john was responsible for ollie north. chris argatis, who i don't think has prosecuted anyone but defends everyone. and other greats like patrick and nancy. our programs have historically been more a mix of social and educational gatherings. our history dates back to 1962. we had a judge's luncheon in 1962 and our list of ctla presidents goes back that far. i wish i had the time to list them all but i don't. we'll get that list on our ctla page soon. san francisco is lucky to have ctla to kick around. our shall i say, to have our ctla members to kick around. but seriously, i'm humbled by the ctla members who every day, every day defend their clients using the constitutions of the united states and california in support of great principles. every day our members show courage in bay area courts, and we do ok in the big battles as well. who will ever forget the extraordinary accomplishments of john in defending our college, patrick, from a crazy federal prosecutor in nevada? that level of talent and that level of courage is u

it started with fawn hall ollie north's non-white house related -- she worked at the whitehouse whitehousee became a celebrity because she shredded all of the documents. and someone invited her. a non-reporter non-journalist and that started it and the next year, they started movie stars and now it's out of control. >> it is out of control. it's like all of these people everybody who was every walk on the red carpet? i mean, come on. what's all that? >> are you sitting with lindsay lohan? >> i am at the political table. i need to see what that means. you have a fan club and i am the chairman of your fan club. i love the show. the show looks really great. >> for somebody like me you are an old pro at this media business and so for somebody like me who is just, you know a political hack, it's been a real learning curve, but i really loved it. the war room is focused on the political race and the season. it's been a hoot. >> people who come out of politics who get jobs on radio or television most of it has collapsed. can't go it. you can do it. look at mario, terrible on radio. >> he had his

there were the two most highly decorated marine platoon leaders in vietnam were jim webb and ollie north jim wrote a novel that is still fond of as one of the great war novels come a very different cup of tea status the right expression from catch-22 called field of fire, and jim royte this appreciation in "the wall street journal" and its quoted at some length in the introduction, and he recounts being in the ninth circle of hell coming he and his platoon has been taking terrible casualties. he said their insides were crawling with hookworms and bad water we had been drinking, and in the midst of this blood and misery and death he hears someone shouting in this foxhole and saying you've got to read this, you've got to read this, and it is a tattered copy of catch-22, and he had read the book of growing up as an air force brat on the base in nebraska but he said he devoured it, his men were passing it around and he said it didn't matter to me at all that i was reading a book that -- and these are his words, it was protesting the very war i was fighting. the book had been written in 1961

there were the two most highly decorated marine platoon leaders in vietnam were jim webb and ollie northjim wrote a novel that is still fond of as one of the great war novels come a very different cup of tea status the right expression from catch-22 called field of fire, and jim royte this appreciation in "the wall street journal" and its quoted at some length in the introduction, and he recounts being in the ninth circle of hell coming he and his platoon has been taking terrible casualties. he said their insides were crawling with hookworms and bad water we had been drinking, and in the midst of this blood and misery and death he hears someone shouting in this foxhole and saying you've got to read this, you've got to read this, and it is a tattered copy of catch-22, and he had read the book of growing up as an air force brat on the base in nebraska but he said he devoured it, his men were passing it around and he said it didn't matter to me at all that i was reading a book that -- and these are his words, it was protesting the very war i was fighting. the book had been written in 1961 a