we’ve heard so much today merciless attitudes towards refugees lack of
attitudes towards refugees lack of
attitudes towards refugees lack of compassion towards the undocumented by
compassion towards the undocumented by
compassion towards the undocumented by the way I have a problem with that
the way I have a problem with that
the way I have a problem with that phrase just as no child as illegitimate
phrase just as no child as illegitimate
phrase just as no child as illegitimate no one is undocumented in God’s eyes we
no one is undocumented in God’s eyes we
no one is undocumented in God’s eyes we heard about we heard about the sale of
heard about we heard about the sale of
heard about we heard about the sale of atrazine where the profit-making
atrazine where the profit-making
atrazine where the profit-making capacity of a chemical company not just
capacity of a chemical company not just
capacity of a chemical company not just in the case of atrazine but in so many
in the case of atrazine but in so many
in the case of atrazine but in so many chemicals is placed above the health and
chemicals is placed above the health and
chemicals is placed above the health and well-being of our citizens and of our
well-being of our citizens and of our
well-being of our citizens and of our planet there are so many things that we
planet there are so many things that we
planet there are so many things that we know about like this now and it is very
know about like this now and it is very
know about like this now and it is very tempting to become reactive and it’s
tempting to become reactive and it’s
tempting to become reactive and it’s very important that we not just be
very important that we not just be
very important that we not just be reactive that we be responsive Martin
reactive that we be responsive Martin
reactive that we be responsive Martin Luther King said we need a change in our
Luther King said we need a change in our
Luther King said we need a change in our circumstances that is quantitative but
circumstances that is quantitative but
circumstances that is quantitative but we need a qualitative change in our
we need a qualitative change in our
we need a qualitative change in our souls so what I want to talk to you
souls so what I want to talk to you
souls so what I want to talk to you about today is the change in our souls
about today is the change in our souls
about today is the change in our souls is the fundamental shift in the sense of
is the fundamental shift in the sense of
is the fundamental shift in the sense of our own personhood that will allow us to
our own personhood that will allow us to
our own personhood that will allow us to deal with these issues if we deal with
deal with these issues if we deal with
deal with these issues if we deal with all of them separately we’re just
all of them separately we’re just
all of them separately we’re just dealing with symptoms whether it’s
dealing with symptoms whether it’s
dealing with symptoms whether it’s atrazine or mass incarceration criminal
atrazine or mass incarceration criminal
atrazine or mass incarceration criminal injustice our attitudes towards refugees
injustice our attitudes towards refugees
injustice our attitudes towards refugees our attitudes towards the undocumented
our attitudes towards the undocumented
our attitudes towards the undocumented or any other symptoms such as that if we
or any other symptoms such as that if we
or any other symptoms such as that if we want to deal this country heal this
want to deal this country heal this
want to deal this country heal this country we must heal it with an
country we must heal it with an
country we must heal it with an integrative approach and get down to the
integrative approach and get down to the
integrative approach and get down to the cause and when we get down to the cause
cause and when we get down to the cause
cause and when we get down to the cause we get down to the deeper story of
we get down to the deeper story of
we get down to the deeper story of America America is like a novel you
America America is like a novel you
America America is like a novel you can’t just open it in the middle and
can’t just open it in the middle and
can’t just open it in the middle and know what this chapter means who these
know what this chapter means who these
know what this chapter means who these characters are where it fits into the
characters are where it fits into the
characters are where it fits into the larger narrative unless you had read the
larger narrative unless you had read the
larger narrative unless you had read the earlier chapters so let’s talk about the
earlier chapters so let’s talk about the
earlier chapters so let’s talk about the beginnings of America the beginning of
beginnings of America the beginning of
beginnings of America the beginning of this country was an extraordinary burst
this country was an extraordinary burst
this country was an extraordinary burst of light it was an extraordinary burst
of light it was an extraordinary burst
of light it was an extraordinary burst of light not only in terms of the
of light not only in terms of the
of light not only in terms of the political movement forward that it
political movement forward that it
political movement forward that it represented but in terms of the moral
represented but in terms of the moral
represented but in terms of the moral movement forward the spiritual movement
movement forward the spiritual movement
movement forward the spiritual movement forward because until the founding of
forward because until the founding of
forward because until the founding of this country Western civilization was
this country Western civilization was
this country Western civilization was dominated by a monarchical and
dominated by a monarchical and
dominated by a monarchical and aristocratic paradigm
aristocratic paradigm
aristocratic paradigm and within that paradigm the established
and within that paradigm the established
and within that paradigm the established social order deems a few people entitled
social order deems a few people entitled
social order deems a few people entitled when we were kids we were taught about
when we were kids we were taught about
when we were kids we were taught about the Sun King that God had given power to
the Sun King that God had given power to
the Sun King that God had given power to the Sun King of France and then that
the Sun King of France and then that
the Sun King of France and then that power was to be shared the king and the
power was to be shared the king and the
power was to be shared the king and the queen and their cronies you know the
queen and their cronies you know the
queen and their cronies you know the aristocracy and those few people were
aristocracy and those few people were
aristocracy and those few people were entitled to land those few people were
entitled to land those few people were
entitled to land those few people were entitled to education those few people
entitled to education those few people
entitled to education those few people were entitled to wealth those few people
were entitled to wealth those few people
were entitled to wealth those few people were entitled to wealth creation those
were entitled to wealth creation those
were entitled to wealth creation those few people were entitled to
few people were entitled to
few people were entitled to self-actualization those few people were
self-actualization those few people were
self-actualization those few people were entitled to dream those few people were
entitled to dream those few people were
entitled to dream those few people were entitled to make their dreams come true
entitled to make their dreams come true
entitled to make their dreams come true and to have a sense that their children
and to have a sense that their children
and to have a sense that their children would be able to do that too and
would be able to do that too and
would be able to do that too and everyone else the majority of the people
everyone else the majority of the people
everyone else the majority of the people of those societies were basically little
of those societies were basically little
of those societies were basically little more than serfs with the founding of
more than serfs with the founding of
more than serfs with the founding of this country that entire paradigm was
this country that entire paradigm was
this country that entire paradigm was repudiated in this country the idea was
repudiated in this country the idea was
repudiated in this country the idea was not that God gave power to the king and
not that God gave power to the king and
not that God gave power to the king and the Queen to be shared only with their
the Queen to be shared only with their
the Queen to be shared only with their friends the aristocracy but that all men
friends the aristocracy but that all men
friends the aristocracy but that all men were created equal all men all men were
were created equal all men all men were
were created equal all men all men were endowed by God with inalienable rights
endowed by God with inalienable rights
endowed by God with inalienable rights of life and liberty and the pursuit of
of life and liberty and the pursuit of
of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness and it wouldn’t just be a
happiness and it wouldn’t just be a
happiness and it wouldn’t just be a small group that would run things but
small group that would run things but
small group that would run things but rather there would be e pluribus unum
rather there would be e pluribus unum
rather there would be e pluribus unum that there would be many and out of that
that there would be many and out of that
that there would be many and out of that many there would be one and that the
many there would be one and that the
many there would be one and that the government would be on behalf of those
government would be on behalf of those
government would be on behalf of those people and then later when Abraham
people and then later when Abraham
people and then later when Abraham Lincoln said that the government itself
Lincoln said that the government itself
Lincoln said that the government itself would broke her individual liberty
would broke her individual liberty
would broke her individual liberty rights with a concern for the common
rights with a concern for the common
rights with a concern for the common good for everyone and that the
good for everyone and that the
good for everyone and that the government would be of the people and by
government would be of the people and by
government would be of the people and by the people and for the people but before
the people and for the people but before
the people and for the people but before that with the founders having
that with the founders having
that with the founders having established those incredibly enlightened
established those incredibly enlightened
established those incredibly enlightened principles for the first time in the
principles for the first time in the
principles for the first time in the founding of a nation in the founding
founding of a nation in the founding
founding of a nation in the founding documents of a nation and risking their
documents of a nation and risking their
documents of a nation and risking their lives signing that Declaration of
lives signing that Declaration of
lives signing that Declaration of Independence was at risk of your life if
Independence was at risk of your life if
Independence was at risk of your life if the war for independence had been won by
the war for independence had been won by
the war for independence had been won by the British those people who signed that
the British those people who signed that
the British those people who signed that document would have been executed as
document would have been executed as
document would have been executed as traitors but the irony the historical
traitors but the irony the historical
traitors but the irony the historical irony we all know well we know that the
irony we all know well we know that the
irony we all know well we know that the same people that risk their
same people that risk their
same people that risk their lives to imbue those documents in the
lives to imbue those documents in the
lives to imbue those documents in the founding of this country with really not
founding of this country with really not
founding of this country with really not only were radically enlightened views
only were radically enlightened views
only were radically enlightened views 200 years ago but which are still today
200 years ago but which are still today
200 years ago but which are still today radically enlightened views
radically enlightened views
radically enlightened views we’re aware how many of them were
we’re aware how many of them were
we’re aware how many of them were themselves slave owners so it is built
themselves slave owners so it is built
themselves slave owners so it is built into our DNA it was there from the
into our DNA it was there from the
into our DNA it was there from the beginning but we represent both the
beginning but we represent both the
beginning but we represent both the highest enlightened ideals and sometimes
highest enlightened ideals and sometimes
highest enlightened ideals and sometimes the basic basest human instincts
the basic basest human instincts
the basic basest human instincts so that dichotomy has always been with
so that dichotomy has always been with
so that dichotomy has always been with us every single generation has had to
us every single generation has had to
us every single generation has had to deal with him
deal with him
deal with him we have been both slave owner and we
we have been both slave owner and we
we have been both slave owner and we have been abolitionists we had women not
have been abolitionists we had women not
have been abolitionists we had women not only not allowed to to to vote not
only not allowed to to to vote not
only not allowed to to to vote not allowed to own anything any kind of
allowed to own anything any kind of
allowed to own anything any kind of property or any kind of money yes we had
property or any kind of money yes we had
property or any kind of money yes we had that but then we also had the women’s
that but then we also had the women’s
that but then we also had the women’s suffrage movement and waves of feminism
suffrage movement and waves of feminism
suffrage movement and waves of feminism we had institutionalized white supremacy
we had institutionalized white supremacy
we had institutionalized white supremacy and segregation but then we also had the
and segregation but then we also had the
and segregation but then we also had the civil rights movement we had gay people
civil rights movement we had gay people
civil rights movement we had gay people not having any particular rights and
not having any particular rights and
not having any particular rights and certainly not the right to marry and
certainly not the right to marry and
certainly not the right to marry and then we had the gay rights and marriage
then we had the gay rights and marriage
then we had the gay rights and marriage equality movement in other words ladies
equality movement in other words ladies
equality movement in other words ladies and gentlemen we have been both as
and gentlemen we have been both as
and gentlemen we have been both as generation after generation the entire
generation after generation the entire
generation after generation the entire story of America the entire political
story of America the entire political
story of America the entire political journey of America has been one in which
journey of America has been one in which
journey of America has been one in which there have been people whose hearts were
there have been people whose hearts were
there have been people whose hearts were on fire with the possibility with the
on fire with the possibility with the
on fire with the possibility with the gorgeousness of this dream of
gorgeousness of this dream of
gorgeousness of this dream of self-actualization being a possibility
self-actualization being a possibility
self-actualization being a possibility for everyone and there have been people
for everyone and there have been people
for everyone and there have been people who have struggled there have been
who have struggled there have been
who have struggled there have been people who’ve sacrificed and there have
people who’ve sacrificed and there have
people who’ve sacrificed and there have been people who have died so that this
been people who have died so that this
been people who have died so that this could be true and yet there have been in
could be true and yet there have been in
could be true and yet there have been in every generation just like in ours those
every generation just like in ours those
every generation just like in ours those who have said let’s not and it’s
who have said let’s not and it’s
who have said let’s not and it’s important that we identify that we had
important that we identify that we had
important that we identify that we had slavery it’s important that we identify
slavery it’s important that we identify
slavery it’s important that we identify that we gave women no rights it’s
that we gave women no rights it’s
that we gave women no rights it’s important that we identify that we had
important that we identify that we had
important that we identify that we had segregation and white supremacy of
segregation and white supremacy of
segregation and white supremacy of course it’s important that we identify
course it’s important that we identify
course it’s important that we identify the shadows of this country of course
the shadows of this country of course
the shadows of this country of course it’s important that we identify the dark
it’s important that we identify the dark
it’s important that we identify the dark side of course it’s important that we
side of course it’s important that we
side of course it’s important that we identify the problems but let us
identify the problems but let us
identify the problems but let us identify with the problem solvers
identify with the problem solvers
identify with the problem solvers that is what is important right now we
that is what is important right now we
that is what is important right now we are not the first generation of
are not the first generation of
are not the first generation of Americans who have had to deal with the
Americans who have had to deal with the
Americans who have had to deal with the fact that America has gone off the rails
fact that America has gone off the rails
fact that America has gone off the rails because what has happened is we have
because what has happened is we have
because what has happened is we have subconsciously once again recreated the
subconsciously once again recreated the
subconsciously once again recreated the condition of aristocracy you can call it
condition of aristocracy you can call it
condition of aristocracy you can call it a corporate aqua sea you can call it a
a corporate aqua sea you can call it a
a corporate aqua sea you can call it a plutocracy you can call it an oligarchy
plutocracy you can call it an oligarchy
plutocracy you can call it an oligarchy I don’t care what you call it we have
I don’t care what you call it we have
I don’t care what you call it we have once again manifests the social system
once again manifests the social system
once again manifests the social system in which for all intents and purposes
in which for all intents and purposes
in which for all intents and purposes apparently just a few people are deemed
apparently just a few people are deemed
apparently just a few people are deemed entitled somehow to health care entitled
entitled somehow to health care entitled
entitled somehow to health care entitled somehow to safety entitled somehow to
somehow to safety entitled somehow to
somehow to safety entitled somehow to justice entitled somehow to the goods of
justice entitled somehow to the goods of
justice entitled somehow to the goods of this country ladies and gentlemen we’re
this country ladies and gentlemen we’re
this country ladies and gentlemen we’re not the first generation to have to deal
not the first generation to have to deal
not the first generation to have to deal with this stuff but let us not be the
with this stuff but let us not be the
with this stuff but let us not be the first generation to wimp out on doing
first generation to wimp out on doing
first generation to wimp out on doing the job it takes to get this country
the job it takes to get this country
the job it takes to get this country back on track
what are those personal qualities one is
what are those personal qualities one is conviction you know there aren’t more
conviction you know there aren’t more
conviction you know there aren’t more people in this country in this world who
people in this country in this world who
people in this country in this world who hate them who love hardly vastly more
hate them who love hardly vastly more
hate them who love hardly vastly more people loved and hate the problem those
people loved and hate the problem those
people loved and hate the problem those in our country today and in the world is
in our country today and in the world is
in our country today and in the world is that those who hate hate with conviction
that those who hate hate with conviction
that those who hate hate with conviction people who hate are serious about
people who hate are serious about
people who hate are serious about effectuating the changes that they want
effectuating the changes that they want
effectuating the changes that they want to see and too often those of us who
to see and too often those of us who
to see and too often those of us who love are kind of casual about it really
love are kind of casual about it really
love are kind of casual about it really into it when it’s convenient or will
into it when it’s convenient or will
into it when it’s convenient or will show up every two years or every four
show up every two years or every four
show up every two years or every four years the problem is not that we have
years the problem is not that we have
years the problem is not that we have more people who hate than love we the
more people who hate than love we the
more people who hate than love we the problem is not that we have more as FDR
problem is not that we have more as FDR
problem is not that we have more as FDR called them economic Royalists and then
called them economic Royalists and then
called them economic Royalists and then Bernie picked up that line as well the
Bernie picked up that line as well the
Bernie picked up that line as well the problem is not that they’re more of them
problem is not that they’re more of them
problem is not that they’re more of them then of those who love and those who are
then of those who love and those who are
then of those who love and those who are in love with the idea of mercy and the
in love with the idea of mercy and the
in love with the idea of mercy and the idea of justice and the idea of love and
idea of justice and the idea of love and
idea of justice and the idea of love and the idea of the possibility of infinite
the idea of the possibility of infinite
the idea of the possibility of infinite possibility there aren’t more of them
possibility there aren’t more of them
possibility there aren’t more of them than us the issue is simply that those
than us the issue is simply that those
than us the issue is simply that those who hate hate with congrat our
who hate hate with congrat our
who hate hate with congrat our conviction too often conviction itself
conviction too often conviction itself
conviction too often conviction itself is a force multiplier we have to love
is a force multiplier we have to love
is a force multiplier we have to love with seriousness we have to love with a
with seriousness we have to love with a
with seriousness we have to love with a seriousness that knows that love of my
seriousness that knows that love of my
seriousness that knows that love of my own children is not enough to create a
own children is not enough to create a
own children is not enough to create a sustainable and survivable future in
sustainable and survivable future in
sustainable and survivable future in order to create a sustainable survivable
order to create a sustainable survivable
order to create a sustainable survivable future we have to realize that every
future we have to realize that every
future we have to realize that every child on this planet is one of our
child on this planet is one of our
child on this planet is one of our children and the earth itself is our
children and the earth itself is our
children and the earth itself is our home we must love not only our own
home we must love not only our own
home we must love not only our own children but every single child we must
children but every single child we must
children but every single child we must make a we must make a change
make a we must make a change
make a we must make a change that has to do with an emotional and a
that has to do with an emotional and a
that has to do with an emotional and a psychological and a spiritual shift that
psychological and a spiritual shift that
psychological and a spiritual shift that to me is very much in evidence in the
to me is very much in evidence in the
to me is very much in evidence in the shift from the anti-slavery person to
shift from the anti-slavery person to
shift from the anti-slavery person to the abolitionist what’s anti-slavery
the abolitionist what’s anti-slavery
the abolitionist what’s anti-slavery mean anti-slavery means oh I would never
mean anti-slavery means oh I would never
mean anti-slavery means oh I would never live in a slave owning state I think
live in a slave owning state I think
live in a slave owning state I think those states are crazy I would never be
those states are crazy I would never be
those states are crazy I would never be a slave owner if someone was
a slave owner if someone was
a slave owner if someone was anti-slavery and they had that attitude
anti-slavery and they had that attitude
anti-slavery and they had that attitude that’s very nice but that did not move
that’s very nice but that did not move
that’s very nice but that did not move the needle for one slave the
the needle for one slave the
the needle for one slave the abolitionists however if somebody who is
abolitionists however if somebody who is
abolitionists however if somebody who is not just against slavery the
not just against slavery the
not just against slavery the abolitionist is someone who lives with
abolitionist is someone who lives with
abolitionist is someone who lives with conviction and speaks with conviction
conviction and speaks with conviction
conviction and speaks with conviction and acts
and acts
and acts with conviction not on my watch that is
with conviction not on my watch that is
with conviction not on my watch that is what we need in this country today
what we need in this country today
what we need in this country today ladies and gentlemen we need more of us
ladies and gentlemen we need more of us
ladies and gentlemen we need more of us who with conviction are willing to
who with conviction are willing to
who with conviction are willing to realize that sometimes love says no many
realize that sometimes love says no many
realize that sometimes love says no many people Jews african-americans there are
people Jews african-americans there are
people Jews african-americans there are a lot of people in this country a lot of
a lot of people in this country a lot of
a lot of people in this country a lot of people in the world who know that this
people in the world who know that this
people in the world who know that this aristocratic archetype that is back it
aristocratic archetype that is back it
aristocratic archetype that is back it is back it is back this stuff is not new
is back it is back this stuff is not new
is back it is back this stuff is not new and it was naive of us to ever think
and it was naive of us to ever think
and it was naive of us to ever think that somehow it was gone you know it is
that somehow it was gone you know it is
that somehow it was gone you know it is like it’s like somebody who has a herpes
like it’s like somebody who has a herpes
like it’s like somebody who has a herpes in their system it’s never going to be
in their system it’s never going to be
in their system it’s never going to be necessarily out of your bloodstream but
necessarily out of your bloodstream but
necessarily out of your bloodstream but you try to keep it asymptomatic it’s not
you try to keep it asymptomatic it’s not
you try to keep it asymptomatic it’s not like racism we ever thought racism was
like racism we ever thought racism was
like racism we ever thought racism was gone it’s not like we ever thought and
gone it’s not like we ever thought and
gone it’s not like we ever thought and homophobia was gone it’s not like we
homophobia was gone it’s not like we
homophobia was gone it’s not like we ever thought xenophobia was gone
ever thought xenophobia was gone
ever thought xenophobia was gone it’s not like we ever thought
it’s not like we ever thought
it’s not like we ever thought anti-semitism was gone these things will
anti-semitism was gone these things will
anti-semitism was gone these things will not be gone until we have evolved as a
not be gone until we have evolved as a
not be gone until we have evolved as a human race to an enlightened state but
human race to an enlightened state but
human race to an enlightened state but we thought in this country that we had
we thought in this country that we had
we thought in this country that we had reached the center where they were
reached the center where they were
reached the center where they were asymptomatic enough we thought that we
asymptomatic enough we thought that we
asymptomatic enough we thought that we had reached a consensus on both the left
had reached a consensus on both the left
had reached a consensus on both the left and the right that those things would
and the right that those things would
and the right that those things would not be given emotional and psychological
not be given emotional and psychological
not be given emotional and psychological and technological and financial and
and technological and financial and
and technological and financial and political power that too often they are
political power that too often they are
political power that too often they are given now and anybody who has any sense
given now and anybody who has any sense
given now and anybody who has any sense of history knows that at some point just
of history knows that at some point just
of history knows that at some point just as so often just as with the Holocaust
as so often just as with the Holocaust
as so often just as with the Holocaust we look at people and we go why didn’t
we look at people and we go why didn’t
we look at people and we go why didn’t you leave why didn’t you leave why
you leave why didn’t you leave why
you leave why didn’t you leave why didn’t you do something well they didn’t
didn’t you do something well they didn’t
didn’t you do something well they didn’t do something because they didn’t think
do something because they didn’t think
do something because they didn’t think it could actually happen there
it could actually happen there
it could actually happen there you know I visited Yad Vashem which is
you know I visited Yad Vashem which is
you know I visited Yad Vashem which is the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem and
the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem and
the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem and they have a lot of extraordinary
they have a lot of extraordinary
they have a lot of extraordinary videos of films that were actually made
videos of films that were actually made
videos of films that were actually made in which it’s very clear Hitler said
in which it’s very clear Hitler said
in which it’s very clear Hitler said what he was going to do everything that
what he was going to do everything that
what he was going to do everything that he did he said that he was going to do
he did he said that he was going to do
he did he said that he was going to do and later Hitler said the only way they
and later Hitler said the only way they
and later Hitler said the only way they could have stopped us if they would be
could have stopped us if they would be
could have stopped us if they would be who would have been if they had come
who would have been if they had come
who would have been if they had come data Swift and early and fiercely ladies
data Swift and early and fiercely ladies
data Swift and early and fiercely ladies and gentlemen I got to tell you
and gentlemen I got to tell you
and gentlemen I got to tell you something about the new a rising up of a
something about the new a rising up of a
something about the new a rising up of a right wing and I mean far right I mean
right wing and I mean far right I mean
right wing and I mean far right I mean all right I mean authoritarian I mean
all right I mean authoritarian I mean
all right I mean authoritarian I mean dictatorial I mean fascist wave that is
dictatorial I mean fascist wave that is
dictatorial I mean fascist wave that is among us we are
among us we are
among us we are really skipped we already missed the
really skipped we already missed the
really skipped we already missed the boat on getting at it fast and fierce
boat on getting at it fast and fierce
boat on getting at it fast and fierce and and early we missed the fast and the
and and early we missed the fast and the
and and early we missed the fast and the early and the Swift and the fierce part
early and the Swift and the fierce part
early and the Swift and the fierce part we have to do it now you know a lot of
we have to do it now you know a lot of
we have to do it now you know a lot of times people say III think we should
times people say III think we should
times people say III think we should actually have a lot of democracy at the
actually have a lot of democracy at the
actually have a lot of democracy at the core a love of democracy at the core of
core a love of democracy at the core of
core a love of democracy at the core of how we function I don’t think that the
how we function I don’t think that the
how we function I don’t think that the prophets of chemical companies should be
prophets of chemical companies should be
prophets of chemical companies should be placed before the well-being of our
placed before the well-being of our
placed before the well-being of our children you know one of the one of the
children you know one of the one of the
children you know one of the one of the issues that really got me was when Scott
issues that really got me was when Scott
issues that really got me was when Scott Pruett became the head of the EPA and
Pruett became the head of the EPA and
Pruett became the head of the EPA and then the new budget you know the budget
then the new budget you know the budget
then the new budget you know the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency
of the Environmental Protection Agency
of the Environmental Protection Agency that is now proposed would slash that
that is now proposed would slash that
that is now proposed would slash that budget by one quarter and one of the
budget by one quarter and one of the
budget by one quarter and one of the first moves that he made one of the
first moves that he made one of the
first moves that he made one of the first moves that mr. Pruett made was
first moves that mr. Pruett made was
first moves that mr. Pruett made was that there is a particular pesticide
that there is a particular pesticide
that there is a particular pesticide which every single environmental
which every single environmental
which every single environmental scientists that had been appointed
scientists that had been appointed
scientists that had been appointed during the Obama administration every
during the Obama administration every
during the Obama administration every single scientist had said that this
single scientist had said that this
single scientist had said that this pesticide to be permanently banned
pesticide to be permanently banned
pesticide to be permanently banned because of the damage that we know it
because of the damage that we know it
because of the damage that we know it does to children’s brains and developing
does to children’s brains and developing
does to children’s brains and developing nervous systems one of the first things
nervous systems one of the first things
nervous systems one of the first things that mr. Pruitt did was he overturned
that mr. Pruitt did was he overturned
that mr. Pruitt did was he overturned that ban saying that much as we heard
that ban saying that much as we heard
that ban saying that much as we heard for mr. haze tonight that the profit
for mr. haze tonight that the profit
for mr. haze tonight that the profit making capacity of Dow Chemical is
making capacity of Dow Chemical is
making capacity of Dow Chemical is somehow more important than the
somehow more important than the
somehow more important than the developing brains of our children the
developing brains of our children the
developing brains of our children the idea that profit is placed before the
idea that profit is placed before the
idea that profit is placed before the health and well-being of our children
health and well-being of our children
health and well-being of our children whether it has to do with fossil fuel
whether it has to do with fossil fuel
whether it has to do with fossil fuel companies or whether it has to do with
companies or whether it has to do with
companies or whether it has to do with health insurance companies whether it
health insurance companies whether it
health insurance companies whether it has to do with the private prison
has to do with the private prison
has to do with the private prison industry no matter what it has to do
industry no matter what it has to do
industry no matter what it has to do with what it what are we as a nation if
with what it what are we as a nation if
with what it what are we as a nation if we are not willing to stand up and say
we are not willing to stand up and say
we are not willing to stand up and say no you know there is a common
no you know there is a common
no you know there is a common anthropological characteristic of every
anthropological characteristic of every
anthropological characteristic of every advanced mammalian species that survives
advanced mammalian species that survives
advanced mammalian species that survives and thrives and that is the fierce
and thrives and that is the fierce
and thrives and that is the fierce behavior of the adult female of that
behavior of the adult female of that
behavior of the adult female of that species when she senses there is a
species when she senses there is a
species when she senses there is a threat to her cubs whether you see it in
threat to her cubs whether you see it in
threat to her cubs whether you see it in the bear or you see it in the tiger or
the bear or you see it in the tiger or
the bear or you see it in the tiger or you’re seeing it a lioness they’ll leave
you’re seeing it a lioness they’ll leave
you’re seeing it a lioness they’ll leave you alone unless they think you’re
you alone unless they think you’re
you alone unless they think you’re coming after their Cubs they’ll come
coming after their Cubs they’ll come
coming after their Cubs they’ll come after you and when we see a National
after you and when we see a National
after you and when we see a National Geographic special with the momma bear
Geographic special with the momma bear
Geographic special with the momma bear acting that way or Tiger acting that way
acting that way or Tiger acting that way
acting that way or Tiger acting that way or lioness acting that way and she’s
or lioness acting that way and she’s
or lioness acting that way and she’s coming after your fierce we don’t say
coming after your fierce we don’t say
coming after your fierce we don’t say about the tiger or the bear of the lion
about the tiger or the bear of the lion
about the tiger or the bear of the lion oh I think she’s strident I think she
oh I think she’s strident I think she
oh I think she’s strident I think she has anger issues no no no no and when
has anger issues no no no no and when
has anger issues no no no no and when you have a country when you have a
you have a country when you have a
you have a country when you have a country with American Cubs American
country with American Cubs American
country with American Cubs American children as threatened as they are a
children as threatened as they are a
children as threatened as they are a world in which 12,000 children are
world in which 12,000 children are
world in which 12,000 children are starving every single day and there is
starving every single day and there is
starving every single day and there is no dearth of food and the fact that the
no dearth of food and the fact that the
no dearth of food and the fact that the adult female of our species is not
adult female of our species is not
adult female of our species is not standing up as much as we might in order
standing up as much as we might in order
standing up as much as we might in order to stop this this is showing for all
to stop this this is showing for all
to stop this this is showing for all intents and purposes a species with no
intents and purposes a species with no
intents and purposes a species with no intent to survive but something is
intent to survive but something is
intent to survive but something is happening now there are people all over
happening now there are people all over
happening now there are people all over this world who look at Americans and
this world who look at Americans and
this world who look at Americans and think God we’re sleep for a long time
think God we’re sleep for a long time
think God we’re sleep for a long time when are Americans ever going to wake up
when are Americans ever going to wake up
when are Americans ever going to wake up yeah that’s pretty much true of
yeah that’s pretty much true of
yeah that’s pretty much true of Americans we are slow to wake up but
Americans we are slow to wake up but
Americans we are slow to wake up but I’ll tell you something those same
I’ll tell you something those same
I’ll tell you something those same people know this about us too when we do
people know this about us too when we do
people know this about us too when we do wake up we slim it like nobody’s
wake up we slim it like nobody’s
wake up we slim it like nobody’s business and that is what is starting to
business and that is what is starting to
business and that is what is starting to happen now
happen now
happen now and for every American woman who leaves
and for every American woman who leaves
and for every American woman who leaves this place and says do you know about
this place and says do you know about
this place and says do you know about this chemical name atrazine and they’re
this chemical name atrazine and they’re
this chemical name atrazine and they’re continuing to produce it and to
continuing to produce it and to
continuing to produce it and to manufacture it even though we know it
manufacture it even though we know it
manufacture it even though we know it does terrible hormone hormone disruption
does terrible hormone hormone disruption
does terrible hormone hormone disruption and you leave and you say do you know I
and you leave and you say do you know I
and you leave and you say do you know I went to this TEDx Berkeley and I learned
went to this TEDx Berkeley and I learned
went to this TEDx Berkeley and I learned about what these undocumented kids are
about what these undocumented kids are
about what these undocumented kids are going through I went to TEDx Berkeley
going through I went to TEDx Berkeley
going through I went to TEDx Berkeley and I learned about what some of these
and I learned about what some of these
and I learned about what some of these refugees are going through and it seems
refugees are going through and it seems
refugees are going through and it seems so merciless and our own parents and
so merciless and our own parents and
so merciless and our own parents and grandparents were refugees and American
grandparents were refugees and American
grandparents were refugees and American foreign policy created some of these
foreign policy created some of these
foreign policy created some of these situations to begin with and you are met
situations to begin with and you are met
situations to begin with and you are met by people who go oh my god I’ve heard
by people who go oh my god I’ve heard
by people who go oh my god I’ve heard this before
this before
this before are we gonna hear it from you again –
are we gonna hear it from you again –
are we gonna hear it from you again – we’re just trying to have dinner listen
we’re just trying to have dinner listen
we’re just trying to have dinner listen this is what you do at that time let me
this is what you do at that time let me
this is what you do at that time let me tell you again do you know about this
tell you again do you know about this
tell you again do you know about this chemical called a cuisine this chemical
chemical called a cuisine this chemical
chemical called a cuisine this chemical called after seeing that we absolutely
called after seeing that we absolutely
called after seeing that we absolutely know is disrupting or almost and let me
know is disrupting or almost and let me
know is disrupting or almost and let me tell you about those documented workers
tell you about those documented workers
tell you about those documented workers and then and then if nothing else will
and then and then if nothing else will
and then and then if nothing else will work they’ll do what they’re doing now
work they’ll do what they’re doing now
work they’ll do what they’re doing now they’ll call you a snowflake I’ll tell
they’ll call you a snowflake I’ll tell
they’ll call you a snowflake I’ll tell you what you say when they say either
you what you say when they say either
you what you say when they say either you’ve spent too much time in California
you’ve spent too much time in California
you’ve spent too much time in California or okay snowflake you just look at them
or okay snowflake you just look at them
or okay snowflake you just look at them and you say damn right and there’s going
and you say damn right and there’s going
and you say damn right and there’s going to be an avalanche in November thank you
to be an avalanche in November thank you
to be an avalanche in November thank you [Applause]
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