ronald reagan in the 19 eighties. in his own time and space, and the way reagan has been mythologized. the way we think about reagan today. reagan the icon, reagan the symbol. marcus and i were at a philadelphia society meeting once, and we are at a reception and don divine, who was the head of this he made some comment about the reagan administration to marcus, and marcus came back and said actually marcus a said he did not cut domestic spending. and they got into this argument about how much reagan actually cut, and it was a funny moment for those who have seen don divine he is know how television he is a very animated person, and adamant person. and marcus as well. and it was a robust argument, and exciting to be standing next to. like so reagan's image was to a great degree self-made. he was very aware of his legacy, and sought to frame narratives about his presidency. during his presidency, the cold war united conservatives in a sort of fusion is to, some of you may recall the fusion as project as it was articulat

but marcus has spent the last five years writing this book on ronald reagan, and ronald reagan has become a symbol. he's become an icon for conservatives. we have presidential primary debates within the republican party held at the reagan library. and it's a de facto prerequisite for these candidates to air their opinions, to pay homage to ronald reagan. buttish as marcus likes to point out, there's a disconnect between the way conservatives thought about ronald reagan in the 1980s, in his own time and space. and the way reagan has been mythologized, the way we think about reagan today, reagan the icon, reagan the symbol. we were at a reception and don divine who's head of the civil service in the reagan administration made some comment about the reagan administration to marcus, and marcus came back and said actually reagan did not cut domestic spending and they kind of got into this argument about how much reagan actually cut, and it was a funny moment for those of you who have seen don divine on television, he's a very adamant person. and marcus is as well, so it was a pretty robust arg

and he singles out for criticism private citizen ronald reagan. the president of the united states singles out one person, goes out one out of 240 million people, he singles out reagan. he's just a private citizen. and so, the next day cbs news calls private citizen ronald reagan, and they say, would you like a half hour of national broadcast time to respond to the president of the united states? i mean, it would never happen today, right? >> no. >> so reagan, of course, jumps at the chance. he goes on and gives a half hour speech responding to the president of the united states attacking him over the panama canal treaties. >> let's shift from him attacking the president to his fight then again with the republican establishment of the time embodied in george h.w. bush. >> right. well, is that the party is split. it has been split since the '50s. in '52, eisenhower or robert taft. eisenhower represented the establishment. senator taft, mr. republican, represented the conservative outsiders. then nixon and lodge, goldwater and rockefeller, and then a

his last book is called "ronald reagan: fate, freedom and the making of history." and this liberal historian rates reagan as one of our four greatest presidents. he said that is the best definition of greatness is that did an american president save or free many, many people? >> craig, when we think about reagan and the republican party, conservatism, i think i go back to barry goldwater -- >> sure. >> -- to '64. >> right. >> to reagan's famous speech. >> right. >> for the sake of this audience, before we take him into the wilderness, which is where you take him here, explain to us how he comes to be because one of the great distinctions between reagan political history before he challenges the party establishment. >> that's right. he already had a lot of experience. he was the head of the screen actors guild. a couple of years ago, regain negotiated residual switch became important to a lot of old retired actresses, and actors, still out of work, still getting stipends and residual's from work that they have done in tvs and movies years ago. the studios would pay t

ronald reagan's inauguration, it was 55°. ple were bundled up but it was a beautiful day, a little bit overcast. it got sunny around noon time. it was also a formal event. president reagan was dressed in morning clothes, and that was the dress code. everyone on the platform were all dressed in formal attire, and i think the only other inauguration to have a formal dress code in modern times when john f. kennedy's. i remember it as a very polished event, beautiful day, and the country was -- we had just gone through a divisive election. there had been three candidates for president, the third-party candidate got 5% of the vote. reagan ended up winning 44 states. president carter carried only six, but carter four years before in his inaugural address had begun his remarks by thanking president ford for all he had done to heal the nation. ronald reagan at the beginning of his inaugural address thanked jimmy carter for his assistance in the transition. from then on inaugural addresses have had exquisite thanks to the outgoing pres

so that is classic ronald reagan.so if you go to the next slide, it will show a close-up of the resolute desk. and many people know about the resolute desk, but after the presentation were going to ask a bit of a trivia question, and there are two modifications that have been happened to the desk. okay so next slide priests please. so throughout the museum, we have a number of interactive's. and this is one, about dining in the white house. in the background, that's actually near, you can see there is red cases, that is where we house some of the many presidential gifts. and they're quite spectacular, a and if we go to the next slide, one of my personal favorite displays in the museum is the president's personal diary. what i find interesting about this, is that almost every day of his presidency, he actually wrote in this diary. there are five volumes. the reason they did that is that when they left the gubernatorial mansion, they did not remember a lot of the stuff. so they say were going to write this down. and it

one of the things i had forgotten about was the fact one to ronald reagan's first president campaigned against the selective service act passed by jimmy carter and those putting in ground troops in the future were in campaigned against that was a libertarian with that mobilization for like that and then we flip-flopped. so in some ways both as an entertainer and something there is honestly mean about and in those wider discussion reagan has now become a saint for conservatives and we forget and ending the with gorbachev go this misses the first stages of the presidency and how mean"the politics were as well as being wrapped up in the entertainment with everything he paid attention to. >> not only that, if anybody has binge watched anything on we had seen the call will do the videogame that actually turns reagan into a cartoon character and i haven't played that version of call of duty but essentially he has become a wise leader in call of duty : but as you have said he has become the hero who ended the cold war which really didn't and at that point but it's an amazing he has managed to

watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> ronald reagan was sworn in on january 20th, 1981. ed a being administered the oath of office, president reagan gave his inaugural address. it was the first inauguration on the west front of the u.s. capitol. >> are you prepared to take the constitutional oath? >> i am. >> i ronald reagan do solemnly swear. that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. >> that i will faithfully execute the office of the president of the united states. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend. >> preserve, protect, and defend. >> the constitution of the united states. >> the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. ♪♪ [ applause ] >>> the president of the united states. [ applause ] >> thank you.y((4jge$xzu senator hatfield, mr. chief justice, mr. president, vice president bush, vice president mondale, senator baker, speaker o' neil, and my fellow citizens, to a few of us here today, this is a solemn an

i, ronald reagan do solemnly swear -- president-elect reagan: i, ronald reagan do solemnly swear -- chief justice burger: that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states -- president-elect reagan: that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states -- chief justice burger: and will to the best of my ability... president-elect reagan: and will to the best of my ability -- chief justice burger: preserve, protect, and defend -- president-elect reagan: preserve, protect, and defend... chief justice burger: the constitution of the united states. president-elect reagan: the constitution of the united states. chief justice burger: so help you god. president-elect reagan: so help me god. ♪ >> the president of the united states. [applause] pres. reagan: thank you. thank you. senator hatfield, mr. chief justice, mr. president, vice president bush, vice president mondale, senator baker, speaker o'neill, reverend moomaw, and my fellow citizens -- to a few of us here today, this is a solemn and most momentous occasion. and yet, in the history of our

a bagel. [ laughter ] so this is ronald reagan's approach. it characterizes a large part of where i'm going to be going with my talk. by the time reagan was president, humor was considered a necessary part of the political arsenal of a president, of a candidate. and this, because, well, you know, i told you this story and no one would say it's an enormously clever story. it's enough to get a ha ha ha. reagan recognized for those years on the rubber chicken circuit, if there's an audience that doesn't know you, might be skeptical about your message that you're conveying, if you can get them to laugh, it loosens them up. it makes them feel that you're a real person and not simply this flak for ge. and it represents something of a culmination of a trend that had been going on for a long period of time. so i'm going to cover some of that trend. now, while i was -- after i told him what the topic was going to be tonight, i sort of got to thinking about it a little bit more. and i happened to be teaching -- well, this january. just last month. a cou

bush, dwight eisenhower, ronald reagan.american history tv this weekend on c span 3. >>> each week american history tv's american artifacts visits historic places and museums. the national building museum in washington, d.c. was known as the pension building in 1885 when grover cleveland's inaugural ball was held in the still unfinished building. composed of over 15 million red bricks, the building contains a great hall that's 316 feet long and 160 feet high. american history tv vis

miteron had really ended up in a bad place with ronald reagan.hat george bush was doing was rebuilding the relationship. when he left, he had miteron's support, as well. the proposals went great. the european, our european allies bought into them. and two or three things happened in the process over that year which were extremely significant. number one, we went to poland right after the pols had an election to change their legislative body and elected virtually all reformers. the polls had actually been allowed to have this election by gorbachev and it was an odd situation. the legislative body was now the new freedom group under wolensa and the president was geraluski who was, at that time, perceived to be the puppet of the soviet union. and we flew there and to me this is a classic george herbert walker bush. we had no idea how we were going to deal with this slight conflict in governance in poland. and george bush's answer was, let's have a lunch. and he directed the ambassador to have a lunch. and seated around a room about this size with ab

i know everybody in this room is aware of my love for ronald reagan, thank you for laughing, sir. [laughter] here is another reagan idea. you might recall that reagan's fundamental strategy for winning the cold war was, we win, they lose. this, by the way is texas senator ted cruz's strategy and i like to point out to my students, that is called an aspiration, not a strategy. strategy requires some form of implementation. in reagan's case, this is a really a port in question to ask about ronald reagan, after they lost, what happens next? reagan was very good about confining the soviets to the ash heap of history, but he would -- never asked what the ash heap would look like. george bush gets the ashes, he comes to power at a moment when most american security analysts and policymakers had come to the conclusion that ronald reagan had gone too far. in fact, it is fascinating to go back and look at the republican presidential primaries in 1988 and see just how far every single person on the stage is trying to distance himself from reagan's legacy because they thought reagan had been

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our lineup includes inaugural ceremonies with franklin roosevelt and ronald reagan. watch tonight beginning at 8 cyclic p.m. eastern and enjoy american history television every weekend on cspan3. >>> you're watching american history tv. every weekend on cspan3, explore our nation's past. american history tv on cspan3 created by america's cable television companies. today we're brought to you by these television companies who provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. >>> next, a look back at george w. bush's farewale address from the white house. he served two terms from 2001 to 2009. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. fellow citizens, for eight years it has been my honor to serve as your president. the first decade of this new century has been a period of consequence, a time set apart. tonight, with a thankful heart, i have asked for a final opportunity to share some thoughts on the journey that we have traveled together and the future of our nation. five days from now, the world will witness the vitality of american democracy. in a tradition dat

our lineup also includes inaugural ceremonies with franklin roosevelt and ronald reagan. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span3, explore our nation's past. american history tv on c-span3 created by america's cable we're brought to you by these television companies who provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. >>> on the morning of august 9th, 1974, president richard nixon delivered a farewell address to his cabinet and staff in the east room of the white house. with impeachment proceedings looming because of the watergate scandal, he had announced his resignation the year before binging the first president in u.s. history to voluntarily leave his post before the end of his term. the richard nixon presidential library and museum provided this video.ó'dizñb3 [ applause ] >> thank you. well, members of the cabinet, members of the white house staff, all of our friends here, i think the record should show that this is one of those spontaneous

do solemnly swear. >> i, ronald reagan do solemnly swear. >> that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. >> that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. >> of president of the united states. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend -- >> the constitution of the united states. so help me god. ♪ [hail to the chief] ♪ gene: the rest of the events are up to the president and his staff. they could do it anyway they want. lately, it has been a pattern in which the president after being sworn in gives the inaugural speech. he has lunch with congress people. he comes at a parade down pennsylvania avenue to the white house. then comes the evening events. during the evening events we see the inaugural ball. they can be 1, 5, as many as 14 balls. president clinton in 1993 had 14, which is a record at the present time. frequently there are six or seven. it depends on the president, it depends on the predilections, the resources available, and sometimes on the wea

our lineup also includes inaugural ceremonies with franklin roosevelt and ronald reagan. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span3 explore our nation's past. american history tv on c-span3, created by america's cable television companies. and today we're brought to you by these television companies who provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. ♪♪ >>> up next, president dwight eisenhower delivers his farewell address from the oval office on january 17th, 1961. the speech is best remembered for the president's warning about the influence of what he called the military industrial complex. dwight eisenhower served 2 terms as president from 1953 to 1961. >> three days from now after half a century and the service of our country, i shall lay down the responsibilities of office as in traditional and solemn ceremony the authority of the president presidenty is vested in my successor. this evening, i've come to you with a message of lead taking

one of the -- i know that everybody in this room is fully aware of my love for ronald reagan. u for laughing, sir. here's another reagan idea. reagan's fundamental strategy for winning the cold war was we win, they lose. this, by the way is ted cruz's strategy for anything he likes to pull out. i like to pull out that's an aspiration not a strategy. strategy requires some form of implementation. and in reagan's case this is, i think, a really interesting question to ask ourselves about ronald reagan, after they lost, what happens next? reagan was good about saying we will consign to the ash heap of history but never asked what the ash heap would look like. george bush gets the ashes. he comes to power in 1989 at a moment when most had come to the conclusion ronald reagan had gone too far. going back to the presidential presidential primaries in 1988 -- it's '87 into '88 and see just how far every person on the stage is trying to distance themselves from reagan's legacy. because they thought he had been too trusting. he looked him in the eye, if you will, and believed he was mee

and that was ronald reagan. so, the idea was to give him a national forum to introduce him to the american people and conservatives. remember, this was way before talk radio and cable television. and a big deal used to be getting an article about your candidate in "the new york times" or "the washington post." and then, send it around to people. it was -- >> right. right. >> -- it was a much bigger job to get the word out about your candidate. so, those were the two main purposes of the conference. >> how many people attended? >> well, we put it together in about two months. and it really wasn't a bad attendance. you know, i would say several hundred attended. and again, you don't have the modern-communication mechanisms that you had now. so, you know, we put ads in some of the conservative newspapers and we did a lot of mailings to donors. and so, the irony was we didn't really know who was going to show up because, again, you didn't have instant registration. people might have gotten it in the mail and said, w

one of the -- i know that everybody in this room is fully aware of my love for ronald reagan. hank you for laughing, sir. here's another reagan idea. you might recall that reagan's fundamental strategy for winning the cold war was we win, they lose. this, by the way, is our texas senator ted cruz's favorite strategy for anything he likes to point out. i like to point out to my students that's called an aspiration not a strategy. strategy requires some form implementation, and in reagan's case i think this is a real interesting question to ask ourselves about ronald reagan. after they lost what happens next? reagan was very good about saying we are going to consign the soviets to the ash heap of history but he never asked him swhaefl would the ash heap look like? george bush gets the ashes before they happen. he comes to power in 1989 at a moment when most american security analysts and policy-makers had come to the conclusion that tç% reagan had gone too far. in fact, it's quite fascinating to go back and look at the republican presidential primaries in 1988 and see -- '87 into

our lineup also includes inaugural ceremonies with franklin roosevelt and ronald reagan. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span3, explore our nation's past. american history tv on c-span3 created by america's television companies and today we're brought to you by these television companies who provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. >>> good evening. in a few days i will lay down my official responsibilities in this office to take up once more the only title in our democracy superior to that of president, the title of citizen. the vice president mondale, my cabinet and the hundreds of others who have served with me during the last four years, i wish to say now publicly what i have said in private. i thank them for the dedication and confidence they have brought to the service of our country, but i owe my deepest thanks to you, to the american people, because you gave me this extraordinary opportunity to serve. we faced great challen

ronald reagan was sworn in as the 40th president of the united states, after being administered the oath of office by warren burger, president reagan gave his not girl address. it was the first inauguration on the west front of the u.s. capital. [applause] >> governor, are you prepared to take the constitutional oath? play sure left hand on the bible and raise your right hand to repeat after me. i, ronald reagan, do you solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of the president of the united states. and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states. so help you god. i congratulate you, sir. ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> the president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. senator hadfield, mr. chief justice, mister president, vice president bush, vice president mondale, senator baker, speaker o'neill, reverend moma and my fellow citizens. to a few of us here today, this is a solemn and most momentous occasion. and yet in the history of our nation it is a commonplace occurrence. the orderly transfer of authority

bush, dwight eisenhower, ronald reagan. watch american history tv this weekend on c span 3. >>> each week american history tv's american artifacts visits historic places and museums. the national building museum in washington, d.c. was known as the pension building in 1885 when grover cleveland's inaugural ball was held in the still unfinished building. composed of over 15 million red bricks, the building contains a great hall that's 316 feet long and 160 feet high. american history tv visited the building to learn about the inaugural balls of several presidents, including william mckinley, jimmy carter, ronald reagan and barack obama. >> thanks very much for joining us today and welcome to the national building museum. my name is gene and i'm a volunteer tour guide for the museum and we're here today to go through what we call the presidential inaugural tours. we do this every four years at inauguration time, because this building, which was built as a federal office building over 120 years ago, turned out to be a wonderfu

some presidents like ronald reagan have chosen a farewell address.nce carter formally had a state of the union in january in their final couple of weeks in office. note the wilsonian conception. not only is he moving it into prime time so millions of americans can watch. while he acknowledges it can never get together perfectly, total respect is important. what that means respect for the presidency and its policy initiatives. in 1969, we are coming off of pretty significant legislative enactments by johnson. this is the height of an activist federal government. the state of the union was designed, in part, to harness the power of the executive. the opposition party was not going to allow an increase in viewership to happen without a response. in 1966, republican congressional leaders gave the first official response to a state of the union address. it was a 30 minute televised address by everett dirksen and gerald ford. the republican leaders of the house and senate. this tradition takes off. in fits and starts they did not always do in the early yea

the ronald reagan presidential foundation and library hosted the event. in one hour, we will talk about dorie miller. in two hours, scholars discussed though -- the role of the western press during the civil role. joanne: it is a real treat for us to have not one but two former white house secretaries with us today. and i am sure they are grateful they did not have to plan and execute this white house luncheon. one of our guests today is a democrat, one a republican. they are not afraid to be friends. they support one another. and they even show up in public together. imagine that. originally from a small town in ohio, lea berman served as white house social secretary 2004 to 2007 under president and mrs. george w. bush. prior to that, she was chief of staff to second lady lynn cheney and before that served as social secretary to vice president cheney. when asked how she landed those jobs, i believe she will tell you she was in the right place at the right time. and having known of her for many years, i can tell you that she was most assuredly qualified f

find it where you listen to podcasts. >> ronald reagan was corn in in 1981. resident reagan gave his inaugural address. it was the first inauguration on the west front of the u.s. capitol. >> if you place your left hand on the bible and raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, ronald reagan, do solemnly swear. >> i do solemnly swear. >> that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. >> that i will fatefully execute the prede

look at, ronald reagan and tip o'neil had very different views, very different styles. communicated well with each other. they told jokes and they laughed. they argued and they came to agreements, and they celebrated democracy. >> by the way, on george w. bush, am i correct, didn't the democratic lieutenant governor actually endorse him for president? >> did. he was very fortunate that he had earned the respect of the democrats in texas when he ran for president, and it made a big difference. >> so in our last ten minutes i want to turn it to the audience, if any members of the audience have a question. >> good work. >> it sounded like both of you -- it sounded like both of you were saying that you need to get along, and it almost sounded like this was exactly what you are saying that donald trump does not do. i think that you might want to comment, at least if that's the purpose of what you are saying, you might want to comment as to how the current president is different from the two that you have described. >> i would say in fairness there's different strokes for dif

and ronald reagan was a labor of. love that was. close no. we made this center. 2 years ago after we had to move from a place that was near to the parliament and there was a rocket that was coming directly into our compound. circuses. just watch the box is also one of the coaches his goal is to popularise performing arts in afghanistan so he and his friend often go out onto the streets to practice have disappeared out. like a fox. come out of such. a wild life become a young mother for them turn shall follow. the stone that the reason i mean you don't want to lose. your. good because of. your soul to have her oh darn good lol but you know what if. you look for nobody. i mean they got to know that in the house that doesn't have any of the danger make them all. total bust though why you can't is that there's only been in the circles as a young didn't i think that's one to deny the guess. that . they are. there just like the tsunami even a month or so. left because of me just over that they could go to support them like

host: you started with a comparison to ronald reagan. would you put trump ahead of reagan? caller: that is a tough question. reagan certainly was more personable and a lot easier to like than trump was. policy wise, i think trump probably did more. make america great has become a slogan -- we can't say the election was stolen, and there was irregularities as they want to call them, some pretty glaring ones. we are never going to know because it is not going to be investigated. we are never going to know about it because it is never going to be investigated. paul ryan stabbed trump right in the back. just one more, and i know i'm getting a little more time than i expected. why is it that networks, including c-span, can always find a rhino to attack republicans? do they realize what a casio or to his -- ocasio-cortez is trying to do with free speech? what big tech is trying to do? these are the same tactics the liberals doing today are the same tactics that the nazis came to power in germany in the 1930's. host: that is john in california. anthony and west palm beach, florida

bush, dwight eisenhower, john kennedy and ronald reagan. watch american history tb, this weekend on c-span three. >> house speaker nancy pelosi held her weekly briefing with reporters of the capitol earlier today. this is 25 minutes. >> would morning everyone. a difference a day makes. wasn't that just the most beautiful inauguration. the theme america united. it was so perfect in my view. only four the let's say peaceful transfer of power but the manner in which it happened. america united. i've said again and again the arts will bring us together, will be left together, we cried together, we are inspired together. we find a common ground more easily. that was certainly given proof yesterday. when amanda gorman recited her beautiful, optimism, and of course the theme of the inauguration but also of the vice -- excuse me the now president, he was president when he made his beautiful inaugural address about unity. the day began, the inauguration began, at the end of the day i loved what was on tv at the end of one of the celebrations. you kn

dwight eisenhower, john kennedy, and ronald reagan. exploring the american story.eekend on c-span 3. >>> next on "american history tv" abraham lincoln scholar revisits the 16th president's éjg. just six weeks before his assassination.mj considered one ofa#ir(t&h the m iconic speeches in american history. >>> we are honored to welcome harold back to new york historical. he is the director of the roosevelt house of policy and institute at hunter college. he previously served as chairman of the abraham lincoln. and the united states lincoln bicentennial commission. he is the author of numerous books. his most recent "the monument man: the life and art of daniel chester

we see some of that for ronald reagan. but generally speaking, the republicans, you know, if you go to republican national conventions -- and i've attended in one way, shape or for m, 11 of those going back to 1968 -- they don't celebrate, write hymns to celebrate its philosopher kings, their previous republican presidents. one reason for that was president nixon left office in unhappy circumstances. but basically, they simply don't do that very much. with donald trump, what you saw was a stronger tendency on his part to repudiate past republican presidents. he called president george w. bush a liar about the iraq war. that may explain why neither president, second president bush nor his father was supporting mr. trump for president in 2016. kind of understandable in those circumstances. but for republican voters, once he was in office, donald trump got 90% support even though he had gotten less than half the primary popular votes in primaries and caucuses in the 2016. nobody ran against him in the republican primaries in

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up next on american history tv, that interview, courtesy of the ronald reagan presidential library. >> very good. i will need that. >> then our chief thought that might be more effective one-on-one. >> have you ever seen their headquarters? >> by outside? >> well, first of all, one surprise, whether pleasant or unpleasant, was at how little i was surprised. because the eight years as governor of california, i realized when i came in here, it wasn't a great shock as becoming governor had been. the rest was, as i say, not too shocking. there was, however, a surprise having to do with being the commander-in-chief. and things of that kind. one part of it that shocked me a little bit was the first time, only weeks after we were here, the jack hill patrick invited us down to a sunday lunch at his lunch, and the helicopter picked us up here on the lawn. very shortly, we landed there all the his farm. and he told me that they had been there for several days installing the phones. and i said, what do you mean installing the phones? and that was when i found out that i can't even go across town