more than 60,000 students are pleased to sponsor this gubernatorial debate. to be competitive in the global knowledge economy wisconsin needs to expand educational opportunity. wisconsin's private nonprofit colleges have been committed to excellence in education since before wisconsin became a state. we believe that an educated and civil debate focused on the issues is essential for moving this state forward. >> we've been insuring wisconsin's health since 1946. in that time we've seen our society and government grow in challenges especially in health care and health insurance. we hope that our sponsor shoip of this debate will gain an understanding of how each of these cand

we saw that in particular in the milwaukee public school district. they rushed to a contract and they ended up in dire straits. they had to do layoffs. and that was very, very unfortunate. and so, when milwaukee schools -- actually realized the opportunity to say, hey, lieutenant governor, we understand what you were trying to do here, can we have another swipe at this? can we try to do this? the governor signed legislation enabling milwaukee public schools to realize the savings. but when their teachers union voted on whether to realize the savings, whether they wanted to keep a raise for themselves or keep more money in the classrooms, keep teachers from being laid off, they voted for keeping the raise. >> greta: now, do you 100% agree with governor walker on every issue? >> oh, on every issue? probably not. but i think for a second that we have discussed every issue under the sun. i think in most cases, we do agree. that's the important importance of of having a really good relationship between the governor and the lieutenant governor and why the

milwaukee. it's hosted by the broadcasters association foundation. the candidates are questioned by local television anchors and the moderator and ceo john labs. the election is a ra match as scott walker defeated tom barret 52-46%. this is just under an hour. >> live from the campus of milwaukee and the studios of milwaukee television. the broad kaerss association foundation present as statewide broadcast debate between the leading candidates in a historical governor's recall election. now the president of the wisconsin broadcasters association, john lab. >> good evening. wisconsin's radio and television broadcasters are blessed to sponsor widely broadcast debates and major political campaigns. this evening will engage two leading candidates in the first government norse recall election in the 164 history of the state of wisconsin. scott walker and milwaukee mayor tom barret. this evening is made possible in part through generous grants from the wisconsin association of independent college and

scott walker was the milwaukee county executive from 2002 to 2010. he didn't do anything about poverty then and he didn't do anything about it for the first 15 months as governor of the state. the recall election is the only reason he's helping milwaukee now. of course, walker is not the only wisconsin republican facing a recall election on june 5th. four state senators and the lieutenant governor, rebecca clayfish, also have democratic challengers. mahlon mitchell, president of the professional firefighters of wisconsin won democratic nomination to challenge the lieutenant governor. he joins us here tonight. mahlon, good to have you with us. what do you make of -- >> good to be here, ed. >> well, i say he's cash whipping the folks in milwaukee county. how do you see it? >> well, you're exactly right, ed. what we're seeing is reactive approach to everything in government. if you just go back to last year, you talked about the job creation. we didn't actually have a special session to create jobs until october of last year, because we didn't apparentl

issues in milwaukee. the hour long debate was hosted by the wisconsin broadcasters association foundation and this is a rematch of the 2010 state governor's race as scott walker defeated tom bare barrett 52-46%. >> live from the studios of membership membership public television, the wisconsin broadcasters association foundation presents a statewide broadcast debate between the leading candidates in an historic governor's recall election. and now the president of the wisconsin broadcasters association foundation. >> good evening we're pleased this evening to continue our public affairs broadcast tradition. this evening's debate will engage the two leading candidates in the first governor's recall election in the 164-year history of the state of wisconsin. governor scott walker and milwaukee mayor tom barrett. this evening's debate is made possible in part through generous grants from the wisconsin association of independent colleges and universities and wps health insurance. and now on their behalf -- >>

being done in milwaukee. let's be clear. he's only been out of milwaukee, that being governor walker, has only been out of milwaukee for this period of time that he's destroyed our state and taken us backwards. the other time, he was the county executive of milwaukee county. so anything that he's saying is bad, quote unquote, with about what hasn't been done in milwaukee county, really also is a true example of his lack of leadership when he was the county executive. >> all right. >> so i hope that people will remember that. >> and we will see if the shoe drops legally before election day. you never know. he's got a legal defense fund. >> oh, right. meet john doe. >> well, we have spent a lot of time covering this and now we're in the -- i guess turning the hourglass here, going to june 5th. it is the template against citizens united. it is the people against the corporate money, the special interests money. the country is watching wisconsin. it's going to be a very interesting month. obviously, we will be in

in milwaukee, thousands of people have been getting sick.: private distributors of bottled water are sending extra supplies as fast as possible. health officials blame a microscopic parasite called cryptosporidium. man: in the 1993 cryptosporidium outbreak, over 400,000 people became ill with diarrhea, cramping and nausea, and we also recorded over 100 deaths, primarily in the immuno-compromised community, and in particular, individuals with aids, or hiv infection. man: people were beginning to experience symptoms of diarrhea. it started to become more and more widespread. so the natural spot to look was drinking water. so tests were run on the water coming out of both of our water treatment plants. and we found cryptosporidium coming out of our howard avenue plant. man: milwaukee officials are shutting down one of the city's two water purification plants. biedrzycki: cryptosporidium is a parasite that's found in the gut or intestine of both humans and animals, and found in many surface waters throughout the globe. prior to 1993, it was not

how you doing, milwaukee?cheers and applause] i got to tell you, i am so excited to be here for the christmas special. we have been here many times to the pabst theater, and i came here the first time 13 years ago. and i thought, "this is the place whenever i shoot a tv special, it's got to be right here in milwaukee at the pabst." thanks for coming, and merry christmas. [cheers and applause] thank you. [cheers and applause] well, like i said, we are very excited to be here doing the christmas special. i say "we." most of us are excited. there is one guy that's kind of been curmudgeonly about the whole christmas thing. [cheers and applause] please help me welcome my old friend walter. [cheers and applause] >> oh, my lord.

scott walker thought this was so important he could have done it when he was county executive of milwaukee county a really just way back that are i mean two thousand and ten ok let's let's talk about corporate greed in america the bank of america just had a big shareholder meeting and. you know there's always shareholder proposals that are put forward at the at the meeting and very rarely do they ever go anywhere because usually the real business was decided in advance but there was one in particular that didn't it didn't pop over the fifty percent mark but it hit close to thirty as i recall which is amazing i mean usually they're like less than one percent tell us about that's right you know we consider thirty percent a huge victory because frankly the the folks who don't want it who are happy with the status quo really control most of the votes which are the investment managers on wall street so a bank of america you know they were they were bailed out they've foreclosed on a lot of people their c.e.o. still making eight million dollars and so so we've formed a coalition and bank of amer

and now, my guest joins us from milwaukee, wisconsin. sir, early voting, that is different from absentee voting, right? >>guest: correct. we have a system in wisconsin where prior to the actual election day you can show up at your polling location and cast your ballot. >>stuart: so all of the polling places have to be open every day for the next two weeks, fully staffed and listed for early voters? that would seem to be incredibly expensive. >>guest: it is generally limited in the early voting period to city clerks would run elections for the municipalities so it is not as extensive as a normal election day but it is, still, quite an effort. for early voting. >>stuart: but nothing illegal about this either side is free to organize busing to the polls? nothing illegal about it whatever but it appears to you, does it not the unions are fed up? >>guest: clearly there is nothing illegal with this effort but as you said, it is something that the left is much better at than conservatives or republicans. there is one group here in the city of m

tavis: has become will allen a legend in milwaukee. as i said, in case you just tuned in, and a macarthur genius, and on the time on hundred list, and you have done so well, they got to back as commencement speaker. >> that was quite an honor considering i was the first african-american basketball player there in 1967, to come back and be asked by the board and the president. it was quite an honor. you learn tavis: did. the new book is called "the good food revolution growing a: the food, people, and communities." up next, "slumdog millionaire" star dev patel. tavis: is a knack dev patel to who starred in the film." "slumdog millionaire this summer you can catch him in the hbo series." "the newsroom he is also starring in." "the best exotic marigold hotel >> you have found your way to the states by my beloved father that i have raised from the ruins of his broken dreams and name to the best exotic marig elo. ld i yes -- hotel. i use these words deliberately. who knows how many days you have left. we are most honored you have chosen to

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. >> he does not do well in milwaukee. an uphill climb. down 8-0 before the faithful in milwaukee had even downed their first bratwurst of the day. home of the rally banana. zito win less in eight starts in milwaukee. this didn't help. it is a bunt and zito throws high to first. the first of two giant errors in that first frame. ramirez makes zito pay. this is a 3-run double. it was 6-1 after 1. the second inning was not better. zito grooves one and that is batting practice right there. 2-1 homer and zito was yanked after three and allowed eight runs. giants to their credit did not just roll over and die. bases loaded in the third for hector sanchez. a double closes the gap, but the giants struck out 15 times in this game. francisco rodriguez and two men aboard. brewers aboard being swept and giants in miami tomorrow. the a's and the angels, they win extras today. we'll have that and the quakes mixing it up with beckham. you want a piece of me? p@ >>> the a's got one whole hit yesterday and three more today. it is hard to beat anybody with

. >> he does not do well in milwaukee. an uphill climb.own 8-0 before the faithful in milwaukee had even downed their first bratwurst of the day. home of the rally banana. zito win less in eight starts in milwaukee. this didn't help. it is a bunt and zito throws high to first. the first of two giant errors in that first frame. ramirez makes zito pay. this is a 3-run double. it was 6-1 after 1. the second inning was not better. zito grooves one and that is batting practice right there. 2-1 homer and zito was yanked after three and allowed eight runs. giants to their credit did not just roll over and die. bases loaded in the third for hector sanchez. a double closes the gap, but the giants struck out 15 times in this game. francisco rodriguez and two men aboard. brewers aboard being swept and giants in miami tomorrow. the a's and the angels, they win extras today. we'll have that and the quakes mixing it up with beckham. you want a piece of me? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ transforming sounds ] [ male announcer ] transformers. the ride. ride it at universal st

. >> he does not do well in milwaukee. an uphill climb.he faithful in milwaukee had even downed their first bratwurst of the day. home of the rally banana. zito win less in eight starts in milwaukee. this didn't help. it is a bunt and zito throws high to first. the first of two giant errors in that first frame. ramirez makes zito pay. this is a 3-run double. it was 6-1 after 1. the second inning was not better. zito grooves one and that is batting practice right there. 2-1 homer and zito was yanked after three and allowed eight runs. giants to their credit did not just roll over and die. bases loaded in the third for hector sanchez. a double closes the gap, but the giants struck out 15 times in this game. francisco rodriguez and two men aboard. brewers aboard being giants innd giants in miami tomorrow. the a's and the angels, they win extras today. we'll have that and the quakes mixing it up with beckham. you want a piece of me? ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that'

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he was the county executive here in milwaukee. but it's really going to be about the economy. under scott walker's leadership, the state of wisconsin has lost more jobs than any other state in this entire country. in fact, in the last year, wisconsin's the only state that has lost jobs. and so that is very much an anchor around him because he's the one who said he was going to come in and create 250,000 jobs. instead, he launched this ideological civil war that has divided this state now for 16 months. i will end the civil war in wisconsin. >> we do want to say that we did invite the governor to come on. and he said he could not fit it into his schedule. mayor tom barrett, thank you very much for being with us. let me go back to you guys. major, obviously this election is about the economy. is it going to tell us something about the strength of unions? >> it will. i think the wisconsin recall election is the warm-up act for the national campaign. everything that will be visited on the national campaign, messages, grassroots organi

he's the mayor of milwaukee.ten to him. >> we all have witnessed what has happened in this state over the last 16 months, with scott walker starting an ideological civil war in the state that has divided our state like it has never been divided before. family members shy away from talking to family members about politics, because it becomes too bitter. it does not have to be that way in wisconsin. >> so is the recall going to succeed? ed schultz is the expert, he's the host, of course, of the upcoming ed show, every night here at 8:00 eastern, on msnbc. it's my role to be your warm-up act every night, ed schultz. >> no one's better. >> tonight you get to do it yourself. you are an expert, as well as an advocate out there. test of labor strength, labor? can they do the polling operation to get out the vote campaign that's going to work here? >> they can and they will, that's what they're telling me. no broken noses over this. it was about as clean as it could get as far as four democrats going for the nomination,