beginning of what you might call professional people, bankers, and then over time the cities became the vanguard of a commercial revolution and economic activity, debt instruments, banks, little workshops that eventually became laboratories. they were able to thrive because the pushback against the bill because of the malarkey and the church. in the rest of the world empires were much stronger and they were able to maintain centralization. what you saw in europe the fragmentation of the institutions, the birth of the bourgeoisie that increases the products of the reformation that slowly pushed the church out of politics and led to the secular realm all of that happened only in europe and crossed the north atlantic and happened here in the united states but it led to the period in which technological and economically the western world pulled far ahead of the competitors and that technology also allowed them to penetrate the competitors. they get better ships, better navigation, and so by the end of the 18th -- the 1800's, the 90 century they dominated about 80 plus% of the world, and that is real

and then over time those cities became the vanguard or of a commercial -- vanguard of a commercial revolution and economic activity, debt instruments, banks, little workshops that eventually became laboratories. they were able to thrive because they pushed back against the nobility, the monarchy and the church. and the rest of the world empires were much stronger, and they were able to maintain centralization. and, therefore, what you saw in europe, the fragmentation of traditional institutions, the birth of the bourgeois si that embraced the protestant reformation which slowly pushed the catholic church out of politics and led to a sort of secular realm, all of that happened only in northern europe. it then crossed the atlantic and happened here in the united states. but it led to a period in which technologically and economically the western world pulled far ahead of the competitors. and that technology also allowed them to penetrate the competitors. we had better ships, better navigation. and so by the end of the 1800s, by the end of the 19th century, the west dominated about 80 plus perce

some believe that the regime wants to get back at the football supporters, led been in the vanguard of the protests at the military regime -- who have been in the vanguard of the protests against the military regime. others believe this is an excuse for the regime to hold on to power. it is amazing how wide spread that belief is -- widespread that belief is. >> i guess that is a reflection of attention itself within the country. do you think it also exacerbates t he tension? >> absolutely. whatever the reason, whether incompetents or design -- incompetence or design, egypt is in a much more delicate state and it was before -- state than it was before. there is the expectation that there will be large protest in cairo tomorrow. the military regime is perhaps in a more difficult position than it was. the situation here after the election -- the successful election for parliament over the last couple of months, the situation seemed to be calming down. everybody was moving gradually toward the presidential elections later this year and the formation of new government. now there are thousan

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>>vanguard is going out there and aggressively pursuing stories that we believe are important.)at current tv, we expect accountability. >>there's the school sign. here's the cigarette stand. no one has any problem with this? (vo)and current tv creates the commentary that drives the truth. this is the new current tv. >>> with respect to the cost of healthcare richard kirsch said we can't have a false dichotomy between coverage and cost. we can cover more people and lower costs at the same time. presumably because those who are not insured at this time are using extremely expensive emergency care. >> now the largest organization fighting for the affordable healthcare from the outside. and i -- honestly as i am about to tell richard i was a little skeptical at the time. but he explains the obama administration was weak kneed. and most interesting quote for me was this . . . well richard kirsch who is the author of "fighting for our health" joins us know. great to have you here. >> great to be with you. >> as you were doing that fight i was a little skeptical, and i thought god, i

when i think about all of the people who really were at the vanguard of the lgbt civil rights movement, helping us survive through the early days of a chevy-aids, -- hiv aids, these are people who we actually need to cherish and make sure that as people age, we as a community are sticking together and do with what we need to do. aging is a growing issue in san francisco generally as our population within the lgbt committee, there are some unique issues. we know about issues around and come and jobs. of course, for all seniors, including lgbt seniors, issues around discrimination unique to lgbt seniors. we heard stories of people had to go back into the closet when they go into retirement communities or nursing homes. issues are around housing, the expense of housing, issues around people losing an apartment and not being able to afford to stay in the city. but also another issue have been trying to raise and have more front and center, issues around architectural barriers. we want seniors to be about to age in place and be up to stay in their homes. for some seniors to have stable hous

diversify junk bond funds, vanguard high income, ishares, their corporate junk bond etfs. there's a lot of opportunity for investors, not just this year, but i think going forward for the decade which favor stocks dramatically over bonds. but it is going to be another lesson in how you have to manage risk first in order to deliver reasonable returns. >> let's certainly hope that the next decade is better than the last one for stocks. thank you so much, jim and craig. in the meantime, media mania, the media stocks have rallied recently. we'll tell you which names stand out, having the best chance of continuing to move higher. >> plus, he's a big inflation hawk. it goes without saying. richard fisher, get this, is hedging against inflation by betting on uranium. should you follow his lead? we'll look at that coming up. >> he's also saying qe-3 a fantasy of wall street. i love that. confiden why investors should perhaps beware of buying into builders at this point. we'll head into the break with some of the highlights from our guests on cnbc today. >> the market having a litt

you are seeing the populist wing and the vanguard conservative wing of the party, whether it is rush limbaugh or sale apparent -- sarah palin or herman cain at rallying around him. tavis: why would anybody believe that mitt romney could actually beat barack obama. and i'm not suggesting that he cannot, but i'm asking why anybody believes that he can given that he has had difficulty rallying his face behind him? >> in some ways, the most important thing happening for republicans in the past few weeks is seen the limitations for mitt romney as a candidate. he has struggled to answer the questions about his background, his personal wealth, his ability to relate to average americans, which are somewhat muted in a republican primary much more so than in a general election. on the other hand, there is one solid bandage to romney as a general election candidate, which is a lot of the upper middle class, socially moderate, slightly right of center and voters who have been so important since 1992, it suggests they see him as a plausible manager of the economy. that white and blue disaffection

the groups many which funded by washington have been on the ground here for a while we were at the vanguard of the uprising against the baraka that eventually brought the supreme council of the armed forces to power last february and no one has ever seems to care about their sources of income that is until they directed their criticism to the new military leadership lehmann's card for the slow pace of reform some of them are used by this. they are quoting people of your work. and they are the ones that evolution they have. won the radicals who live there this is very much a dangerous world the rhetoric this is fiction led to prosecutors really seventy offices of advocacy groups forty three activists including americans germans and egyptians are now facing trial for illegally using foreign finds to promote and arrest in the post mubarak country activists how would claim they are the victim of scarves reluctance to give up power with dreaming the people about with their brights the scaf looking for enjoy. some agent against the regime and all the mind the round up of activists has also netted

a vanguard of the rights defending movement, mr. gao attempted to promote the rights of his clients from working within the system. his case shows the government's willingness to persecute those that promote the rule of law from within, but he is not alone. the government continues to hold prominent lawyer chen under strict house arrest with his wife and daughter. chen, also a self-trained lawyer rose to prominence after he organized a class-action lawsuit, exposing abuses under china's one-child policy. the government is moving forward with the prosecution of a well-known tenants' rights lawyer. second the continued detention of mr. gao is instructive because it is part of a larger crackdown which the chinese government continues to stifle freedom of expression. as ambassador lock noted last month, repression in china has worsened since the uprisings in the middle east and north africa. in december and january, three activists all received long prison sentences of nine or ten years and authorities put a fourth activist on trial. ea

some believe that the regime would like to get back at the football supporters who were seen as a vanguard against the military regime. others believe that the military would like to stabilize the military -- to destabilize the situation here. no evidence at all. it is amazing how widespread that is. >> the belief is so widespread is a reflection of the tension in the country. do you think that this exacerbates potentially? >> -- do you think that this exacerbate the tension? >> absolutely. whatever the reason, whether it was incompetence or design for what ever took place last night, there is no denying that egypt is in a much more delicate place than it was yesterday or the day before. it is friday tomorrow here. there is expectation that they'll be lodged protests here tomorrow. the military regime is perhaps in a more difficult position than it was. the situation here after the election, the successful election of parliament over the past couple of months -- the situation seems to be calming down. everybody was moving gradually towards the presidential election and the formation of a n

five years of failure, vanguard program, rocket after rocket. finally this guy glenn, all-american guy from ohio comes out there and does this and orbits the earth three times. >> it's easy to imagine john glenn would then go on to a great career after that potentially in politics. candidates seized on him and said you can be one of us. hung out with them for a while. he did eventually run a couple times, became a president. even ran for president, though that didn't go very well. didn't actually translate into american politics. but at the time the country was setting big goals and achieving them. >> he was my home state senator growing up so i knew him that role in space. chris: how did you look at him, american hero, right? >> totally. and it's sort of as big as the olympic fire we had, nationalism spirit because it was so much bigger. i think we don't have all of that. rs talking about how he lifted the whole country. wasn't even just a sports here like, say, michael jordan. >> the backdrop is important. i went back to look at what tom wolf

groups many which funded by washington have been on the ground here for a while they were at the vanguard of the uprising against the baraka that eventually brought the supreme council of the armed forces to power last february and no one has ever seems to care about their sources of income that is until they directed their criticism to the new military leadership layman scaff for the slow pace of reform some of them are used by this. that are quoting people who work in the gender. that evolution. works in their goals.

self-described conservatives like jeb bush and others are in the vanguard of, you know, promoting online education in ways that will, in my view, my dinosaur-like view, undermine what is after all at the heart of the educational relationship, which is the face-to-face connection between teachers and students. it seems to me that people who call themselves conservatives, in fact, are quite willing. gingrich is another good example. he likes to present himself on the cutting edge of technology change and everything that he is proposing is dictated by the n innevitability that is shaping in his fantastic way. historians have an opportunity to challenge. historians and precisely that the way you both have done with respect to the narratives of laboring men of previous generations. we do tell stories and we love complexity. complexity is the historian's truth. every time a historian comes to a conference, he gets to be the one who says, i like the models very much, but. >> are journalists addicted to simplicity, is that the implication? >> they shouldn't be. it should be keep digging and gett

by now in the vanguard of english subjects who were coming to see themselves as american his conversion through the blue and buff uniform he designed in the autumn of 1774 after several independent companies of virginia militia proclaimed him their commander of choice. in time this same outfit would be adopted to a much larger force continental in scope. the growing rift divided families and destroyed friendships. quote, unhappy it is to reflect that a brother's sword has been sheathed in a brother's breast wrote washington in the wake of lexington and concord, and that the once happy and peaceful plains of america are either to be drenched in blood or inhospitaled by slaves. sad alternative. but can a vertuous man hesitate in his choice? adding to the poignancy of his celebration was the identification of washington's correspondent, george fairfax who with his wife sally had sailed for home in 1773, never to return. in their about a session the virginia gazette led the course of praise for the man of the hours. in spite of carlton's canadian troop, brave washington will give the word a

groups many which funded by washington have been on the ground here for a while they were at the vanguard of the uprising against mubarak that eventually brought the supreme council of the armed forces to power last february and no one has ever seems to care about their sources of income that is until they directed their criticism to the new military leadership blaming skaf for the slow pace of reform some of them are used by the other. that are quote in people of the world. and they are the ones that evolution they have. won the radicals who live there this is very much there are two goals this is species led to prosecutors raiding seventeen offices of advocacy groups forty three activists including americans germans and egyptians are now facing trial for illegally using foreign finds to promote unrest in the post mubarak country.

>>vanguard is going out there and aggressively pursuing stories that we believe are important.)at current tv, we expect accountability. >>there's the school sign. here's the cigarette stand. no one has any problem with this? (vo)and current tv creates the commentary that drives the truth. this is the new current tv. billionaire warren buffet doesn't think it is fair that he pays less taxes than his secretary. new legislation has been introduced in the senate based on president obama's proposed buffet rule. it would require the wealthiest americans to pay their fair share at a tax rate of at least 30%. >> we need to change our tax code so that people like me and an awful lot of members of the congress pay our fair share of taxes. you can call this class war fair all you want but asking a billionaire to pay at least as much as his secretary in taxes. most americans would call that common sense. >> this bill would do a lot of good things. it would simplify taxes. there's no point chasing loopholes if you know you are going to have to pay the 30% minimum. with all of the advantages

why american media is in the vanguard international warmongering. you have to have a symbol of fear you have of you have a presidential campaign now that is definitely a soap opera. worst you know just fun to watch at best people are searching for issues and tag issues and red meat issues that they can feed their constituency with mainstream media and i'm here i mean television no i mean what it is is they're not covered they don't do nuance terribly well they do the the fear factor kind of shows very well and this is a great item for fear you know and what you have here is is people ginning up coverage of of new people understand nukes people understand military exercises in the gulf people understand us responding to it and then. calling the military exercises god's vengeance that gets people crazy what we aren't talking about are the you know the assassinations the cold war war the drones except or or any intrigue that might be going on with israel they don't do that particularly well and that's the devil in the details that could get us into tro