The November 1985 roast of journalist Walter Cronkite.
Bonus: some jabs at C-SPAN for wanting camera access to the Society of Professional Journalists/Sigma Delta Chi Defense Fund
Short clip with context: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/JournalistsRoundta/start/1920/stop/2312
Full event: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Cro
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Every once in a while there are hidden gems in the C-SPAN Video Library. The “States of the Nation ‘85 Review” with an inside look at the operations of the network, the thoughts of the producers, and viewer calls is pure C-SPAN.
LINK: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/96578-1
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“It can’t be easy to come to the other side of the world, give up all your friends, all you know, and start from scratch. So of course immigrants are going to be risk takers.”
-Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City (I)
“Why aren’t more people in the business community marching down to Washington to make something happen?” -Gerald Saib, Wall Street Journal
“That’s what Mayor Bloomberg and I are doing…try and get a movement going…make ourselves felt.” - Rupert Murdoch
“The NRA is a text-book case of how you go and influence congress. You either vote with the NRA, or you don’t. They don’t consider any of your other views….You have to some way make the pro-immigration lobby say to the elected officials, ‘You either do something to help this country or we’re going to vote for your opponent or raise money for your opponent. Otherwise you’re just singing in the wind.’” -Michael Blomberg, Mayor of New York City (I)
Now on C-SPAN. http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN/
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“It’s time to take the mask off this institution. It’s time to expose the check-writing scandal I like to call Rubbergate!”
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/clip/3719715&newclip
Rep. Jim Nussle, R-Iowa, October 1, 1991
Source of discussion and Washington coverage of the issue of Congressional Perks, including banking, parking and more: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21810-1
(Source: cspan.org)
“Republicans lost in 2006 not because the economy was a problem. The independents were unhappy with the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. Not necessarily knocking off Saddam Hussein, but staying for 10 years afterwards.”
Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform
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Kris Kobach, Kansas Secretary of State, on Voter ID
“In Kansas, they are collecting the PDF image of the birth certificate as they renew their drivers license. It is actually easy. When they turned 16, they got their driver’s license and the birth certificate is on file. We’re simply having that image transfer so the person will not have to bring their birth certificate.
If the person is not in the group that already has their birth certificate scan, it is allowed to be sent in at a different time. You can register and have your mom back home take a picture of the birth certificate with a cell phone, text it to you, and you can text it to the Secretary of State’s Office.
We made sure it was very convenient for people to prove their citizenship.”
Link: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/ElectionReform10
(Source: cspan.org)
Former U.S. Representative Artur Davis (D-Alabama) on Voter ID:
“The Voting Rights Act was crafted to give the Federal Government extra enforcement tools in a region where discrimination used to be a part of life from the time you got up to the time you went to bed. From the time you were born to the time you were buried.”
Full event from the Heritage Foundation: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/ElectionReform10
(Source: cspan.org)
A look back in the C-SPAN Video Library will reveal nearly 400 appearances by Congressman Paul Ryan.
A few highlights (and look, old vs new graphics!)
1. President Obama and the House GOP Retreat from 2010. Paul Ryan makes an appearance talking about his budget, the federal deficit, and Medicare. The whole program is worth it, but seek to 33:05 for just the beginning of Rep. Ryan.
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291730-1
2. February of this year, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testified before the House Budget Committee on the 2013 budget. Paul Ryan and the Treasury Secretary spar quite a bit. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304457-1
(Source: cspan.org)
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has a new logo - with a QR Code. Announced this morning from the National Press Club in DC, along with other news of a GE Recall.
Inez Tenenbaum, Chairman, is the speaker.
New logo clip here: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/clip/3675193
Full video: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/SafetyStan
(Source: cspan.org)
