>> commissioners, director, my name is paul nixon. i am a new member of the central waterfront valley committee. i think it was more than 10 years ago. at the same time that the central waterfront advisory committee began, about 10 years ago, the people on that committee, we got together and came up with the idea of a powered boat water trail in san francisco. that has gone through the legislature. it has gone through a process that could take years and years. just last month, $1 million was given to [unintelligible] for the beginning process of setting up a water trail. this $1 million that was given for what they call, in the plan, non-motorized small boats, this million dollars contains a lot of money for education. this is why i am speaking on this particular issue. the sixth point had to deal with oceangoing vessels. as far as human powerboats, processes are being set up already for education of the boaters, kayakers, like we have many of here. out rigging to new people. a process set up to help them understand the needs of other

are of world view was considered by republicans during the arrows of nixon eisenhower it's openly embraced today by republicans like paul ryan the guy who just wrote the budget passed by all but for republicans in the house of representatives that's the budget that cuts food stamps for poor people while cutting taxes for billionaires ran requires that all of his congressional staffers read atlas shrugged americans meet your new rulers unless you're a billionaire in which case you may well be one of them. speaking of only caring about profits as our society becomes more and more technologically advanced one question hardly anybody asks is what happens to that old computer junk and technology want to get thrown out the e.p.a. has studied this issue and found that four point six million tons of easy way he sed ends up in u.s. landfills every year releasing toxic chemicals into the air and the ground. either that or they get incinerated releasing even more toxic gases into the air but there's also another place where each waste is going the third world developing nations in asia and africa are routinely recipients of thousa

her father was one of the early supporters of nixon and she pulled every string she could in washington and she was finally cleared. >> what role did paulplay in the celebrity? >> that's an interesting and complicated question to answer. if you look at the arc of the relationship she was a very insecure and unexperienced girl when he met her and she turned herself inside out to become someone that he would like and admire your and perhaps one day would love so in a way he became her mentor he educated her and she'd for interest and through that she took up cooking and fell in love with french cuisine and emerge from that a different person, much more confident, outspoken and a very charismatic individual and credited him so much with that that when she became a celebrity virtually overnight with the publication of her cookbook you know she worked on it will he support of her for about ten years it took the first cookbook and was an overnight success and she literally stepped from being a nobody into the limelight and becoming a celebrity. it is interesting she always used the plural. we did this, we did that. and referring to herself as

father was an early supporter of nixon, and she pulled every striping in washington she -- every string in washington she could, and he was finally cleared. >> what role did paul play in ore celebrity -- her celebrity? >> that's an interesting and complicated question to answer. if you look at the arc of their relationship, she was really a very insecure, unexperienced girl when he met her, and she turned herself inside out to become someone he would like

paul, are we getting carried away? ambassador, you can take the long term strategic relationship. joshua, why don't you take the pipeline? >> we can take some lessons from the nixon administration and vietnam. there are all kinds of way to declare victory. make the point that this is part of how, through the sacrifices of our troops and one day eight, we have gotten ourselves in the position where we can -- up our troops and a decade, we have gotten ourselves in a position where we can turn the country over. i think that is quite sellable. public relations and rhetorical tasks, we have done that in the past and i think any administration can do that. >> on selling negotiations, go read our report. it is a try. it may not be everybody's cup of tea. i think negotiations with afghanistan over the long term on a bilateral basis are useful to push the question of negotiations among afghan parties and within the region in the long term. the third negotiation can always be adjusted to accommodate -- the first negotiation can always be adjusted to accommodate the next negotiation. we should have our interests state it. it cannot be based arrangements forever. we have to