winston churchill and franklin d. roosevelt had a special relationship before. in fact, the special relationship was very intense in the year before pearl harbor because winston churchill wanted the united states to get involved in world war two very much. franklin d. roosevelt himself wanted to get this into the war. the two of them worked hand-in-hand to do everything that they could serve bring the united states into the war. they had a special relationship. they had no incentive to lie to each other. in fact all of the incentives or to work closely with one another to get a sense of the war. >> host: politically while leaders find it easier to lie to their own public? >> guest: actually quite simple. easiest align when there is trust between two people or to groups. and in international politics there is not so much trust between any two states. one leader dealing with another leader, in most cases, not much trust and therefore it is kind of hard to live because the other side is distrustful. but when you're dealing with your own public, in most cases public

einstein in winston churchill on the grounds of country home 1933.n the day following his arrival at princeton institute of advanced studies, october 1933. signing the letter to franklin delano roosevelt,a reconstructed set piece photo of the 1939 warning to president roosevelt from einstein about the dangerous possibilities of others developing nuclear weapons. einstein and his wife elsa in pasadena during one of his visits to the california institute of technology. in 1945, almost overnight, einstein became the conscience of the world. he wrote, spoke and broadcast throughout the last ten years of his life. einstein and several famous american physicists gathered in princeton, new jersey to launch an appeal for $a million to educate americans on implications of nuclear fission. portrait of albert einstein, 1879 to 1955. 76 years of age. that's a lot in those photographs that we can cue off and discuss, but before we do that, did einstein make any commercial endorsements to allow his likeness to be used for marketing purposesthat you are aware of? a

. >> winston churchill said we make a living by what we get. we make a life by what we give.ince and tony gave it all and for that we will be e tenderly grateful. >> perez remembered as a fireman's fireman. >> my brother, vinnie, died doing what made him come alive. he got a great deal of joy and fulfillment from being a man of service. >> to my brother, now you are free. i will see you again, but not yet. not yet. >> valerio, the friendly world traveler, athlete, and urban chicken farmer with a sense of humor. >> we were buddies off the job as well. we volunteered on the overdose team so we could get into rock concerts for free. >> tony was a free spirited medic with the department of public health who eventually became a firefighter. he was a hippy who called himself's the people's paramedic. [ bell ringing ] >> san francisco's largest firefighter funeral in 60 years brought out dignitaries, governor jerry brown and house democratic leader, nancy pelosi. uniformed firefighters came from all over the country and canada. >> we never met them, but they are brothers, so we feel

so winston churchill said we make a living by what we get. we make a life by what we give. vince and tony gave it all, and for that we will be eternally grateful. this is the 4th time in the last two decades that we have come together in this beautiful coo three driver's license to pay tribute to fallen members of the san francisco fire department. we will not forget the sacrifice that vince and tony made for us just as we have not forgotten the sacrifice of lieu tense innocent -- lieutenants and firefighter and the others who came before them. last week, we have had a allot to deal with. and i believe i'm speaking on behalf of the perez and valerio families, there's many people to thank. first and fore most, our department chaplain who has been with us. our conspiracytial leader. fatherlieutenant green, thank you for everything that you do and continue to do for our families. >> our elected leaders in the city and the state and in our nation. we so much appreciate you being here today. it shows us that you care for our department and for our members and that you're helping

top-secret system which was a telephone system and a hotline connecting president rose about and winston churchill. and shannon didn't invent the methodology used to encode the system come on the one hand it was very clever and incredibly clumsy system involving phonograph records with random noise on them but identical records on opposite sides of the atlantic. and this was a added by one record over here while rose about would talk then it would we subtracted from the signals in london sowed churchill could listen and then go back and forth. but there was a theoretical problem how secure this was and that was assigned to claude shannon to figure out if this could be broken. in the course of that he wrote an entire, our average mathematical theory of cryptography which was immediately classified as top secret and not published four years until after his mathematical theory of communication. now we can see och they had a lot in common and shannon was thinking about converting information from one form to another from a public form to a private cayden and secret form by for communication and if con

it was a hot line connecting president roosevelt and winston churchill and shannon didn't invent the methodology that was used to encode the system. it was kind of that the one hand very clever and on the other hand incredibly clumsy and involved records with random malaise on them but identical phonograph records on opposite sides of the atlantic to the iran ignores to the tunnel is by one over here while roosevelt talked and then i would be subtracted from the signal so churchill could listen and then they would go back and forth. but there was a theoretical problem of how to secure that was and that problem was assigned to claude shannon. they wanted him to figure out whether this could be broken. in the course of doing that he wrote an entire electorate mathematical theory of cryptography which was immediately classified as top secret and not published for years until after his mathematical theory of communication. we can see now we compare the two things they had a lot in common that in both cases shannon was thinking about converting information from one form to another in the

and that is winston churchill's stepfather's castle where they were renting. mrs. bateman inherited everything that he had. he left some money to sisters and smaller accounts and a allowance to his wife but she received almost everything. this was very dramatic in a series of lawsuits followed which were rather scandalous to say the least. however, she finally found her own coverage when she moved out of her home she went on a trip up the nile with her sister. she met several of britain's's military geniuses and generals who were in the egyptian region at that time and she became fast friends overtime with one of them. of course he created the boy scouts of england and mrs. savannah decided this could be replicated in america. this is when she finally found her voice, and she ends up coming back to savannah to create an organization as she said for the girls in savannah, georgia, the united states and everywhere else. and she started the program of girl scouts here in savannah. the house behind the building where we sit now was set out as the first national headqua

what's that old winston churchill addage, americans will try anything and they'll ultimately do the rightt but that's roughly what he said. that's roughly right. i feel that when it comes down to signing on the dotted line, we're going to do it. >> jeanne, i'll have you break the tie, optimism, pessimism. where do you go? >> i think we have a choice. politicians, now is the time to think about these issues, what carmen and others warn about, if we doddle any farther we lose less and less automy. >> fiddling while rome burns, right? thanks so much. and up next, how americans feel about the economy and the one poll number president obama might really have to worry about. that's next. fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums [ male announcer ] want to pump up your gas mileage? come to meineke for our free fuel-efficiency check and you'll say...my money. my choice. my meineke. >>> it's no secret that americans are unhappy with this economy, but concerns about another great depression are even on the rise. paul steinhaus

happen for ten or 15, 20 years and then you will be one of those blipped, i'm not comparable to winston churchillhe detractors like you are comparable to his detractors. he tried to tell people things were going on. >> bottom line, no evidence. and the fbi said it wasn't happening. back then he came on which we appreciated. he declined our invitation tonight. so the story we want to look at as strange as the congressman's theory is, there is a discussion about the war powers resolution. i want to bring in dana bash and david gergen. dana, whatever the argument was, there's a real debate over the war power's resolution. what's the latest in terms of the votes in the house and the votes on capitol hill about this? >> well, house gop sources, anderson, tell us they'll try to limit u.s. involvement in the libya mission by using congress's power to limit funding. we're told according to republican leadership sources, something this week -- leadership hadn't settled on a strategy yet. but we're told to look for a voter or a series of votes on thursday. one example, one potential option i'm told, is to

writer, not compared to the doctor roosevelt or woodrow wilson or various world leaders, such as winston churchill or lenin. before i could think more about the question, there came my boxes, and so i put away the thought in the back of my health but fast forward several months. in the meantime, i dropped my dissertation, taken a leave of absence from school and started work at the legal assistance as a law firm. at one point the editor0s a journal, invited know write an article about franklin roosevelt for the journal. i didn't want to use my abandoned disdissertation and had little time for research. so i thought i would take up franklin roosevelt's write to see what he had written before he was president. so i ordered copies of the article from the fining aids of fdr's writings, especially from the 1920s when he was in private life and trying to recover and had used writing as a kind of therapy for himself. when i read the airlines discovered to my great surprise that fdr hat written several pieces on diplomatic relations between the united states and japan which he wanted to improve. but he de

look, the alternative to hamid karzai is not george washington or winston churchill. the alternative to karzai would be another afghan leader of questionable competence, stability and high ethical standards. we are not choosing the ideal leader here. >> you have hinted at the notion that a military solution to what's happening there isn't the end. there has to be more where does hamid karzai stand in terms of the civilian outreach that results in peace that can outlive the presence of guns? >> he seems to have come to terms with it. he seems to have realized that a negotiated political settlement with the taliban is inevitable. i think there was a hope that you could crush the taliban and perhaps with, i don't know, half a million troops, i doubt it. remember, the soviets were there for a long time as well. the taliban represent a large part of the community in afghanistan which make up half the population. you are talking about a large indigenous force. these are home-grown afghans. they're not going anywhere. the way civil wars end is you negotiate with the other si

that range from ice cream to winston churchill. it's a little over an hour. >> tonight it's my pleasure to introduce simon schama according a genius of storytelling. author of several books including the embarrassment of riches, citizens, a chronicle of the french revolution and national book critic circle award winner rough crossings simon schama is a professor of art history and history at columbia university. he's also a cultural essayist from the new yorker and has presented modern 30ly critically acclaimed documentary for the bbc and pbs including a history of britain, the power of art and the american future. schama's newest book "scribble, scribble, scribble" publisher's weekly raves, schama turns his warm prose to a fast away of topics. he approaches every subject with gusto and amusement and always has smart thing to say. it's truly a pleasure to have him tonight with us. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming simon schama. [applause] >> welcome. i didn't drink any of your water. [applause] >> you're thinking wh

what's that hold winston churchill adage?mericans will try anything and when they can't figure it out, they'll ultimately do the right thing. i botched that. but that's roughly what he said and that's roughly right. i feel that when it comes down to signing on the dotted line, we're going to do it. >> jeanne, i'm going to have you break the tie. where do you go? >> i think we have a choice which direction to go. now is the time to think about these issues. what carmen and others warn about is if we dawdle any further, we lose less and less autonomy. we don't want to hear any more from political leaders. >> fiddling while rome burns, right? absolutely. thank you so much david gergen, mark zandi, jeanne, thanks again. >>> up next, how americans feel about the economy and the one poll number president obama might really have to worry about. that's next. what's this option? that's new. personal pricing now on brakes. tell us what you want to pay. we do our best to make that work. deal! my money. my choice. my meineke. can your mo

. >> when, when roosevelt hosted, hosted, um, winston churchill, his family said my family were, you ow, among the first families here. churchill said, and my family greeted them because churchill -- [laughter] was from his american roots, an american india. >> right. >> these people were international, global figures in their roots. i think we have to remember that. now, if you're from kansas, you're in the middle of the country. eisenhower's in the middle of the country. if you're at all enterprising, you reach out. eisenhower was an international figure. my father happened to know him as a cadet at west point, as commandant general of west point and as president. my father was an international-type person. that's a lower social order, but he knew these people. >> well -- >> you know, they're international people. we're immigrants. we're world people. >> no, that's an excellent point, and i would make one other point about eisenhower which is often ignored. he was, he was from kansas, but he was a german-american. and he was, he was very conscious of the fact that he was a german-am

you may have heard winston churchill's a history will be kind to me because i intend to write it. churchill actually said -- discouraged the use of diaries because all this is going to do is make you look like you guessed wrong with your wrong. wait till it is over and write your memoir and you all look right. as you go through the diaries and records you begin to see divergences overtime. memories fade. this is where the lawyer in me comes out. you have to compare the evidence of this. there was a time when i was at the library of congress that i noticed something interesting that we will see if we can bring it up. that is not a planted question but this question comes up plenty. as you may recall in december 1944 hitler launched the battle of the bulge. that took the allies by surprise. virtually everybody. in the published version of patton's diary he has an entry of nov. twenty-fifth, nineteen forty-four, where he says furthermore the first army is making a terrible mistake in leaving the eighth court static as it is highly probable the germans are building up east of them. in

winston churchill is turning in his grave. >> host: there's a report that said there's no less than 50shariaases in american courts most having to do with custody laws and family law, but nonetheless, that's a shocking statistic for a country that supposedly says through, you know, the 6th amendment, the supreme court will be the supreme law of the land. how can that co-exist? >> guest: it can't. people don't know this is going on. like you said, it starts out in marital disputes, a divorce court type thing. i want to divorce my wife, my husband beats me. that's how it started in great britain and there's a tribal elder, one of the pillars of the muslim neighborhood in britain, sweden or france, agenting as judge and jury, literally handing down rulings for married couples in the west, muslim couples in the west agenting outside the -- acting outside the law of the west. it happens slowly, but len noncalled them -- lennon called them useful id yules. the top christian authority in great britain saying this? giving them an okay to agent outside british common law? when you have people in posi

the country where the police do not venture to read this is great britain and i can tell you winston churchill was turning in his grave. >> host: i saw the report indicated that there are no less than 50 cases currently in american courts. most of them having to do with custody of laws and family law we but nonetheless, that is a pretty shocking statistic for the country that supposedly says through the sixth amendment the supreme court will be dillinger all of the land how can that coexist with sharia? >> guest: people don't know this is going on most of the radar screen and like you said it starts out in marital and disputes. divorce court things. i want to divorce my wife, my husband god forbid beats me. that's what started in great britain and you have an imam or one of the pilgrims of the muslim neighborhood in great britain or sweden or france basically acting as the judge and jury, literally handing down the ruling for married couples in the west among muslim couples in the west acting outside of the law of the host country and it happens very slowly, but when he have lennon called them

bateman to the castle, the home of the cornwall west family and that was winston churchill's stepfather'swhere they were renting. mrs. bateman inherited everything that he had. he left some money to sisters and small accounts and an allowance to his wife, but mrs. bateman received almost almost everything. this was very traumatic in a series of lawsuits followed which were rather scandalous to say the

this is great britain and i can tell you winston churchill was turning in his grave.post twice of a report recently then indicated there are no less than 50 shelia cases in american courts. most of them having to do with custody law and family law but nonetheless, that is a pretty shocking statistic for a country that supposedly says through the sixth amendment the supreme court will be the supreme law of the land dhaka and coexist with sharia? >> guest: people don't know this is going on under the radar screen it's great you mentioned that. and like you said, it starts out in marital disputes. divorce court type of thing. i want to divorce my wife, my husband, god forbid beats me, that's what started in great britain, and you have an e mom or tribal elder, one of the pillars of the muslim neighborhood in great britain or sweden or france basically acting as judge and jury literally handing down rulings for married couples in the west and among muslim couples in the west acting outside of all of the host country and it happens very slowly but when you have lennon call

winston churchill once said about, and he was speaking about russia, he said it's an inic ma wrapped inside of a puzzle wrapped inside of a riddle, and he could have been speaking about area 51. >> our thanks to annie and also author of the new book. >> this event was hosted by the commonwealth club in san fransisco. visit commonwealthclub.org for more information. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. >> well, coming up next, a discussion between authors michael and douglas ruchecoff and its impact, both positive and negative on the world. it's about an hour and 10 minutes. [applause] >> hi. so, welcome, everybody. i'm doug, and we thought we would start by talking a couple minutes and go back and forth a little and probably have time to open it up to you, and i'm going to start because if you know anything about doug, you know that you shouldn't speak after him, and he's graciously allowed me to take advantage of that fact and go first, so i wanted to talk a little why i wrote wikileaks in the age of >> it is much more spontaneous phenomena, one that anybody can start. you don't ne

i mean, you know, my view on capitalism is like winston churchill's view on democracy, huh? i think it's the worst system except for all the others so i don't see any kind of real alternative to some form of capitalism, but that important point is that there is capitalism and there is capitalism, huh? even the united states didn't use ways like this, but in the last 30 years, i mean, think about the new deal, create society, i mean, this is an entire different country, huh? close out of the war, there's different forms of capitalism. capitalism is different from the japanese one which is different from the swedish one which is different from the french one as well. there's not just one running capitalism. now, because of this global warming issue, i think the rich countries have to seriously think about kind of a not posturing growth as an objective per se. you might achieve growth and do other things, but somehow we have become obsessed with economy growth and this is not healthy, this is unsustainable, but on the other hand in another poor countries, i don't see how you ca

[applause] >> ok, so after winston churchill one world war ii, obvious defeated by the labor party, theer was socialize everything in britain. a year layer churchill was in the men's room at the house of commons. aptly walked in, and churchill scooted down three urinals and put his had here. he said shy, chump hill? he said no, not that at all. it is when ever you see anything that is big and impressive, you nationalize it. [laughter] true story. we have seen a parade of very capable people who are running for president. there were some excellent ones, and i think a great many of them would defeat barack obama. but i would have us all pay tribute to a great man, a great american, who is not run fog president. he is my personal favorite, my personal hero, mike huckabee. [applause] i don't talk in public about my own spiritual journey. my political journey is complicated enough. but i went from being his political consultant to his being my spiritual advisor. [applause] the day i got back from chicago after my scandal, waiting there for me federal express was a bible with my name on it se

success, winston churchill said, is going from failure to cut your with a lot of enthusiasm, that passion for life has to stay with you forever. treat others you would like your loved ones to be treated. cesar chavez once said there is no substitute for hard work. there's no substitutes for patience and acceptance. my grandfather used to tell me at pool with a good tool is still a fool. it is not the tool that matters and not the education and what you do with your education. we are today what we did yesterday. we will be tomorrow what we do today. sometimes you just have to wait until the night comes, and then you can let the light from the stars guide you. you yourselves are stars already. congratulations to all the wonderful work that you have done, for all of your accomplishments. i am fairly humble to be here in your presence and to receive this undeserved honorary degree. thank you very much. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> president obama discusses the state of the u.s. auto industry and

as winston churchill reminded us during world war ii, "peace and tranquility will only be restored if everyone did their bit." he considered his it no more important than that of the elderly woman knitting socks for soldiers. that is my aspiration, to do my bit, no matter how large or small. and i know that in this, i am no different than any of you, were any americans. -- or any americans. if we are a great people. we can rise -- we are a great people. we can rise to this challenge and meet its and do as we have always done, master it. those marvelous people reserve -- who served for our freedom and comfort deserve nothing less. thank you. [applause] >> i don't want to dare stand in the way of an entertainer who could get for their applause, but i want to have an opportunity to get some questions answered. thank you for those prepared remarks and we will follow a of it. obviously, in an audience like this we have a journalist, working people, some people from the public and some people engaged in a similar kind of cause that you have been engaged in. when we are talking about your fo

i'm a conservative, but winston churchill after the election of 1946 copped out and said he should have, he should have got behind national health. and we all have to. that means raising our taxes but eventually it will be like, it will be like romney kiar in massachusetts -- romney-care in massachusetts. that is down the line. our country is bankrupt. i think the republicans have the answers. we saw it last night in the debate. we have sparkling candidates. >> host: michael what did you make of newt gingrich's performance last night? >> caller: he has too much -- i like newt. he is an erudite, very smart professor but he has too much baggage. i think newt should give it up. >> host: he was asked last night about his comments on paul ryan's plan and medicare. here's what he had to say. >> first of all, there was a very narrow question which said, should republicans impose an unpopular bill on the american people? now i supported the ryan budget as a general proposal. i actually wrote a newsletter supporting the ryan budget and those words were taken totally out of the context. i'm happy

as winston churchill said, the united states can be counted on to do the right thing, but only afterxhausting all other options. >> we still think that we're going to put this puppy to bed with a deal that is good for america. we are not there yet but we continue to work on an. their statement about the system is broken, most americans think that it is. it is correct when you think about the fact we've said all along that we need to do with this calendar year. if we get into next year and you get into the iowa caucuses and the new hampshire primary and so forth and so on, it just makes it harder and harder from a political standpoint. it would give back to their corners and i am not going to support that if you vote for me. you get an opportunity for the senate to work and designed in a way that it was designed to work. and we're hopeful that we will make it work and that we can be an example of the way we need to work going forward. no more critical issue, and my 17 years in public service, then this issue and there will not be a more critical issue, in respect of how long i am arou

after the government had come to office, i spoke about the financial crisis and i quoted what winston churchillhad said in this very room in the middle of the second world war. now, this is not the end. it is not even the beginning of the end, but it is perhaps the end of the beginning. and i believe that the sentiment of cautious optimism has been borne out in the 12 months since then. the british economy is recovering. output is growing. the necessary rebalancing of the economy, away from debt fueled consumption towards investment and export has gained momentum. half a million new private-sector jobs have been created, the second highest rate of net job creation in the entire g7. today's unemployment figures showed 88,000, the fastest pace for more than a decade. our budget deficit is now falling from its record highs, stability has returned, britain is on the mend, but it will take time. external shocks have made that recovery more difficult. the dramatic and debilitating rise of the world's oil price, up almost 60% since last june, the terrible japanese earthquake and impact on the supply c

winston churchill said about america, you can always trust that the americans will do what's right afterhat for the last four years in washington. now, we're never going to get there if you don't join with us. for that same day in that same night that i recall why i found the person that was able to talk about why i wanted to be a republican. when ronald reagan said he was going to take to the shining city on the hill, there's not a one of you in the room who believe that's not america, but there's not a one of now who believe that light's been dimmed a little. join a journey with us, and this is not going to be an easy climb, but this country's worth taking the risk. this is not a one day hike and not something we have to go alone. i'm going to ask you to go with us to climb that hill. we'll have to tie ropes to one another and take different peaks as we go, have to stop, get acclimated, get a little protein and get the climb again. some will take a misstep, but we'll be tied together to pull one another back. when we're at the top of the mountain, we're going to shine that light bright

success, winston churchill said, is going from failure to cut your with a lot of enthusiasm, that passion for life has to stay with you forever. treat others you would like your loved ones to be treated. cesar chavez once said there is no substitute for hard work. there's no substitutes for patience and acceptance. my grandfather used to tell me at pool with a good tool is still a fool. it is not the tool that matters and not the education and what you do with your education. we are today what we did yesterday. we will be tomorrow what we do today. sometimes you just have to wait until the night comes, and then you can let the light from the stars guide you. you yourselves are stars already. congratulations to all the wonderful work that you have done, for all of your accomplishments. i am fairly humble to be here in your presence and to receive this undeserved honorary degree. thank you very much. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> president obama discusses the state of the u.s. auto industry and

how many others can say that they shook hands with winston churchill when serving as a soldier in italy? had vice president johnson come pick him up at the airport just after he was elected in a special election to take he and his family to the johnson home so they could stay there for a while until they had a chance to find a place of their own? or on the last night of president kennedy's life, spent more than an hour with him on the plane from houston to fort worth swapping stories back and forth and then was in the motorcade the next day when president kennedy was assassinated. or made numerous trips back and forth to vietnam to thank our soldiers for what they were doing there, always stopping at a burn unit along the way to make sure that those severely wounded would know that their country appreciated what they were doing. or at age 92, just a few weeks ago, offer important guidance and advice to one of his successors about the importance of putting the country first ahead of party, ahead of personal considerations. although graham loved history and he certainly loved to regale fa

i quoted what winston churchill said in this very room in the middle of the second world war. this is not the end. it is not even the beginning of the end, but it is perhaps the end of the beginning. i believe that sentiment of cautious optimism has been borne out by this in the 12 months since then. the british economy is recovering. output is growing. the necessary rebalancing of the economy, away from that fuel consumption -- that fuel consumption -- debt-fueled consumption, has gained momentum. today's unemployment figures show that -- the fastest pace for more than a decade. our deficit is falling from its record high. stability has returned. britain is on the mend. but it will take time. external shocks have made that recovery more difficult. the dramatic and debilitating rise of the world's oil price -- up almost 6% since last june -- the terrible japanese earthquake and the impact on the supply chain, the ongoing crisis in the euro zone -- our largest market for british goods and services -- the softness in the u.s. economy -- across the world, to be economic waters ha

the best definition of the road to success that i've heard is winston churchill. he said that success is a result of going from failure to failure with enthusiasm. [laughter] he's also the man who said never stand when you can sit, never sit when you can lie down. go figure. [laughter] when i was a young man growing up in the seaside village of connecticut -- [cheers and applause] great to have you here. [laughter] have you searched them for weapons? [laughter] much of my winter indoor time was spent reading books. now, books then were made of paper and didn't require batteries or a wall socket. the words were just right there like they were waiting for you. my first favorite author was james cooper, the writer of the deer slayer hawkeye. there was a protagonist played by daniel day louis in the last of moo -- hohekans. the locals gave him the name the deer slayer and hawkeye, but the town folk knew him as that -- nathanial. what fascinates me blot the character is he set off into the deep green forests without any idea of a destination. you knee, he was more exci

[applause] >>, or as winston churchill once said, give us the tools, and we will finish the job.n 1858, abraham lincoln warned this nation that two entirely incompatible philosophies, freedom and slavery, competed for the future, and he reminded us that a house divided against itself cannot stand. he said i do not believe the house will fall, but i do believe that it will cease to be divided. it will all become one thing, or all the other. well, today, two entirely incompatible philosophies, freedom and socialism, compete for our nation's future, and the stage is set for one of the greatest debates in the history of the american republic. so, what are we to do? the great republic and ebullition leader frederick douglass was asked that question by a young protege. what do we do now? he answered with three words -- agitate, agotate, agitate -- speak out at public meetings, jumped into discussions on facebook and myspace, and twitter, whatever that is -- [laughter] >> if you see an article on mind using it is important, e-mail it to your friends, and leave a comment after it. paint