. >> the second on the list is thomas payne's "common sense." another brick. >> another brick. well, you know, he was another american immigrant, too. because he thought he was going to stay. he didn't realize they would have all the wonderful revolutions to call him back to europe. payne was important because payne had this -- had such powerful attacks on privilege and political conservative and traditions, and he was such a p polemicist that he opened people's eyes to being ruled by ideas that are 800 years old and political arrangements, and, of course, he had an impact on the american revolution, because he came here immediately -- the first thing he did was write a tract against slavery and then he began writing just common sense. but payne was very important -- i wanted to -- i wanted to make the point that the 18th century, the century of increasing technological virtuiosity was also a. ed by a new concept of human nature, human possibilities, and the proper ordering of government so that everyone would plure iflourish. that you had in payne and that i think you have in

. >> on this day on 1776, thomas payne published common sense. of the revolutionary war. thomas payne published anonymously, for why america should be an independent nation. in fact, thomas payne sold a half million copies and it would unite folks against the british. common sense is considered one of the most important documents in american revolution and pen was might si as the sword,

one of the points you made which i guess it fascinated me because i just reviewed a book about thomas payne. so this was kind of the -- >> not necessarily your kind of guy. >> well, look -- the greatest journalist who ever lived. >> okay. >> these are the times that try men's souls. that is the greatest lead that was ever written, maybe ever will be written. >> he's the first embedded journalist. >> the first embedded journalist? he is writing it on a drum head by a campfire. and you just, you know, you just have to honor that performance. >> right. >> but you make the point in talking about year 1776 that payne, he's also very much part of the picture, common sense is a huge hit. it has an effect. but instead, the american revolution, while actually being a revolution goes at an evolutionary pace. you talk about that a little bit. because that's not, you know, when you read history, when you turn on the television, you know, and you either see the things that are happening now or you read about what happened in the past, evolutionary pace is not the phrase that often comes to mind. >> most

one adam smith's "local nations" two thomas payne and. why did you pick those? >> adam smith was a philosophy professor and he was a scotsman and there was a lot going on in scotland at the time and he had this capacity to just look at this massive separate little facts and bring them into an organized story of a free economy, what he was interested in. he didn't call it capitalism. and he explained how capitalism emerged and long accumulation of capital and then the application of the division of labor that enhanced production. and it laid the basis, it laid the basis of economics, which was furthered by david ricardo and malthus and other people. but it also laid the basis of this self-corrected economy. of course, adam smith is the one who had the idea of the invisible hand. he said, you know, it's not through benevolence that we get bread and beer from the brewer and the baker, it's from their own self-interest in competing to produce a good product at a lower price and we benefit. and that's been kind of the linchpin of capitalism ever since, yes, they had

in another era of american crisis, thomas payne is reported to have said, lead, follow or get out ofpresident, you were elected to lead. you chose to follow. and now it is time for you to get out of the way. [ cheers and applause ] i stand -- i stand ready to lead this party and to lead our nation. as a man who spent his life outside washington, i know what it's like to start a business. i know how extraordinarily difficult it is to build something from nothing. i know how government kills jobs and, yes, i know how it can help from time to time. my leadership helped build businesses from scratch. my leadership helped save the olympics from scandal and give our american athletes the chance to make us all proud as they did. [ cheers and applause ] my leadership cut taxes 19 times and cast over 800 vetoes. we balance the budget every single year and we kept our schools first in the nation. my leadership will end the obama era and begin a new era of american prosperity. [ cheers and applause ] >> mitt, mitt, mitt, mitt, mitt, mitt, mitt, mitt! >> this campaign -- this campaign is about m

that's why today it's more important than ever to listen to what thomas paine said about voting rights more than two hundred years ago. payne hated that up the idea that only property owners or the rich should have the right to vote in seventeen ninety five he said the true and only true basis of representative government is equality of rights the rich have no more right to exclude the poor from the right of voting or of electing and being elected and the poor have to exclude the rich but voting rights are under attack in several right wing states right now in the united states with new voter id laws the brennan center for justice for example estimates that five million americans eligible americans will not be able to vote the next election. thomas paine explained why that right is so important he said to take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery for slavery consists in being subject to the will of another and he that has not a vote in the election of representatives is in this case the proposal therefore to defeat disenfranchising any class of men is as criminal as the proposal to take away their property paine sa

payne has a track record. not just violence. chronic, terrible violence. >> thomasdley is in unita-1 for his own protection. >> because i was a member of the mormon church and a sex offender. this individual decided he was going to beat the living crap out of me and in the process of it, decided he was going to kill me. >> he is serving 15 years. >> they have been holding me in the section that they're in right now, because i absolutely refuse to be housed among people that are going to cause me harm. >> about a quarter of usp's 4,000 inmates are sex offenders. most, like thomas, have been targeted for their crimes. >> we're constantly finding them assaulted. we're constantly finding them extorted. >> i've got a safety list that's got at least 20 names on it with people that told me in no uncertain terms, you're a dead man if we ever get our hands on you. i admitted to have improper sexual relationship with this girl. she was 14. i am a man that is attracted to young women, god forbid. i have 16 months left to go. and all i'm trying to do is survive. >> steven johns

thomas langman, producer. "moneyball," michael deluca and brad pitt, producers. "the descendants," jim burke, alexander paynes to be determined. "midnight in paris," steven tennenbaum, "the help," chris columbus and michael barnathan, producers. "hugo," graham king and martin scorcese, producers. and "extremely loud & incredibly close." [ cheers ] >> scott rudin, producer. >> please join us february 26th when we celebrate the magic of the movies. thank you. thank you, jennifer. >> thank you. >> there you have it. starting off with best picture there were nine nominations. we said five to textbon. i counted nine. >> i believe i got nine as well. >> any surprises there? >> i think a e pleasant surprise for steven spielberg whose "war horse" hasn't had as much awards action as he would have liked. "the tree of life" which is a small independent movie that did well, but a lot of people thought it was confusing, bizarre. the academy loved it. terrence malick did well. brad pitt is the big winner. he produced "the tree of life" and "moneyball." that's a testament to his power as an actor and producer. i think one

thomas langman. producer. "moneyball," michael deluca, rachel horovits. and brad pitt, producers. "the descendants." jim burke, alexander paynein paris." leddy aaronson and steven tenenbaum, the producers. "the help." "hugo," graham king and martin scorsese, producers. and "extremely loud & incredibly close," scott rudin producer. >> please join us on february 26th when we celebrate the magic of the movies. thank you. thank you, jennifer. ♪ >> were you at home like we were just scribbling? we know, 11 for "hugo." ten for "the artist," six for "moneyball." six for "war horse." five for "the descendants," five for "girl with the dragon tattoo." four for "the help." immediately, what jump out at you? >> leonardo dicaprio. staying home he won't be there for "j. edgar." and "extremely loud & incredibly close." finally getting a best picture nomination. there were seven of those and one for max von sydow. >> there was a lot of love for that. that was surprising. also surprising, "girl with the dragon tattoo" left off the best picture list. >> and no best director either for that. >> why was "extremely loud & incredibly close" ignor