thomas edison and fiscal federalism or may be in one of the edison projects. and but -- [inaudible] >> do you want me to give a -- i certainly want to thank everyone for coming. if you got the book and enjoyed it. thank you. if you don't have the book for those not here,

more importantly appleton was the first place somebody other than thomas edison without edison's team of geniuses working around him tried to take this technology and apply it in the real world and failed miserably. when you understand why h j rodgers failed you will have a better understanding of how our grid works today and why there are some problems with it. a rogers -- h j rodgers's first problem was a technical problem. he had no idea what he was doing with the technology he purchased. there were no such thing as electric line men in 1882 or even electrical engineers. that was a dog thomas edison's staff was inventing as they went along in new york city and none of them had come west, he bought this technology but hadn't paid anybody to do it. it is harder to manage than he thought. the electric grid is like a river a water park. it isn't just one wire that connects you to a power plant. it is a circus of wires that connect power plants to consumers and back around to the power plant again and you have to have had complete loop or you will get blackouts. likewise the grid has to

so i'm thomas edison.i'm going to make the system that makes this at good because we know people are just people. let's see if we can design the system of checks and balances that makes them happy in a way where they don't profiteer and so on. >> yeah, i am kind of curious about edison political viewpoints in general, specifically the role of government. you know, jay paul krugman, said his pro-fiscal spending and pro-government intervention from using government spending and government building highways commit doing things in the economy physically. on the other side you have ron paul started against that sanders so role for government and that we don't need any game. we'll do it ourselves. it's sort of an ultimate fiscal championship today. krugman on one side and ron paul on the other, where would he fall in his general viewpoint over the role of government is? >> boy, that is probably more for a political scientist, but let me give you a couple of views. edison is one of these guys have it quite a lot

and thomas edison and his streak of genius that seems to invent just about everything. and scientists and chemists bring home their bundles of nobel prizes and the engineers and their ability to exploit what we have discovered. yes, be bought to the moon. yes, we did. i use a cell phone and i'm in wonder at the radio wave that can come through concrete walls. at wonder at the information i can command on a little device small enough to fit in my pocket. isn't science wonderful? aren't the people who did it all wonderful. wasn't ronald reagan right when he said his generation, the world war ii generation were born without this wonder, that they were the ones who developed it? >> i don't know where the new ignorance has come from, this refusal to allow scientific evidence that the earth is getting warmer as the snow and ice melt. i don't know what came of us, those religious among us that belief in the moral truths of the bibles and understand that the long history of the planet that predated abraham. the reason we succeed is to learn and then do the right thing.

thomas edison and his streak of genius that seemed to invent just about everything.we are today each year when the american physicists and scientists and chemists bring home bundles of nobel prizes. the engineers and wonderful abilities to exploit, yes, we've got to the moon and yes we did. i used a cell phone and i'm in wonder at the radio wave that can come through concrete walls. i'm in wonder with the information on a little device to put in my pokts. aren't the people who did all wonderful? wasn't ronald reagan right? the world war ii generation were born without all this wonder and they developed it. i don't know where this new ignorance came from. this crazy rejection of all man kind has learned. the refusal for scientific evidence that the earth is warmer even as the snow and ice melt. i don't know what came of us who believed in moral truths of the bible but understood the discovery the bones and other

and thomas edison's proposal for overhauling the u.s. monetary system after world war i and jamal joseph recounts his life as a member of the black panther party in the 1960s and 70s. >> john kennedy met with earl macmillan, the british prime minister. they discuss arms control or whenever. issues between the two powers. they sure did but only long afterwards did we get the notes on what they said to meet other in private. kennedy spent a lot of time complaining about that press coverage. the press was being tough on jackie and other things and macmillan was a generation older. why do you care? portion of. doesn't matter. you have a bit things to worry about and kenny said that is the -- kennedy said that is easy for you to say. one of the press that your wife was a drunk? mcmillan replied i would simply say you should have seen your mother. it is the kind of thing that later on -- gives you an idea what these people are like. >> historians and biographers use the advantage of hindsight to understand their subjects through a prism of tim

against everybody, where every division is weighed down by you know, massive beurocracy, you know, thomas edisondn't invent the light bulb like that. >> it has gotten so big. thank you so much, kirk eichenwald joining us. >>> coming up next, lydia bastianich and me will sit down and have a meal at the table. and have a meal at the table. >> everybody to the table, with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like ving your own trading floor, right at your fingertips. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start.. try our easy-to-use scottrader streaming quotes. [ all ] i'm with scottrade. ♪ ♪ i want to go ♪ i want to win [ breathes deeply ] ♪ this is where the dream begins ♪ ♪ i i want to grow ♪ i want to t try ♪ i can almost touch the sky [ male announcer ] even the planet has an olympic dream. dow is proud to suprt that dream by helping provide greener, more sustainable solutions from thelympic village to the stadium. solutionism. the new op

weighed down by, you know, massive bureaucracy and massive amounts of meetings and memos, you know, thomas edisonidn't invent the light bulb with the los of meetings and memos. >> it's gotten so big that the bureaucracies are there. kurt, good to have you on the program. thanks so much. >> thanks for having me. >> we'll see you soon. >>> coming up next, lydia b bastianich and me will sit down and have a meal at the table. >> everybody to the table and let's eat. >> we'll be right back. ♪ i want to win [ breathes deeply ] ♪ this is where the dream begins ♪ ♪ i want to grow ♪ i want to try ♪ i can almost touch the sky [ male announcer ] even the planet has an olympic dream. dow is proud to support that dream by helping provide greener, more sustainable solutions from the olympic village to the stadium. solutionism. the new optimism.™ ♪ this dream trick question. i love everything about this country! including prilosec otc. you know one pill each morning treats your frequent heartburn so you can enjoy all this great land of ours has to offer like demolition derbies. and drive thru weddings. so if yo

[cheers] the american dream is that any among us could become the next thomas edison. next henry ford. the next ronald reagan. but to lead us forward away from this looming debt crisis it will take someone who believes in america's greatness. who believes in and can articulate the american dream. someone who has created jobs, someone who understands and appreciates what makes america great. someone who will lead our party and our nation forward, i believe that someone is our nominee governor mitt romney. [ applause ] as reagan said. our freedom is never more than a generation away from extension. if our freedom is taken, the american dream will wither and die. to lead, we must transform the coldness of austerity into the warm vibrant embrace of prosperity. to overcome the current crisis, we must appreciate and applaud american success. we must step forward, unabarbedly and proclaim did you build that you earned that you worked hard. you studied you labored. you did build that. [ applause ] and you deserve america's undying gratitude for you, the individual are the engi

but i think thomas edison said that success is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. i think businesses are inching towards us. if you look at someone like google or facebook, that finds the team that you really need to make facebook successful when other things didn't succeed, i think it takes a lot of money and you have to have a lot of people away from a lot of googles and other companies to be successful. they say we can't afford to give equity to guys who were sitting in my dorm room that are really going to create value that needs to be. going forward. you can see at yahoo!. how much those desiccated investors decided that they needed to pay to lure a leader away from that one person, because one person could do it all. but because that represents a certain alignment with the shareholders about what is going to create values for that person for the company generally. and the team that she can assemble around her, to be able to do it. some board of directors decided at yahoo, for example, that was the price to get the person who could really bring the entire team

but i think thomas edison said, success is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration. business is a team sport and if you look at something like google or facebook, the team, the size of the team you really needed to make facebook successful when nye space didn't succeed and other things didn't succeed, takes a lot of money and you have to lure a lot of people away from a lot of google and other companies to be successful. and facebook says we can't afford to give equity to guy sitting in any dorm room to create the value that needs to be created. you seek at yaw how much those invests cdsed they need to lure a leader a. from google not only because of that one person, but because that represents a certain alignment with the shareholder about what is going to create value for that person and for the company in general, and the team that you can assemble to be able to do it. so, some board of directors decided at yahoo that was the place to get the person that could really bring the entire team together that could make that company successful. i'm not trying to argue wh

i think it was thomas edison that said success is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. this is a team sport so if you look at something like google or facebook attracting the team, the size of the team that you need to make facebook successful when myspace didn't succeed in many other things didn't succeed takes i think a lot of money and you have to lower a lot of people away from a lot of googles and other companies in order to really be successful and you see what happens on facebook. they say we can afford to give equity two guys were sitting in my dorm room that aren't going to create the value that needs to be created going forward. you can see how much those sophisticated investors decided they needed to pay to lower a leader away from google not only because of that one person as if one person could do it all but because that represents a sort of alignment with the shareholders about what is going to create value for that person and the company in general and the team you can assemble around her to be able to do it. so some board of directors decided at yahoo! f

but i think thomas edison said success is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration. i think business is a team sport. so if you look at something like google or facebook, attracting the team, the size of the team that you really need to make facebook successful when myspace didn't succeed and many of the other things didn't succeed takes, i think, a lot of money, and you have to lure a lot of people away from a lot of googles and other companies in order to really be successful. and you see what happens on facebook. they say we can't afford to give equity to guys that were sitting in my dorm room that aren't really going to create the value that needs to be created going forward. you could see at yahoo! how much those sophisticated investors decided they needed to pay to lure a leader away from google not only because of that one person as if one person could do it all, but because that represents a certain alignment with the shareholders about what's going to create value for that person and for the company generally and the team that she can assemble around her to

. >> ben franklin and thomas edison, let alone landing on the moon.s handed. >> he thinks i shook hands with him, but i think i patted him on the shoulder. >> he was an incredibly modest person and there was no romanticism to armstrong. >> mr. chairman and delegates, i accept

presidents, the birthplace of such incredible inventors as thomas edison and the wright brothers, and of course, the home of many great astronauts, including john glenn and the incredible neil armstrong -- incredible neil armstrong -- ohio casts all 66 of its votes for the next president and vice president, mitt romney and paul ryan. >> ohio, 66, romney. >> oklahoma, 43 vote. >> madam chairman, i am the governor from the great state of oklahoma. from a state that believes in faith, family, and freedom, from a state that has one of the strongest economies in the united states and an unemployment rate of 4.9%, the state that is in the heartland of america and is the home of janet ryan, felt paul ryan, and also the state that is the wettest stake in the nation where barack obama lost every single county in our state, we proudly cast 34 votes for the next president of united states, mitt romney, and six votes for ron paul. >> oklahoma, 34, romney. >> oregon, 28 votes. >> i am so proud to be the chairman of the oregon delegation here. oregon is a resurgent read state. we are tied in our ho

[cheers and applause] the american dream is that any among us can become the next thomas edison, thet henry ford, the next ronald reagan, but to lead us forward away from this looming debt crisis it will take someone who believes in america's greatness, who believes in and can articulate the american dream, somebody who has created jobs, somebody who understands and appreciates what makes america great. somebody who will lead our party and our nation forward. i believe that someone is our nominee, governor mitt romney. [cheers and applause] as reagan said, our freedom is never more than a generation away from extinction. if our freedom is taken, the american dream will wither and die. to lead, we must transform the coldness of austerity into the warm vibrant embrace of prosperity. to overcome the current crisis, we must appreciate and applaud american success. we must step forward, unabashedly and proclaim, you did build that. [cheers and applause] you earn that. you worked hard, you studied, you labored, you did build that. [cheers and applause] you do -- and you deserve america's u

thomas edison said he didn't get much sleep. >> if you go to his laboratory, he had a cot there. some people can get by with less. >> what happens if you get five to six hours a sleep at night like i would guess most of us have been doing for five years. what's the long-term impact? >> you start to act like you're drunk. >> hey, friends at home, it's not my fault. not my fault. the lack of sleep plus the drugs, that's what this is all about. >> there's a study published in 2000 and they decided let's test people's ability, people who stayed up longer performed not as well on tests, suffering from remembering things, spatial awareness, sense of time. all these things that kind of go into our every day. if you think you're doing well, maybe you just don't realize the ways you're messing up. >> impact on your life. dr. emily senay. look of sleep can really take its toll. >> absolutely, in fact, it has been a major issue in medical training for many, many years. they've looked at all these different ways to sort of protect doctors in training to make sure they get enough rest. what c

we are a nation of dreamers, henry ford, thomas edison, alexander graham bell, the wright brothers, dreamers like neil armstrong who sought new lands and took giant leaps in to american exceptionalism. and dreamers like my friend, kiko viloa. you know the stories of the course. now let me tell you the story of kiko. in 1960, kiko fled castro's cuba he came to new york, he became a taxi driver. he worked hard and saved his money. he became a citizen, he moved to florida, he started a business building boats. he raised a family, he put his children through school, he sold his business. now he worries about happen opportunities lie ahead for his children and their children. kiko has lived the american dream, as have so many others. that's what if election is all about. making the american dream a reality again. [ applause ] it's not about the past, it's not about what was done wrong, it's not about blaming america, it's quite the opposite. tonight we embark on a renewal of the american dream. tonight we honor those who have come before us and done so much, many even giving their lives. and toni

henry ford, thomas edison, alexander graham bell, the wright brothers, dreamers like neil armstrong,t leaps into american exceptional wasn't. dreamers like my friend myexceptionalism. dreamers like my friend. let me tell you his story. in 1960, he fled castro's cuba. he came to new york. he became a taxi driver. he worked hard and saved his money. he became a citizen. he moved to florida. he started a business building boats. he raised a family. he put his children to school. he sold his business. now he worries about what opportunities lie ahead for his children and their children. he has lived the american dream, as have so many others. that is what this election is all about. making the american dream a reality again. it is not about the past, what was done wrong. it was not -- it is not about blaming america. it is quite the opposite. tonight we embark on a renewal of the american dream. tonight we honor those who have come before us and have done so much, many have even given their lives. tonight, we honor our children and their children, to insure their dreams, whether it is pl

this goes back to ben franklin and thomas alva edison and george washington carver, let alone landingl these people believed in science. this morning, everybody's talking about hurricane isaac, and we're watching satellite maps made with spacecraft orbiting the earth, and this all comes from science. if you have this idea that the earth is only 6,000 years old, you are denying, if you will, everything that you can touch and see. you're not paying attention to what's happening in the universe around you. >> but you do know -- >> as i say, this is bad for kids. >> but bill nye, you do know not everybody feels this way. the latest statistics show many people believe, 46% believe that god created man, 32% believe that humans evolve with god's guidance and only 15% believe in evolution alone. can you see another side, why people feel the way they do? >> oh, well, as they say, you can believe what you want religiously. religion is one thing, but science, provable science is something else. my concern is you don't want people growing up not believing in radioactivity, not believing in geolog

the nly eception was thomas edison's book on electricity and thomas paine's book that saved the americanvolution. it is critical part of american culture. many have been identified as the aspirations we have as a nation, othe told about experiences that we had uniquely as amecans we also thought that it was rely important to look at nonfiction and books that either were sel help or broke arries of certain kinds. we looked for many books that were innovative and kind of showed america is an innovative country, it used booksand stories to inspire going into the frontier and that could be literally or intellectually. >> if you would like to participate in an online discussion with roberta schaefer, associate librarian of the library of congress,ne that we will there on 10 then err on booktv, we would like to hear from you. e-il us at be at c-span.org. >> meet jerry conley. he's a member of the oversight angovernmt reform committee and he is here for the next 45 minutes. we are going to be talking a lot about taxes. let's talk about why you cast a vote thing that the bush tax cuts should be

thomas edison jr. noted that the british general thomas -- cornwallis had taken over the nelson home of his headquarters and urged general george washington to open fire. the home was destroyed and nelson died bankrupt. from his wife's bedside as she was dying. 13 children fled for their lives. for more than a year they live in forests caves returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished and he died of a broken heart. every day think about last phase of the first first of the star spangled banner. oh say does the star spangled banner yet wave over the land of the free and the home of the brave. that is the question. the answer to that question will be yes if we have great leaders. we must have great leaders like you defending the gates of freedom. we are fortunate to have you with that mission. hy know that you continue to do great work and you make our country better as it goes forward. thank you for your service to the country. it is an honor and privilege to be with you. thank you ver

they like steve jobs, henry ford, thomas edison.ys had a hard time in american life, whether they're bankers back east, or whatever. they think of them as gordon gecko. of course, michael douglas' character in the movie "wall street." they think of guys who come in in the republican ads or just come in and make money off people. chop shop a place where some guy built it up, take over, leave the guy with a minimal payment and chop shop the place and leave it with nothing and fire a bunch of people or go into a company and streamline it. that's their word for it. cut out middle management, streamline it, sell it, flip it, make money and the company dies two years later. that's the image, fair or not, that mitt romney's overcome. his dad never had to explain why he built cars. people loved guys who biuilt cars, men that built cars. he has to explain why he made so much money and can't point to anything he's ever built. that's his challenge. >> they're going to try -- >> people have a reasonable view of this. you can be rich if you've d