the teapot dome scandal was the signature scandal harding administration although there were several others historian frederick louis allen perfectly describes the scene in washington back in that day back during the party ministration writing his book only yesterday while as the gentleman with cigars stuck in their cheeks and rolls a very useful hundred dollar bills in their pockets began to infest the washington hotels the word rant about that you can do business with the government now if you only fix things up with the right man the oil men lick their chops had they not lobbied powerfully at the chicago convention for the nomination of just such a man as harding who did not take this conversation or conservation nonsense too seriously and would not secretary hartington's harding secretary interior albert the fall let them devote or devoted to develop the national national resources on friendly and not too stringent terms when these scandals became began coming to light hearted starting to feel the noose tightening he became stressed paranoid and depressed eventually falling ill o

leased the military's oil just a few years back remember those oil fields in california and the teapot dome in wyoming henry sinclair with man with the oil gave him two hundred sixty thousand dollars in what were called liberty bonds and ohanian with an american company gave paul one hundred thousand dollars no interest no security loan that's pretty straightforward bribery no doubt about it and interior secretary fall was thrown in jail. it likely would have taken president hartings administration down as well although harding died a few months before the investigation got really intense the teapot dome scandal was the signature scandal harding administration although there were several others historian frederick lewis allan perfectly describes the scene in washington back in that day back during the party in ministration writing his book only yesterday while i was a gentleman with cigars stuck in their cheeks and rolls a very useful hundred dollar bills in their pockets began to infest the washington hotels the word rant about that you can do business with the government now if you only f

hate minimum wage increases so much that and more internets big picture rubble and what does the teapot dome scandal of the one nine hundred twenty s. have to do with speaker of the house john boehner today i'll tell you it take. for tonight's conversations in the great minds i'm joined by dr mitchell l. gainer dr gainer is founder and president of gainor integrative and oncology and clinical assistant professor of medicine at weill medical college affiliated with cornell university in new york hospital dr gainer is also former medical director and director of medical oncology at the weill cornell medical center for complimentary and integrative medicine is been listed consecutively in the best doctors in new york since one thousand nine hundred seventy and has served on the board of advisors for all the living magazine the sas medical foundation as well as the editorial board of integrative cancer therapies dr gaynor is board certified medical oncology hematology and internal medicine and is the author of four bestselling books including nurture nature nurture health your health and the env

big scandals that made people really understand the fundamental problems in our democracy look at teapot dome or look at watergate on the top every time we've had. a watershed moment moment where congress actually snaps out of it and passes laws to restore our democracy it's come about because of scandal and republican supporters obviously investigating things but i can't predict any future reform movement without. some of these issues becoming more animated for the voters. fox news just ran a four minute spot against the president haven't they jumped the shark. well you know that this is part of a bigger trend you have. big media being consolidated under big corporations and you know it's being it's become very difficult for regular people get their voices heard and when you have companies that have you know huge broadcasting rights basically developing their own campaign commercials it shouldn't be any surprise is what i'm saying and it's tragic. with the republican party doing great work out of their league keep it up thanks tom thanks for being with us tonight. moving on from the veep sta