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a native of new orleans, louisiana. and being in the shadow of the lost cause means quite literally. i've immersed in new orleans history and immersed in the past since the day i was born. you can go very few steps before you tumble into monument and most of those monuments were dedicate it to confederate or worse still, white supremacist. i saw nothing that resembled myself in the city's fabric. i saw a new monument to black. i saw a new monument to even slaves. even though new orleans had been one of the nation's largest slave markets in 1976, i returned to my place of prayer at the city that i love and began going to second grade. every i would come home from second grade and i'd go to my great grandmother's house. she was born in 1895 and was the granddaughter of a white planter. my grandmother would tell me stories and these stories wrapped around reconstruction. her husband, a man by the name of emanuel dunn, had been the nephew of oscar, the great nephew of oscar. james and and i had heard nothing of this in scho
a native of new orleans, louisiana. and being in the shadow of the lost cause means quite literally. i've immersed in new orleans history and immersed in the past since the day i was born. you can go very few steps before you tumble into monument and most of those monuments were dedicate it to confederate or worse still, white supremacist. i saw nothing that resembled myself in the city's fabric. i saw a new monument to black. i saw a new monument to even slaves. even though new orleans had...
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new orleans, louisiana. count carpet. 1864. my dear and worthy friend, mr.. i take this opportunity of introducing myself to you by writing this lines to let you know that i have proven a friend to me. you have proven friend to me and to all our race. and now i stand in the defense of the country myself. ready and willing to obey all orders and demands. and that has tendency to put down this rebellion. when i enlisted, they told me i would get $13 per month or more if white soldiers it. here, i'm in the service seven months and have not received any monthly pay. i have a wife and three children. neither one of them able to take care of themselves. my wife is sick and i have no way of getting any money to send to her because i can't get my pay. and it goes very hard me to think my family should be at home to suffering. please, mr. lincoln, don't think. i am blaming you for it. i didn't think you knew anything about it, and i didn't know any other course to take to obtain what i think is. right. your servant under her arms, sincere willie. george rogers. claren
new orleans, louisiana. count carpet. 1864. my dear and worthy friend, mr.. i take this opportunity of introducing myself to you by writing this lines to let you know that i have proven a friend to me. you have proven friend to me and to all our race. and now i stand in the defense of the country myself. ready and willing to obey all orders and demands. and that has tendency to put down this rebellion. when i enlisted, they told me i would get $13 per month or more if white soldiers it. here,...
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state senator, reconstruction, acting governor of louisiana during reconstruction. so that that that facet dating black leadership class is sort of positioned to challenge longstreet's on race. so now we come to the of the matter. i'm sorry for going on and on. here's the moment that that gordon has referred to in 1867, congress decides that johnson's reconstruction a disaster and that it's going to hit the reset button and implement its own plan. and congress's plan is is to put the south temporarily under military control to create a new body politic, a really truly democratic southern polity, by enfranchising african-american men so that they can participate in southern politics and asking the southern states to write new constitutions, to accept emancipation and so on is a series of conditions before they readmitted to the union, a new orleans paper asks james longstreet, what do you think of this congressional plan? he knows that vast majority of ex-confederate it's abjure and reject the congressional plan as radical, something that they they detest and will re
state senator, reconstruction, acting governor of louisiana during reconstruction. so that that that facet dating black leadership class is sort of positioned to challenge longstreet's on race. so now we come to the of the matter. i'm sorry for going on and on. here's the moment that that gordon has referred to in 1867, congress decides that johnson's reconstruction a disaster and that it's going to hit the reset button and implement its own plan. and congress's plan is is to put the south...
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so that's 1802 1803 is the louisiana. right now i taught that their louisiana purchase was the greatest real estate deal in history. right. so we doubled the size of. the country paid less than a nickel an acre for that land is essentially $0.04, but and i've thought of it it's thought of as a real estate deal where we literally get titles right to this thing. but they weren't he wasn't for $15 million. the to those lands. he was buying the right of preemption to those lands. and what does that mean. the right of preemption it means that france didn't control those lands? right. those names were settled by indigenous people. france had outposts here there in lyon, but they were in no way in control those lands. it was like the entire you know most of the drainage area of the mississippi is a huge plot of land so what he was purchasing for $15 million wasn't acreage. it was the right to the indigenous people in that land. that's what he was from france. right. and that where again, where's that grounded? it's all grounded
so that's 1802 1803 is the louisiana. right now i taught that their louisiana purchase was the greatest real estate deal in history. right. so we doubled the size of. the country paid less than a nickel an acre for that land is essentially $0.04, but and i've thought of it it's thought of as a real estate deal where we literally get titles right to this thing. but they weren't he wasn't for $15 million. the to those lands. he was buying the right of preemption to those lands. and what does that...
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and mississippi -- the flooding in mississippi -- a tornado touching down in slidell, louisiana, and our fema personnel are ready to deploy as the needs of your constituents so require. last year, fema responded to more than 100 disasters. our budget provides $22.7 billion to assist community leaders and help survivors in the aftermath of major disasters and additional funds to invest in resilience strategies that will save lives and taxpayer money in the decades to come. essential to our success across all mission sets is our department's ability to recruit and retain class workforce. in addition to the front line workforce i mentioned, the presidents budget includes $1.5 billion to maintain our commitment to fairly compensate the tsa workforce continuing the long-overdue fiscal year 2023 initiative we worked together to implement. i look forward to further discussing these critical missions and our department's needs for the coming and current fiscal years. the recently passed 2024 budget, the welcome and helpful to many of our operations, was enacted too late to help our hiring su
and mississippi -- the flooding in mississippi -- a tornado touching down in slidell, louisiana, and our fema personnel are ready to deploy as the needs of your constituents so require. last year, fema responded to more than 100 disasters. our budget provides $22.7 billion to assist community leaders and help survivors in the aftermath of major disasters and additional funds to invest in resilience strategies that will save lives and taxpayer money in the decades to come. essential to our...
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and they go and they go particularly with those from texas and louisiana matters as well. if i'm if i'm an enslaved person in texas, canada is a of a distance to try and reach. so the movement is towards mexico. once mexico abolishes slavery. so that, i think, is the way to look at the equation. once wherever you have free soil, people will go towards it. no. is there a magic here? you? yeah, but i think your recording you have to be the only one motivated someone someone. territory. can i characterize? not in mixed company. i shouldn't shouldn't. there was money to be made. the people to slave catchers who turned up in boston. looking for william and allen. craft one worked with william in a carpenter shop so he knew him and therefore you could identify him. and the second one was hired by the slave catchers because he had a reputation for doing that sort of thing. so there's to be made in and the money was significant enough that it warranted doing this. the slave the slave holders on the hand after 1850 would were guaranteed the cost. the cost of returning the fugitive
and they go and they go particularly with those from texas and louisiana matters as well. if i'm if i'm an enslaved person in texas, canada is a of a distance to try and reach. so the movement is towards mexico. once mexico abolishes slavery. so that, i think, is the way to look at the equation. once wherever you have free soil, people will go towards it. no. is there a magic here? you? yeah, but i think your recording you have to be the only one motivated someone someone. territory. can i...
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up next is zebulon york's louisiana brigade. i don't have as many main references dez does earlier, but zebulon york is from maine, which is interestingly enough. right. he's a maine born, moved to louisiana, got into a very wealthy plantation family and thus fights for the confederacy after him comes william terry's virginians. that is the remainder of the stonewall brigade. so this attack and the fighting on the on the thomas farm. right. 90 minutes of fighting in the union army records. this man is specifically start to fall back. this is a keith rocco portrait fighting at thomas farm lasts 90 minutes from about 330 to 5:00 in the evening on july 9th, 1864. and when we talk about 1864, everyone has in their mind entrenchment and digging in and rifle pits, not here. there's no time and. so this fighting on the thomas farm is a stand up, knock down brawl between two of the most experienced fighting units. either army has to offer in these 90 minutes of combat, there'll be one casualty every 5 seconds. right. the majority of the
up next is zebulon york's louisiana brigade. i don't have as many main references dez does earlier, but zebulon york is from maine, which is interestingly enough. right. he's a maine born, moved to louisiana, got into a very wealthy plantation family and thus fights for the confederacy after him comes william terry's virginians. that is the remainder of the stonewall brigade. so this attack and the fighting on the on the thomas farm. right. 90 minutes of fighting in the union army records. this...
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for example, umpiring the the army maneuvers in louisiana, in the carolinas and tennessee you know, i'd read that he qualified to be an umpire in maneuvers. and then i found at the war college he was the lead umpire for his war college class. you know, when they did their their exercises, he was the lead umpire for the third army in 1938, i believe it was. so before the louisiana maneuvers, even really got going, he had probably more experience umpiring maneuvers than most of the officers in the army. yeah. i mean, what stands out to me when you look at his career path and trajectory, you see this kind of pattern of exceptional competence and value. i mean, right from from his cadet days that he's acing math of the time when you when you look at, you know, the experiences of future, they're like, well, they had a tough time getting by in math or in chemistry or whatever is usually one of the stem fields. mcnair has no trouble with the academics, and then he's always seems to be kind of ahead of the curve. the example is, you know, you show in in world war one and he becomes really quite
for example, umpiring the the army maneuvers in louisiana, in the carolinas and tennessee you know, i'd read that he qualified to be an umpire in maneuvers. and then i found at the war college he was the lead umpire for his war college class. you know, when they did their their exercises, he was the lead umpire for the third army in 1938, i believe it was. so before the louisiana maneuvers, even really got going, he had probably more experience umpiring maneuvers than most of the officers in...
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louisiana loses population. they lose representation. arizona population. they get those same number. that they're now. not as close as far as we're going get because there some attempt at being equitable. the executive. what's his term term of office in the executive the president four year term senate. 60 year term. house of representatives. two year term. what about the judiciary? like like. four, six, two. and like. how come everybody's not on a year schedule. why? why am i changing that? what's the goal. they're trying to protect it. the integrity. they're to protect this document. they have in their mind the best interest of country. look, there are no political parties, no nowhere in the constitution does it say anything about political parties. okay. so they are going to. change very the terms. right now, there's a term limit on the presidency, which is what no. than two consecutive five terms. when george stepped into the white house or stepped into the executive. wouldn't the white house yet? there were no term limits. he had a four year term. the
louisiana loses population. they lose representation. arizona population. they get those same number. that they're now. not as close as far as we're going get because there some attempt at being equitable. the executive. what's his term term of office in the executive the president four year term senate. 60 year term. house of representatives. two year term. what about the judiciary? like like. four, six, two. and like. how come everybody's not on a year schedule. why? why am i changing that?...
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remember, eisenhower won virginia times in 52, eisenhower, nixon, eisenhower, nixon in 1956, one louisiana. so it really began chip away at the traditional democratic south, which was a stronghold. and so 64, again, a terrible year for republicans, a great year for conservatives in terms of their in the future. and then 66, the lopsided loss by republicans. 64 they almost gained they gained back almost everything. they lost in 64 during the midterms and 66 in terms of the house, in terms of the senate, in terms of governors, in terms of state house seats, coast to coast democrats still in charge, democrats held the white house with lyndon johnson. they still controlled the house and the senate after the 66 midterms. but republicans had made it considerably close and erasing the losses of 64 and and building momentum as they move toward 68. and so that's where we begin today, as we know from from previously, nixon had a good life in new york city for the first time he was making money. he wasn't a public official practicing law, a named partner at one of wall street's most important white s
remember, eisenhower won virginia times in 52, eisenhower, nixon, eisenhower, nixon in 1956, one louisiana. so it really began chip away at the traditional democratic south, which was a stronghold. and so 64, again, a terrible year for republicans, a great year for conservatives in terms of their in the future. and then 66, the lopsided loss by republicans. 64 they almost gained they gained back almost everything. they lost in 64 during the midterms and 66 in terms of the house, in terms of the...
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and this is a zaps, which was a louisiana potato chip company. and this looks like potato chips in the mardi gras color scheme. so it has gotten stuck on this branch. i was here the weekend a couple of days ago and it was stuck there and it is still stuck there. all right. so it may not be stuck there for very long. it has been for a couple of days. right. so we've got this creek. how does look if you look that way, does it look like you're the middle of downtown columbia, south carolina? what does it what does it more look like, emily? turbulent landscape like it has eyed okay. so looks untamed looks like it has this a great phrase from emily it has it looks like it hasn't been curated by mankind. right? the water's flowing. there are these bricks. there are. can anybody does anybody good enough eyesight to see what these trout stream boulders are. does anybody want to go walk through water? i've just so lovingly described, just filled with bacteria that can give you serious indigestion and other things and so these are concrete blocks. all righ
and this is a zaps, which was a louisiana potato chip company. and this looks like potato chips in the mardi gras color scheme. so it has gotten stuck on this branch. i was here the weekend a couple of days ago and it was stuck there and it is still stuck there. all right. so it may not be stuck there for very long. it has been for a couple of days. right. so we've got this creek. how does look if you look that way, does it look like you're the middle of downtown columbia, south carolina? what...
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week abortion ban to go into effect to block in a whole of state covid mitigation to allow alabama and louisiana to use congressional district maps in the 2022 midterm cycle that violated the voting rights act. right. these are all massively consequential decisions with no explanation. and the problem this creates is twofold. one per tom's right. you have lower courts are like what the hell am i supposed to do? like the supreme court has rule but not given me any instructions. so do i. just put on my psychic hat and use my ouija board. but two more fundamentally, guys. the supreme court's power. i mean, this goes back to your point about president eisenhower, the supreme power is soft power. the court has no enforcement arm. right. the court depends upon the executive branch to enforce decisions depends upon us. if we don't understand what court is doing, how are we supposed to have faith that the court is act in response ably? and historically this has been the court's principal defense of its legitimacy that it has the ability to explain not necessarily that we're going to agree with the princ
week abortion ban to go into effect to block in a whole of state covid mitigation to allow alabama and louisiana to use congressional district maps in the 2022 midterm cycle that violated the voting rights act. right. these are all massively consequential decisions with no explanation. and the problem this creates is twofold. one per tom's right. you have lower courts are like what the hell am i supposed to do? like the supreme court has rule but not given me any instructions. so do i. just put...
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we are nearly 300 miles from the border in my district, my district is of the houston area to louisiana and. we simply have got to sort to to secure this border. if we don't i don't see this country lasting as we know it. that's just the simple of the matter. we should not negotiating border security. we should be enacting it. and frankly, i can't i can't up here and explain and speak on behalf of some of my republican colleagues that won't vote for border security. it's either they're there foolishly compassionate you know about they've convinced by the democrats that this is the right thing to do or could be an ideological thing as. well, or it could be an economic thing. i think we all know that the the. there's there's a groups that you would think would be republicans us chambers of them that it's an economic they want cheap labor and that's the pandemic we've got major major major unemployment by folks that just simply seek a job because they're they're being they're cashing a check each month and don't need to. and so it's a it's an income isn't it's totally economics when you lo
we are nearly 300 miles from the border in my district, my district is of the houston area to louisiana and. we simply have got to sort to to secure this border. if we don't i don't see this country lasting as we know it. that's just the simple of the matter. we should not negotiating border security. we should be enacting it. and frankly, i can't i can't up here and explain and speak on behalf of some of my republican colleagues that won't vote for border security. it's either they're there...
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it's an excellent example you've youshared that in louisiana exae earlier where they've been able to achieve higher recovery rates and a very high access to recycling for the population in british columbia. some of the challenges that we've had evolve more around transparency fees. the one thing that i would like to see more of in the extended producer responsibility regulation is more of a push on reuse and refill. that is probably one of the best approaches to minimizing environmental impact. i would like to share an example that 12 years ago we launched a concentrate that you could put in the next bottle to fill it with water so you could reuse this model 100 times if you wanted. that is the best environmental footprint for this kind of product but it doesn't sell very well. most consumers want to go through the inconvenience of putting a concentrate into the bottle. it comes back to it's very hard for an individual company to make progress with of these kinds of innovations but if we have things in the regulations that could help incentivize these kind of things and bring scale,
it's an excellent example you've youshared that in louisiana exae earlier where they've been able to achieve higher recovery rates and a very high access to recycling for the population in british columbia. some of the challenges that we've had evolve more around transparency fees. the one thing that i would like to see more of in the extended producer responsibility regulation is more of a push on reuse and refill. that is probably one of the best approaches to minimizing environmental impact....
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couple of years have allowed texas's six week abortion ban to go into effect have allowed alabama and louisiana to use congressional in the 2022 midterms that were in violation of the voting rights act. have a whole bunch of state and federal covid mitigation policies and on and on and on. in january of this year, there was a really big five four order in which the majority allowed the biden administration to razor wire that texas had placed along the us-mexico border. if you go and look for that order first, good luck. but second, assuming you find what you will find is that there is zero explanation. there's no majority opinion. there's no rationale. even the dissenters didn't write a word. why is that a problem? well, within a couple of days everyone was misunderstanding what the supreme had done. folks on the left were clamoring that governor abbott was the supreme court by to put razor wire along the border. he wasn't. folks on the right were urging to defy the supreme court. he couldn't write. and this just it's a good example how as the supreme court has used these orders to do more and
couple of years have allowed texas's six week abortion ban to go into effect have allowed alabama and louisiana to use congressional in the 2022 midterms that were in violation of the voting rights act. have a whole bunch of state and federal covid mitigation policies and on and on and on. in january of this year, there was a really big five four order in which the majority allowed the biden administration to razor wire that texas had placed along the us-mexico border. if you go and look for...