that was a pretty decent part trail of much of what patten was like. scott got the right look, maybe a bit more swagger than the real patton. you know, they had to convince -- condense 60 years. one thing i found interesting was the voice of george c. scott, the command voice which we have associated and which every film portrayal has used as its model of the architect george patton. here is the commanding voice of the hollywood patton. and see if we can bring it up. [inaudible] all right. that is the gravel voice. but the real patten had a commanding voice that was slightly different. here are some remarks that he made to the third infantry division after the capture of one of the high point

after the war eisenhower, reminiscing on his old friend patten said george patton loved to shock people. any thing that popped into his mind promptly came out of his mouth especially if it was bizarre. he loved to shake members of the social gathering by exploding outrages profanity and if it created an effect he would indulge in more of the same but if no one paid attention he would quiet down. this wasn't something that just happened for effect during the second world war. this is part of who patton was. in 1919 when he was on the boat coming back to america from returning from france his father wrote him an interesting letter where he warned him i have been worried that the gift of gab may get you into trouble. you are now 34 and the dignity going with your rank invest what you say with more importance so i hope you will be very careful and self restraint for your own good. at the was the commander of the third cavalry regiment stationed outside washington d.c.. hat and would sometimes go out for horseback rides with the chief of staff, general george marshall and occasionally take h

steve patten, vice president. jim wall, treasurer. john deramus, director. we're here today, representing the nob hill association. as we can all expect, we at the nob hill association as every other citizen of this city loves this city. we all want to do what we can to help improve this city. we're not here today to ask for anything from the city. we're here to say that in our neighborhood we have a wealth of talent that we would like to make available to help the city make some of its difficult decisions. our objectives are, a, to reduce the cost of operations for the city. and b, where we can to increase the revenue the to the city through what we might do in our neighborhood. we suggest that every neighborhood association in san francisco has a much better understanding of their own neighborhood than this board of supervisors have bus we are right next to it, and we are prepared to offer and help and bring along things that will help the budget by reducing costs and increasing revenue. >> thank you very much. >> that's my message for today. thank you. >>

steve patten, vice president. jim wall, treasurer. john deramus, director. we're here today, representing the nob hill association. as we can all expect, we at the nob hill association as every other citizen of this city loves

a gentleman by the name of patten was killed. he was a nailvy -- navy s.e.a.l.t was the navy s.e.a.l.s who went into this operation. what they do is so courageous. the finest in the world are trained by our great country. so these men and women in the military who -- and intelligence community who put their lives on the line to make this happen is remarkable. i can't help but get to -- the young patent boy i played ball with -- i can't get him out of my mind. over the past two and a half years, the obama administration has significantly escalated our military intelligence to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al qaeda in pakistan and afghanistan and around the world. we know that the fight against terrorists who want to harm americans is not over. >> you are listening live to harry reid as hese talking ale bit -- a bit emotionally. he was at a funeral for a friend's son who was killed. he said that osama bin laden's death is the most -- is the most significant in the fight against al qaeda so far. he said it was some of the navy s.e.a.l.s that pulled off the operatio