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we are twice as unequal. other countries is very similar but that is an important difference and we will show it makes an astonishing difference with social problems. increasingly we're worried about the contrast between the material success of our societies and the social failings this is an illustration of how the media constantly preoccupied with the by linds for drugs or teenage birth or prisoner crowding, all of that how it come up over time. we collect data on some of those problems with life expectancy in each country. math and literacy scorers allow you to compare how they were doing in different countries. and the mortality rates, homicide, teen-age birthweights and how much they contrast, of this city city -- obesity and mental illness including drug and alcohol addiction and social mobility of people moving up and down the social hierarchy. we put them into an index of social problems. it is like all those health and social problems weighted equally. where our country is the average physician on al
we are twice as unequal. other countries is very similar but that is an important difference and we will show it makes an astonishing difference with social problems. increasingly we're worried about the contrast between the material success of our societies and the social failings this is an illustration of how the media constantly preoccupied with the by linds for drugs or teenage birth or prisoner crowding, all of that how it come up over time. we collect data on some of those problems with...
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one of the important findings of the national equality panel report is more unequal societies have ledial mobility which is why we determined with our government action to continue to support policies which spread fairness and equality. >> thank you, mr. speaker. will my friend join with me in congratulating the regeneration trust for actually rebuilding mining communities that were devastated and broken by the tory closure program. is she aware that the renewal program is actually the renewal program in my community has been done by creating 90,000 places in education and trading and rebuilding 2,200 facilities in the communities? will she urged -- will she urged her colleagues at the department of communities and local government -- >> order! >> i will support his urging to my colleagues--he has worked with constituencies to make sure there is significantly generation in these areas. particularly after the devastation of the tory years. >> it will be worth waiting for. perhaps not. the government is in contact with other countries of the realm where they take updating the rules of su
one of the important findings of the national equality panel report is more unequal societies have ledial mobility which is why we determined with our government action to continue to support policies which spread fairness and equality. >> thank you, mr. speaker. will my friend join with me in congratulating the regeneration trust for actually rebuilding mining communities that were devastated and broken by the tory closure program. is she aware that the renewal program is actually the...
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i wrote a book about this in 2000 called, unequal protection the rise of corporate dominance and the theft of human rights and i originally sat down to write a book about jefferson, because we had bought a house in vermont and in the attic was the 20 volume complete set of writings of thomas jefferson. i just sold the business and we were kind of retired and so i took a couple of years and i read it. it's only printed once, 1909, thomas jefferson memorial association. his diaries, his personal letters, his private notes, i mean, it's just incredible. and in the middle of writing this book about jefferson, i was kind of taking jefferson's vision of america up till today. and i kept reading, i read in so many books that in 1886, the supreme court ruled that under the 14th amendment, because it says no person should be denied equal protection. there are natural persons you and me, and there's artificial persons corporations, governments, churches and they have to have some personhood status in order to pay taxes, own property, be sued or sue, things like that. and because the 14th amend
i wrote a book about this in 2000 called, unequal protection the rise of corporate dominance and the theft of human rights and i originally sat down to write a book about jefferson, because we had bought a house in vermont and in the attic was the 20 volume complete set of writings of thomas jefferson. i just sold the business and we were kind of retired and so i took a couple of years and i read it. it's only printed once, 1909, thomas jefferson memorial association. his diaries, his personal...
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since that time, he has had unequaled access to tiger woods and his family.or the last eight years, he's written an annual assessment of woods' year and his career. his latest is "tiger woods needs a heart-to-heart with tiger woods." i'm pleased to have jaime diaz back to this table. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: everybody knows that you have more access and you have written more about this guy than anyone else. mel me the man that you knew. what was he like as an athlete? what was he like as a human being? what was he like as a friend? >> well, i don't pretend to know him well. i think tiger's a guarded person. i feel lucky i saw him in unguarded moments when he was in his teenage years and what i found was a kid who had a burden in terms of the pressure being put on him already because of force of talent. his dad projecting him forward as this very significant person. at the same time a likable kid, curious, intelligent, interested in other people and what they did. wanted to talk about things other than golf. but also extremely aa student of the
since that time, he has had unequaled access to tiger woods and his family.or the last eight years, he's written an annual assessment of woods' year and his career. his latest is "tiger woods needs a heart-to-heart with tiger woods." i'm pleased to have jaime diaz back to this table. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: everybody knows that you have more access and you have written more about this guy than anyone else. mel me the man that you knew. what was he like as...
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but, in that moment, being gay means i'm unequal. i'm less than. i am undesirable. i have been relegated to a corner. i don't think of myself as someone who needs to be put in a corner and told that, "you're different. it's not for you." well, it is for me. >> moyers: kristin perry has been with sandra stier for ten years. they're raising four sons from previous relationships. in the recreation of the trial, the actress playing perry was questioned by counsel. >> what does the institution of marriage mean to you? i mean, why do you want that? >> well, i have never really let myself want it until now. growing up a lesbian, you don't let yourself want it, because everyone tells you you're never going to have it. so in some ways, it's hard for me to grasp what it would even mean. i do see other people who are married and i think that that's what it looks like, that you are honored and respected by your family. your children know what your relationship is. and when you leave your home and you go to work, or you go out in the world, people know what your relationship mea
but, in that moment, being gay means i'm unequal. i'm less than. i am undesirable. i have been relegated to a corner. i don't think of myself as someone who needs to be put in a corner and told that, "you're different. it's not for you." well, it is for me. >> moyers: kristin perry has been with sandra stier for ten years. they're raising four sons from previous relationships. in the recreation of the trial, the actress playing perry was questioned by counsel. >> what does...
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as you may know, we have in the nation the most unequal distribution of wealth and income.ve to look at every agency, including the pentagon. in my view there are a number of weapons systems out there that many experts tell us were designed to fight the cold war and not international terrorism. i think we have to take a hard look at that. bottom line is this country has enormous problems. the middle-classç is in very dp trouble. this budget begins to move us in the right direction. host: are you concerned about how the president wants to pay for the budget? guest: i think less so than other aspects of the budget. i think that's heat is also understanding that in the midst of this very severe recession, which is leavingç 17%ç of the people unemployed or underemployed, one of thew3 this you've got to do is to everything you can toç protect the middle class and create jobs. while we've got toç address obviously the huge national debt that we have and thet(ç fact hs given a terrible deficit situationç from the bushç administration, the most important point we have to ad
as you may know, we have in the nation the most unequal distribution of wealth and income.ve to look at every agency, including the pentagon. in my view there are a number of weapons systems out there that many experts tell us were designed to fight the cold war and not international terrorism. i think we have to take a hard look at that. bottom line is this country has enormous problems. the middle-classç is in very dp trouble. this budget begins to move us in the right direction. host: are...
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instead, he brings to the presidency a belief in multilateralism unequaled since woodrow wilson.t is my deeply felt belief that in 2009, more than at any point in history, the interest of nations and peoples are shared in an era where our destiny is shared. power is no longer a zero-sum game. no nation should try to dominate another nation. no order that elevates 1 people over another will succeed. the balance of power among nations will hold. now listen to woodrow wilson. the interests of all nations are also our own. he advocated in world war i "peace without victory." sound familiar? xdó[ "peace without victory." sound familiar? he said there must not be a balance of power but a community of power, and organized and common peace founded on the public opinion of the world. this fits with the final defining characteristic of president obama. he is what i have called the first post-american president. [applause] çónow let us be clear. let us be clear. he is not an american. he is not anti-american. he is post-american, beyond all that patriotism stuff. i think fundamentally the
instead, he brings to the presidency a belief in multilateralism unequaled since woodrow wilson.t is my deeply felt belief that in 2009, more than at any point in history, the interest of nations and peoples are shared in an era where our destiny is shared. power is no longer a zero-sum game. no nation should try to dominate another nation. no order that elevates 1 people over another will succeed. the balance of power among nations will hold. now listen to woodrow wilson. the interests of all...
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it is a very unequal contest. that said, i would support the opposition.right to say we have to be careful in how we do it so that we did not taint those who we are trying to help. you cannot turn regime-changed on and off like a light switch. -- regime-change on and off like a light switch. the race is not on stopping them from getting nuclear weapons, because i feared that there is at least the possibility that, if they get nuclear-weapons, and is then overflown, even of representative government might decide to keep nuclear weapons. i hope not. i hope the fall of the south african example. -- i hope they follow the south african example. you do not have anything to worry about from a nuclear iran -- i do not think that is a convincing argument. the critical importance of stopping iran from the nuclear- weapons argues in favor of taking the necessary steps, even if that put popular opinion back toward supporting the regime. i do not relish the process. the overwhelming objective has to be to keep them from getting nuclear-weapons in the first place. >> y
it is a very unequal contest. that said, i would support the opposition.right to say we have to be careful in how we do it so that we did not taint those who we are trying to help. you cannot turn regime-changed on and off like a light switch. -- regime-change on and off like a light switch. the race is not on stopping them from getting nuclear weapons, because i feared that there is at least the possibility that, if they get nuclear-weapons, and is then overflown, even of representative...
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a lot of -- of the knesset, where a lot of motions were proposed, which is mainly focusing in an unequalrab citizens and trying to push us as legislaters to be cornered. and this is the way that i can tackle the speech of mr. livrin and mr. ayaalon, deputy foreign minister, which is demanding from us, trying to inform, to enforce arab m.k.'s to declare reality to jewish and zionist state, demanding from arab members of the knesset to be loyal to zionism. you know, it is almost black and white. it is obvious and total contradiction. because there are two narratives which are almost as speaker rivlin said, knt be breached. the zionist narrative and the palestinian narrative. you know what happened in 1948, the palestinian narrative and there is the zionist narrative. palestinians at 1948 and from then to now victims of the zionist ideology. no one can inform the victim to be loyal to those who acted against them. i am talking about deportation, destruction of the whole nation, but we do believe that dual arabs are citizens in the same state of israel should be equal. before 10 or 15 years
a lot of -- of the knesset, where a lot of motions were proposed, which is mainly focusing in an unequalrab citizens and trying to push us as legislaters to be cornered. and this is the way that i can tackle the speech of mr. livrin and mr. ayaalon, deputy foreign minister, which is demanding from us, trying to inform, to enforce arab m.k.'s to declare reality to jewish and zionist state, demanding from arab members of the knesset to be loyal to zionism. you know, it is almost black and white....
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it is a very unequal contest. that said, i would support the opposition.hose who we are trying to help. you cannot turn regime-changed on and off like a light switch. -- regime-change on and off like a light switch. the race is not on stopping them from getting nuclear weapons, because i feared that there is at least the possibility that, if they get nuclear-weapons, and is then overflown, even of representative government might decide to keep nuclear weapons. i hope not. i hope the fall of the south african example. -- i hope they follow the south african example. you do not have anything to worry about from a nuclear iran -- i do not think that is a convincing argument. the critical importance of stopping iran from the nuclear- weapons argues in favor of taking the necessary steps, even if that put popular opinion back toward supporting the regime. i do not relish the process. the overwhelming objective has to be to keep them from getting nuclear-weapons in the first place. >> you recently wrote about intelligence. we talked a little bit about military r
it is a very unequal contest. that said, i would support the opposition.hose who we are trying to help. you cannot turn regime-changed on and off like a light switch. -- regime-change on and off like a light switch. the race is not on stopping them from getting nuclear weapons, because i feared that there is at least the possibility that, if they get nuclear-weapons, and is then overflown, even of representative government might decide to keep nuclear weapons. i hope not. i hope the fall of the...
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so here we have these two examples of the unequal distribution of this media outlet. so we are not able to access it. that means that we don't have a voice. this voice that we have is to the age newspaper, we don't have it because we don't have the internet. we don't have the power our capability to have that. the reasons i think we need to understand the reasons, why we have these two divides. and the first is pretty obvious. the cost. so our communities are very cost sensitive. they tend to be the minimum wage earners. and so when you're making $10 an hour, it is extremely difficult to pay your rent, clothes and future children, and pay for other basic necessities, and then pay for broadband, which can range from anywhere the 50 to $80 a month. so that's the first hurdle, but the second hurdle, and this is one where i think when we step in, as activists, as members of our community, is that a value. and by value i mean that people do not see the relevance of the internet. and i have told the story a couple of times, but i think it's just the best way to illustrate t
so here we have these two examples of the unequal distribution of this media outlet. so we are not able to access it. that means that we don't have a voice. this voice that we have is to the age newspaper, we don't have it because we don't have the internet. we don't have the power our capability to have that. the reasons i think we need to understand the reasons, why we have these two divides. and the first is pretty obvious. the cost. so our communities are very cost sensitive. they tend to...