hello mr card as i was the welcome to the show thank you supporter of blanket thank you very much for coming well first of all the thing i want to ask you. when the an author was appointed as head of the un office for outer space affairs it provoked lots of talk lots of rivers in the media that she was the woman that will be responsible for contacts without the civilisations well the un have course has denied these rumors but but anyway. it is according to scientists according to the united nations officials it is a contact with other forms of life getting hooked probabl these days in the years to be. well it's possible but very if it's getting more probable that i would say it's getting more probable very slowly. most astronomers i think would agree that it's highly likely that somewhere in the universe there are other living creatures and it may even be in our solar system but if so they are much more likely to be microbes than intelligent beings. and if they do exist they're going to be very very far away and communication over long distances is still extremely difficult even for o

mr. kaufman, the last person to turn in a speaker card. chair nolan: good afternoon, mr. kaufman. >> i am going to throw out a few numbers at you. these are all from the mta records. we did not dream them up. i want to talk about just two of the many reasons that many oppose the central project. in fact, what is opposed is gross, quite significant, day- by-day. ridership. back three years ago, when this product was being sold to some rather gullible elected officials, figures were being tilted of 90,000 people per day. as you know, that is nowhere close to being correct. i might say just in passing, that puts it up in a legitimate field with, let's say, some of the new york subways, which may be 800 riders per day, 900,000 riders per day. someday, maybe this will carry that many. those are two car trains. by the time the final eir k9 and address 76,000 riders per day, -- by the time the final eir came out and addressed the 76,000 riders per day, that was at the time of the eir. however, that turned out to be wrong, too. now, it is shown as 65,000 riders per day, including

card. >> thank you again, mr. chairman, members of the board. there is one point here that keeps coming to the sbe participation. vendors sell something. we are contractors. we perform work. i think there's a difference here by saying that one contractor has obtained 17% sbe participation by using vendors -- >> that is -- sir, can you clarify for the speaker? director ford: let's hold this time. >> i would like to clarify a couple of items. they submitted the bid was 21.5%, and we took a close look at the numbers and calculating that some of those were in fact suppliers and vendors instead, we recalculated their percentage at 17.3%. we took a similar look at the 2nd low bidder's numbers. he came in at 26.5%. if you do the same calculations and account for brokers, it appears they also drop down below 20%. i also want to remind you that this is a subcontract under the cmgc contract, which will still have a 17% goal, so the individual percentages are all to enable cmgc to come in a 17% or more on their overall contract. 24% not met here will still

mr. ritchie. secretary housh: we have no speaker cards on this. president vietor: 12 and 13 together? secretary housh: a discussion of possible action to authorize the general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission to execute on behalf of the city and county of san francisco by in between the san francisco public utilities commission and other members of the alameda creek fisheries restoration work a group to continue phase two and a further authorize the general manager to allocate funding for beat pitt -- for the sfpuc portion of the flow studies. item number 13, a discussion and possible action to authorize the general manager of the san francisco the dita von teese commission to negotiate and execute a memorandum of understanding, for operations at half moon bay gauging station, and the administration of b.p.-- of the pilarcitos creek integrated watershed management plan. there was a different amount that was in some of the posted versions of the agenda, but the item itself was always posted as correct at the other amount. president vietor: thank you. are there a

government attracts newcomers through official visa lottery granting green cards this is laura mr reports next for many people the quest for the american dream could turn that into a grim reality. in the united states and here in new york every year countless people play the lottery. entering for a chance to win for a mega million dollar fantasy believing a few dollars and a dream could buy them turn for the life of a ticket that could change their lives every year more than ten million people also play a different kind of lottery and fifty thousand when meet one of them. and her husband teenage son and seven year old daughter you see here. are immigrants from nepal they entered and won the united states diversity visa lottery this lottery is a congressional mandate it's supposed to be an opportunity for people to come to america from countries with historically low rates of immigration the jackpot with permanent residency the prize is not cash but green cards and this startling experience was we had to start from scratch from zero once we got here two years of struggling with joblessness

mr. speaker, he is the last person to turn in a speaker card on this item. chair nolan: sir? >> i have a couple of comments to make. on the legal residency requirement, i am wondering if there will be an investigation in questioning into people's residency. there is tremendous concern of their among the drivers about the electronic waybill. believe me, it is out there. i would really like to see some very, very stringent policies in place about access to the information. otherwise, it may well be up for grabs, and i am not confident from what we have here that there is going to be limited access. vehicles, easing the vehicle age requirements, it is really something that is going to benefit the low and companies and hurt the companies that try to provide better quality vehicles -- it is going to benefit the low-end companies. the two items that need to be manually entered on the electronic waybills are things that are equipment and to electronically in automatically, so i am wondering what it says that you have to enter it manually, when it is not necessary, and i do not even

cards. the only way to know if you got the best deal possible is if mr. allison walked away from the deal. -- if mr. ellison walked away from the deal. secondly, other cities are ready. we should take this opportunity now with the deal we are presented. lastly, i think it is unrealistic to term the exchange of development rights along the bay as "giving them away." they are valuable development rights. they have not been utilized. people have avoided developing here because of the cost. this is an opportunity to develop the waterfront. i urge you to vote yes. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. this will be the last public comment, unless anybody else would like to do so. this is your last opportunity. >> good at afternoon, supervisors. ball the black with the san francisco chamber of commerce. -- good afternoon, supervisors. by black with the san francisco chamber of commerce -- bob black with the san francisco chamber of commerce. we have an opportunity to marry sports, technology, and media in a way they have never been married together before.

mr. toronto? >> i would like to comment on item 12 -- >> hold on. barry toronto has already turned in a speaker card. >> good afternoon. as someone said, i guess i have a doppelganger tonight. what i would like to point out is i heard about this. usually the time limit you have is the time limit on the meter, and a lot of the meters in the city are two hours. i think the issue is the center for one hour for all of them, it does not make sense because you are going to confuse the public, and if you are going to have protests because people are not going to know. if you adopt one hour, you should at least have a signed up at every meter, and a lot of them do not even have meters. you have to go to a station to put your money in, but that is broken, you should be told in big letters so you did not have to get reading glasses out to read that you only have one hour if the meter's broken. i think that it is only fair to actually go by the maximum amount of time and you can put money in for that particular meter. that is what makes sense. also, enforcement. i'm asking you today to do what makes sense rath

card. what's your story? citi can help you write it. . >>> good evening everybody of the raiders have a new coach. this is the sixth gentleman since 2002 that mrought in as the offensive coordinator last year to work supposedly under tom cable, and then when cable got so hooked, the automatic promotion, although mr. davis stretched it out until he was the last coach named. here is monte pool, long time writer for the oakland tribune. >> he's on hard times he's tough on his coaches. he doesn't respect his coaches very much. and i think when you look at what he's got with hue jackson a guy who made an immediate impact he did respect that. and i know he wanted to get rid of cable before he brought in jackson. if hue didn't fall flat on his face he was going to get the job. >> he's 82 years of age and i guess i wear this out. you think it is his right to do what he damn well pleases? he's been the guy through thick and thin. >> it's his business, his team. you talk to some of the older raiders and they say the same thing. they don't like what is going on but it's his team and he can do whatever he likes. >> the official announcement comes at 1:15

mr. young, can you share with us your announcements? >> please turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you wish to speak during public comment, please fill out a speaker card and turn it into myself. items acted upon today will appear on the board of supervisors agenda on december 14, 2010 unless otherwise stated. supervisor avalos: thank you. colleagues, today is the last budget committee meeting of the year. it has been quite a year, and it will be quite a meeting, i'm sure, especially with the america's cup discussion. that, we will probably get to, for those of the waiting in the audience, probably about 12:30, 12:45. since we have a long meeting, i expect a short break after that to get to the latter items on the agenda. could you please call item one. >> item 1. ordinance appropriating $2,385,068 of visitacion valley infrastructure fee revenue from the visitacion valley infrastructure fund, including $2,169,200 in the public library for the visitacion valley branch library project and $215,868 in the department of public works, for the planning and design of utility undergrounding on leland avenue for fy2010-2011, and placing $1,156,304 on controller

mr. pacheco, thank you. we are ready to call item no. 7. secretary pacheco: i think he has another question about the directive? president peterson: the parties have left. you can call me. here is my card. secretary pacheco: item number seven, appeal no. 10-110, john horvers and f. joseph butler, 1269 lombard, versus the zone in the administrator, protesting the grading on a two-for-one, 2010, for the rear yard variance disconcerting demolishing the existing two story single- family building and constructing two new buildings at front and near -- we are of a lot. >> -- note the front and rear of the lot. >> good evening. john is not able to come this evening. his mother, unfortunately, his 91-year-old mother in arizona was hospitalized, and he had to go down to arizona. i note will do like to point out that he did ask mr. gladstone to continue this, and he refused. i say shame on mr. gladstone. however, we're going to continue with the process. i happen to also live in the neighborhood. all i am out1251 and 1249 lombard. -- i am at 1251. how did this new project get as far as it did in the approval process? it is seemingly far in excess of anything that as allowed in the code. there se

mr. witcover, for this wonderful exposition. we do have some questions. anybody who has questions, please, write them on cards provided on your table and the cards will be brought up to us at the head table. the first question is given the tragic death -- >> [inaudible] >> -- given the tragic death of richard holbrooke yesterday, do you think that joe biden will have to step in at least to undertake some of those duties? in the afghanistan, pakistan set up? >> [inaudible] >> the question was whether biden would have to step in to fulfill some of the duties that richard holbrooke performed up to his death. i don't see him as taking that role exactly because biden has already been very much involved in monitoring the war and afghanistan and persuading the pakistani government to be more forthcoming in dealing with the trouble of al qaeda in pakistan. i think biden will continue the rule i think it is essential for obama to find somebody else to fill holbrook's role which won't be easy because he was a superior negotiator and diplomat and in my view it is a serious loss for the administration >> can i should lik

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mr. witcover, for this wonderful exposition. we do have some questions. anybody who has questions, please, write them on cards provided on your table, and the cards will be brought up to us at the head table. the first question is, given the tragic deaths -- >> [inaudible] >> given the tragic death of richard holbrooke yesterday, do you think that joe biden will have to step in at least -- [inaudible] to undertake some of those duties in the -- >> louder! >> in afghanistan, pakistan, etc. >> the question was whether biden would have to step in to fill some of the duties that richard holbrooke performed until his death. i don't see him as taking that role exactly because he, biden has already been very much involved in monitoring the war in afghanistan and in persuading the pakistani government to be more, more forthcoming in dealing with the troubles of al-qaeda in pakistan. i think biden will continue to same role, i think it's essential already obama to find somebody else to fill holbrook holbrooke's role which will not be easy was he was a superior negotiator and diplomat and, in my view, a very serious lo

mr. president, that many of us here would be happy with the report cards that we got in either high school or college or whatever education we got behind that. i doubt that we would be proud of any report card that resembles that which we have obtained in this facility. in this great house of debate, in this distinguished body of legislators, one of the most prominent -- the most prominently qualified of legislative bodies across the world. and the envy of so many who think that the united states is still one great country and we want to do the right thing. but here what's happened we find ourselves in a morass of dilatory activities. things that do nothing but stop progress. and that's the mission that we seek. and i congratulate my colleagues who have taken hold here to make sure that we do whatever we can to change the facility. now, i have here my picture of jimmy stewart, mr. smith, and while i'm not anxious to admit it, i do, i remember seeing the picture. we needn't discuss the precise date, but it was some time ago when i saw this, and it left a vivid impression in my mind, but i c

card to attend. tickets are $20 apiece. >>> if you were to do some gardeni gardening, it would be a good weekend for it. >> yes, do you keep a botanical garden, mr. mcgrew? good morning to you. if you do keep a botanical garden, you are probably noticing early blossoms. we'll be cold getting into next week and the weeks to come. that means you need to protect the growth even more so. 44 in concord with a bit of dense fog in the east bay pushing towards the north bay. and we also have some dense fog along the peninsula today. so that brilliant sunshine we had on the peninsula and over the south bay yesterday, i don't think that's going to be the case. maybe not until later next week. but we do have to get through the big system of low pressure that started digging as we saw last night. so what that means for us is we'll see rain heading into this weekend starting saturday evening lasting throughout the night. we'll see clearing for the second half of sunday, i think by 2:00 p.m. on sunday, that's when everything will clear. with the onshore flow, the pattern is shifting, we'll see more fog push in along the peninsula. a dense fog advisory is in p

card away. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: i yield one minute to the the gentleman from new york, mr. reed, new member of the judiciary committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. reed: i rise today in support of the repeal of the job-killing obamacare legislation. this bill is a whopping 2,500 pages of of new spending and government bureaucracy. rushed to approval after only 48 hours of arm twisting and deal making. unfortunately, just as republicans predicted, this legislation did absolutely nothing to address the real problem in the health care, its costs. republicans have advocated for tort reform to be included in any legislation, for just as long those who have wrote this legislation have ignored the need for tort reform. the congressional budget office estimates tort reform initiatives could save $54 billion. i will say that the other side attempted to reform tort reform by providing $50 million for states to consider the concept of tofert reform. here we go again, another

card away. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: i yield one minute to the the gentleman from new york, mr. reed, new member of the judiciary committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. reed: i rise today in support of the repeal of the job-killing obamacare legislation. this bill is a whopping 2,500 pages of of new spending and government bureaucracy. rushed to approval after only 48 hours of arm twisting and deal making. unfortunately, just as republicans predicted, this legislation did absolutely nothing to address the real problem in the health care, its costs. republicans have advocated for tort reform to be included in any legislation, for just as long those who have wrote this legislation have ignored the need for tort reform. the congressional budget office estimates tort reform initiatives could save $54 billion. i will say that the other side attempted to reform tort reform by providing $50 million for states to consider the concept of tofert reform. here we go again, another

card away. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: i yield one minute to the the gentleman from new york, mr. reed, new member of the judiciary committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. reed: i rise today in support of the repeal of the job-killing obamacare legislation. this bill is a whopping 2,500 pages of of new spending and government bureaucracy. rushed to approval after only 48 hours of arm twisting and deal making. unfortunately, just as republicans predicted, this legislation did absolutely nothing to address the real problem in the health care, its costs. republicans have advocated for tort reform to be included in any legislation, for just as long those who have wrote this legislation have ignored the need for tort reform. the congressional budget office estimates tort reform initiatives could save $54 billion. i will say that the other side attempted to reform tort reform by providing $50 million for states to consider the concept of tofert reform. here we go again, another

mrs. chung. and that was the way it was for the rest of her life. >> until the day she died. >> i'm not -- you know, i never rejected a birthday card from my daughtersbalance that out? who is the disciplinarian? >> i am. >> the son. >> he threatens and threatens. then, he doesn't followthrough. i'm the only one that follows through. but even a tiger mom, the whole controversy, i think is way out of control. she has written a book. and i dare say, so many people are, you know, criticizing it. but nobody's read it. exactly. i haven't read it. you haven't read it. >> she admits her mistakes. >> yes. and i think all these people are just going crazy because it is typical journalism that we all practice. that is, "the wall street journal," the original article, took the sexiest part of the book and made it the story. >> you're exactly right. without any of the context. >> right. >> we would have done the same thing. >> absolutely. and that's what i'm talking about. that's journalism today. so, she is not -- she didn't claim to make this a parenting book. she claimed that this is her memoir. >> it struck a chord. a lot of parents deal with this anxiety of

issue that report card and i am sure that the senators will be sitting here in the third week to tell the nation how it came out. host: our gueuest has been to the gentleman is recognized. mrklein: madam speaker, i rise today to thank all my colleagues here in the house and especially my constituents back home in south florida. the opportunity to serve in this body has been the privilege and honor of a lifetime. i truly have been honored and feel honored to have been entrusted with the responsibility of fighting for families, businesses, seniors and veterans in our community every single day. and fight we did. when i came in four years ago we were challenged with a war. we were challenged with a lot of oer things. as those years have passed there have been new challenges, the economy and others. together we fought to take on skyrocketing homeowners insurance costs in florida and other places. we wrote a commonsense solution that makes insurance look and work like itsupposed to. it wasn't easy bute brought together every single member of florida's delegation, republican and democrat alike, as well as allies from around the country and passed the homeowners defense act in a

mr. blair will confront each other head-on such as pete through two rounds of formal rebuttals. we'll then bring you, the audience into this debate through what questions all of you received it question card. at any time in the debate, so that i'll come to pass it down the aisle for collection. i'll also be taking questions from audience numbers on the stage, some of the younger audience members here. those questions will be asked directly to mr. blair and mr. hitchens. we'll also be bring in our online audience through a series of questions, too. the debate will conclude with short five minute closing statement and a second audience vote on the motion. but before i call upon our debaters for their opening statements, let's find out how the 2700 people in this body and voted as they came into the hall. we're going to get those numbers up on the screen now. 22% of you in favor to motion. fifty-seven opposed. and fully 21% if you are decided. now, we also, as you know, ask you a second question tonight. we has to come depending on what you hear during the debate, are you open to changing your vote? look at those numbers to please. wow. 75% of this audience, three quarters could change their

cards and cut his weekly allowance. it's time to tell our kids and grandkids that we don't want them to bear the burden of our generation's fiscal irresponsibility. mr. speaker, i along with my constituents in north georgia hope that the early reports are wrong about another stimulus being proposed tonight. rather than use a few spending cuts as window dressing for more spending, tonight the president's opportunity to seize the moment and be a leader and get serious about spending reform. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from connecticut, mr. murphy, for five minutes. mr. murphy: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise as did other members of the connecticut delegation to pay tribute to a great man who served with the state of connecticut and his community of danbury in a variety of ways, bill ratchford. he passed await recently and the entire state of connecticut is mourning but in particular my district is mourning. though connecticut districts have been reconfigured over the years we both share a love and affinity for bill's hometown of danyurry he represented in the united states congress and and i ha

mr. fleming: repealing obamacare is an imperative for four reasons. one, while it increases numbers under coverage, it will sharply reduce access to care. like canada and britain, socialized medicine will mean carrying an insurance card that will entitle you only to less choice, longer waits and rationing. second, while the health care system is now hard to navigate, under obamacare it will be a nightmare. with over 150 new mandates and agencies controlled by unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats and i.r.s. agents, to whom will we turn when the system fails us? third is yet another entitlement program financed through a disney fantasy of accounting, it will add to the current entitlement fiasco in washington, exploding the budget for many generations to come. finally, with higher taxes and more constrictions on businesses, employed -- employed americans will continue to decline or become an endangered species altogether. let's repeal the worst legislation in a generation, obamacare. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. miller: i think i'm starting to understand the physician shortage in the country, most of them are in the congress apparently. i yield one minute to the gentleman fr

mr. fleming: repealing obamacare is an imperative for four reasons. one, while it increases numbers under coverage, it will sharply reduce access to care. like canada and britain, socialized medicine will mean carrying an insurance cardonly to less choice, longer waits and rationing. second, while the health care system is now hard to navigate, under obamacare it will be a nightmare. with over 150 new mandates and agencies controlled by unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats and i.r.s. agents, to whom will we turn when the system fails us? third is yet another entitlement program financed through a disney fantasy of accounting, it will add to the current entitlement fiasco in washington, exploding the budget for many generations to come. finally, with higher taxes and more constrictions on businesses, employed -- employed americans will continue to decline or become an endangered species altogether. let's repeal the worst legislation in a generation, obamacare. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. miller: i think i'starting to understanthe physician shortage in the country, most of them are in the congress apparently. i yield one minute to the gentleman from new york, mr. tonko. the