Fred Thompson

thank you __PUNCT__ appreci it __PUNCT__

thank you veri much rich for that introduct and your littl traips through my person_histori __PUNCT__

i obvious had some troubl keep a job over the year __PUNCT__

but it great to be here with so mani old friend __PUNCT__

it great to be back with so mani old friend __PUNCT__

i hope you enjoi your dinner __PUNCT__ i spent most of my time try to keep bob novak from see my note __PUNCT__

and jason __PUNCT__ i enjoi your film work __PUNCT__

i alwai glad to make the acquaint of anoth filmmak __PUNCT__

if thi polit thing doesn't work out i like to talk to you after thi show also __PUNCT__

i enjoi my entir stai here __PUNCT__ i came in last night __PUNCT__ it could have been a littl better __PUNCT__ it happen to me all the time __PUNCT__

i wa in the airport loung and thi ladi came up to me veri nice and __PUNCT__ gleam in her ey __PUNCT__ and said __PUNCT__ we watch you on televis all the time __PUNCT__ my husband and i ar such big_fan __PUNCT__ could we have your autograph __PUNCT__ and i said sure __PUNCT__ sure __PUNCT__ and ask her where she want me to sign __PUNCT__ and she said __PUNCT__ do you shoot the show out here dr __PUNCT__ phil __PUNCT__ i glad you think that wa funni __PUNCT__

i kept the pen __PUNCT__

you know our path have cross a time or two __PUNCT__

year_ago i came out __PUNCT__ you were kind enough to have me then __PUNCT__

you been an inspir to me and million of peopl __PUNCT__

not just becaus the thing you done that were list awhil that everyon is awar of __PUNCT__

everybodi interest in good_govern and low_tax and sound government principl __PUNCT__ but just a group of privat_individu that realiz that govern is too import to leav up to the govern __PUNCT__

and you came togeth and saw a list of thing that need to be right __PUNCT__ and you did it __PUNCT__

and you did it for everybodi __PUNCT__

not the least of which wa your support for a fellow name ronald_reagan __PUNCT__ who in turn inspir so mani of us __PUNCT__ includ me __PUNCT__

our journei realli start togeth __PUNCT__ you and me __PUNCT__ with him __PUNCT__

i wa a __NUM___year old lawyer a coupl of year out of law_school in my hometown of lawrenceburg __PUNCT__ tennesse __PUNCT__ just be a countri lawyer and enjoi life __PUNCT__ and thei had a hopeless congression campaign and thei couldn't get anyon to manag it __PUNCT__ so natur i volunt __PUNCT__

and ronald_reagan wa come in to speak for my gui and some other at a bigger town down the road __PUNCT__ so becaus of my lofti posit with the campaign i wa abl to sit backstag with governor reagan __PUNCT__

and he wa the most unassum import man i have ever met __PUNCT__

we sat back there and talk and he ask me a bit about the crowd __PUNCT__ and final ask me __PUNCT__ what do you think i ought to sai to them __PUNCT__ i mumbl out a few thing i guess __PUNCT__

he went out there and gave a stir speech to those peopl __PUNCT__ and includ almost the veri word that i had given to him __PUNCT__

he had me for life __PUNCT__

and later on he had me for a lot more import reason than that __PUNCT__

we gone through a lot togeth __PUNCT__

you mention the waterg dai __PUNCT__ and my find myself ask a man name alexand butterfield __PUNCT__ mr __PUNCT__ butterfield __PUNCT__ is there a tape system in the white_hous __PUNCT__ we live through the aftermath of that __PUNCT__

we live through the sweep of __NUM__ which i got to be a part of __PUNCT__

we came in befor long and were abl to balanc the budget __PUNCT__ pass welfar_reform __PUNCT__ and do some other good_thing __PUNCT__

i never forget my first senat speech when i got there __PUNCT__

it wa about have congress abid by the law that everyon els must abid by __PUNCT__

it wa a novel concept at the time but we were abl to eventu pass that legisl __PUNCT__

but i made my maiden speech __PUNCT__ of cours the chamber wa just about empti as alwai __PUNCT__ but there wa on old timer there who __PUNCT__ i won't call hi name __PUNCT__ but he been there for mani year __PUNCT__ and he listen to the speech and i wa quit taken with that __PUNCT__

and he came up to me afterward and said __PUNCT__ fred __PUNCT__ good speech __PUNCT__

and i said __PUNCT__ thank you __PUNCT__ and he said __PUNCT__ can i ask you a question __PUNCT__

wa that a real submarin thei us in hunt for red __DATE__ __PUNCT__ i learn right off what peopl prioriti were as far as i wa concern __PUNCT__

of cours my forai into the movi busi brought me out to california from time to time __PUNCT__

i try to tell peopl that i actual shot more movi in north_carolina than in california __PUNCT__ but nobodi will believ that so i gave up on that __PUNCT__

i wa a fan of arnold_schwarzenegg from the veri begin __PUNCT__

i gave a speech in tennesse where i said some good_thing about him when he wa first run __PUNCT__

and the next dai i got a call from arnold in my home thank me for the comment i made __PUNCT__ and i said to myself __PUNCT__ thi fella is go to do alright in polit __PUNCT__

and sure enough he did __PUNCT__

my onli beef wa all those movi he made garner hundr of million of dollar __PUNCT__ it look like he could had some work for me somewher in there __PUNCT__

but arnold alwai plai the hero so it probabl just as well __PUNCT__ i can't imagin what role i would wound up with in on of hi movi __PUNCT__

on of my biggest regret from that busi is that i never met john_wayn __PUNCT__

but i understand mani of you did __PUNCT__ right in the next room there __PUNCT__

so we had our up and our down togeth __PUNCT__ and i bet you agre with me that as we look back on those up time __PUNCT__ we probabl were never as up as we thought we were __PUNCT__

and certainli as we look at those down time we never were quit as down as we thought we were __PUNCT__

and that probabl a good_thing for us to rememb tonight __PUNCT__

becaus american ar express a lot of concern these dai about the direct their countri is go __PUNCT__ there is some concern that mayb we slip awai like all the great_power have __PUNCT__

we hear a bit of that old malais talk we us to hear all about __PUNCT__

part of it is iraq __PUNCT__ certainli __PUNCT__

part of it is the economi __PUNCT__ believ it or not __PUNCT__

the wonder economi and econom new you continu to hear __PUNCT__ the greatest stori never told as some peopl_call it __PUNCT__ yet peopl ar talk about the threat of global and the dispar of incom __PUNCT__

and my friend i realli believ that some peopl propos as to how we should react to these thing ar much more danger than the problem that ar perceiv in and of themselv __PUNCT__

some peopl ar sai that in effect after thi war in iraq is over we need to come back_home and close the door and lock them and pull down the shade and build up wall of protect and trade protect and rais_tax and redistribut the incom __PUNCT__

that their solut __PUNCT__

thei wrong then __PUNCT__ thei been wrong throughout histori __PUNCT__ and that will not happen __PUNCT__

and we have to defend the sound polici that have work for us so often and so effect throughout histori __PUNCT__

you wouldn't think you have to make the lower_tax case again __PUNCT__ but you have to make it everi dai in washington dc __PUNCT__

it look like we would come to the conclus a long_time time_ago that thing that promot save __PUNCT__ invest and risk ar good_thing __PUNCT__

and when you read the histori_book and you see the boom that happen after kennedi lower_tax in the __NUM__ __PUNCT__ and you see in __NUM__ when ronald_reagan lower_tax and turn malais into prosper __PUNCT__ and you see the same_thing when georg_bush in __NUM__ did the same_thing again took a declin economi which he inherit and turn it around into a good_thing __PUNCT__ into a posit economi despit 9/11 __PUNCT__ despit what wa go on on wall_street __PUNCT__ and the burst of the nasdaq bubbl and all the scandal that were there __PUNCT__

overcam all of that and gave us a situat todai where the govern is collect more revenu than at ani time in histori __PUNCT__

we live in a countri where __NUM__ __PUNCT__ of the peopl_pai over half the tax and __NUM__ __PUNCT__ of the peopl pai no tax at all and yet that seem to be the focu and the solut for the liber in washington __PUNCT__ just adjust that a littl bit and everyth will be alright __PUNCT__

of cours __PUNCT__ we talk about onc again __PUNCT__ target the rich __PUNCT__

my advic for anybodi in the middl_class __PUNCT__ don't stand anywher near the target __PUNCT__

wouldn't it be nice instead of argu again about how to divid the pie up again in thi countri that we could talk about how to make the pie a littl bit larger __PUNCT__ wouldn't that be a wonder thing to do __PUNCT__ on global we aren't afraid of america __PUNCT__ it a good_thing for america __PUNCT__

we do more thing better than anybodi els __PUNCT__

we have more innov __PUNCT__ we invest more in innov in thi countri and in our servic economi than anybodi in the world __PUNCT__

free_trade and free prosper have done more thing and caus more prosper in the world than anyth ani central_planner ever could have come up with and america is the best exampl of that __PUNCT__

if we want to help our friend in south_america and africa for exampl and other place __PUNCT__ we need to lower our trade_barrier __PUNCT__ we need to have more trade __PUNCT__

democraci is a good_thing __PUNCT__ sometim though we need to focu on the basic on which democraci can oper __PUNCT__

democraci sometim mean on vote __PUNCT__ on time and it over with __PUNCT__

we need to promot thing like the rule of law __PUNCT__ open_market __PUNCT__ and free_trade __PUNCT__

ani countri that ha ever tri that ha prosper __PUNCT__ ani countri that hasn't __PUNCT__ ha not __PUNCT__

so we do some thing right in thi countri __PUNCT__ we need to think about that and be proud of that fact and proud of our countri __PUNCT__

we also need to be big enough to acknowledg that some thing ar go wrong in thi countri __PUNCT__

back in __NUM__ i wa chairman of the government affair committe and i wa watch someth that develop in thi countri for a long_time __PUNCT__

we were get to a place where some veri import function in thi govern were becom almost inoper __PUNCT__

get fraught with mismanag and lack of account __PUNCT__

i wrote about a __NUM__ page report call govern at the brink __PUNCT__ document the wast __PUNCT__ fraud __PUNCT__ abus __PUNCT__ mismanag __PUNCT__ and lack of account that wa affect govern at that time __PUNCT__

i hand that off to mitch daniel who wa head of omb at that time and later becam governor of indiana and we start discuss what we were go to do about that __PUNCT__

shortli after that 9/11 happen __PUNCT__ refocus everyon attent for a period of time __PUNCT__ with a pretti_good result i might add __PUNCT__

the fact that we haven't been attack again in thi countri is no accid __PUNCT__

but we have to get back to refocu on the realiti that is now present problem for us in term of nation_secur __PUNCT__

and a lot of it ha onc again to do with the growth of govern __PUNCT__

everi bureaucraci that stai long enough grow __PUNCT__

and everi new bureaucraci that creat __PUNCT__ on is creat beneath it __PUNCT__

good_peopl __PUNCT__ come into washington to head an agenc __PUNCT__ head a depart for awhil __PUNCT__ thei usual from around the countri __PUNCT__

bring them in for a confirm process that cost them a fortun in account fee __PUNCT__ in lawyer fee __PUNCT__ and __NUM___month befor some committe argu about them __PUNCT__

and final when thei get there to serv __PUNCT__ thei want to do someth import for their countri __PUNCT__ thei want to oper and engag in broad polici_issu that thei came to washington to address __PUNCT__ not to fight their own bureaucraci __PUNCT__ not to spend all their time in civil_servic proceed on somebodi that thei thought need to be fire __PUNCT__

and so it goe on and on __PUNCT__ and after awhil we end up with depart that can't pass an audit __PUNCT__ comput_system that can't talk to each other after spend hundr of million of dollar __PUNCT__ intellig system that ar fail __PUNCT__ and peopl in over their head __PUNCT__

and yet throughout all of thi __PUNCT__ we have a lot of peopl still in washington todai __PUNCT__ sad to sai not all of on parti __PUNCT__ that when thei get a good_idea thei want to feder thing that have been under the state purview for year and year __PUNCT__

depriv the nation of the experiment and divers that out there in the state __PUNCT__

that how we got welfar_reform __PUNCT__ becaus of state activ that work so it wa pick up and us __PUNCT__

i think out attitud ought to be in the feder_govern to do what you suppos to do and do it compet __PUNCT__ and then mayb we give you someth els to do __PUNCT__

on of those thing is border_secur __PUNCT__

the immigr_problem ha to do with immigr __PUNCT__ but it in larg_part ha to do with nation_secur __PUNCT__

we live in a world now __PUNCT__ we have inherit a world that is watch the attempt marriag between radic_islam islam_fundament and nuclear_technolog __PUNCT__

we live in a world where __NUM___countri have fissil_materi suffici to make a nuclear_weapon __PUNCT__ and the bad_gui ar try their best to get their hand on it __PUNCT__

and we live in a countri with porou border and porou port __PUNCT__ and it doesn't take a geniu to put all that togeth and see the problem that we got in thi countri __PUNCT__

and i think peopl ar go to demand that we address that first __PUNCT__

i don't think the __NUM___million million_illeg_alien that ar here ar as much a concern as the next __NUM___million and the next __NUM__ million on infinitum __PUNCT__

we were told befor that there wa a solut to thi if we would onli pass a bill __PUNCT__ but we did that in __NUM__ and now we come back with the same old stuff __PUNCT__ so i don't think that peopl ar go to respond to it until that border situat is address __PUNCT__

then i think peopl of goodwil ought to sit down and work out the rest of it togeth __PUNCT__

we have a good problem in thi countri __PUNCT__ and that is we have the best medic_system in the world __PUNCT__

it too expens __PUNCT__ we need to do someth about it __PUNCT__

there need to be a lot of convers about it __PUNCT__

but in the meantim __PUNCT__ we need to ensur we don't destroi the best of someth that man ha ever creat that is keep so mani peopl aliv so much longer __PUNCT__

we grow older as a societi __PUNCT__ thank good __PUNCT__ thank god __PUNCT__

but we not produc enough young_peopl in the workforc to pai for the retir_plan that we have in thi countri __PUNCT__ to pai for our social_secur and medicar oblig __PUNCT__

it simpli a matter of demograph __PUNCT__

and if we continu on the present pace befor too long __PUNCT__ it will sap all the revenu of the govern __PUNCT__ and our govern will be noth more than a transfer agent __PUNCT__ transfer wealth from on gener to the next __PUNCT__

and the tax necessari to fill that gap ar go to be so backbreak and astronom that young_peopl try to start out __PUNCT__ bui that first home and pai their mortgag __PUNCT__ that it will absolut ruin our economi __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ most of the folk in washington __PUNCT__ all of the folk know about it __PUNCT__ it not a matter of lack of expertis __PUNCT__ lack of knowledg __PUNCT__ it a matter of lack of will __PUNCT__

and for the profession politician there is noth more danger than uncertainti and possibl do someth that somebodi doesn't like __PUNCT__

and it never occur to ani of them to explain to peopl the necess to do someth for the countri might work __PUNCT__

thei oper on the basi that thi gener is too greedi to do anyth for the next gener __PUNCT__ and the next gener after that __PUNCT__

i think that the exact_opposit of the truth __PUNCT__

i think if a credibl case is made to the american_peopl that mom and dad and grandmom and granddad will be more than happi to make the adjust necessari to protect their kid and their grandkid in the next gener __PUNCT__ if thei just given a chanc __PUNCT__

why in the world would you want be in polit if you can't make a differ __PUNCT__ everyon sai thei want to do that __PUNCT__

here you can make a differ not onli with thi gener but the next on after that and the next on after that __PUNCT__

what kind of legaci peopl could leav __PUNCT__

thei within our control __PUNCT__

the problem we have should not depress us __PUNCT__ thei ar in our control __PUNCT__

obvious when you got close number you go to need a certain amount of bipartisanship to get thing done __PUNCT__

you need that anywai __PUNCT__

it is sore lack __PUNCT__

we do have some good_peopl who ar will to do that __PUNCT__ not enough __PUNCT__ but will to do that __PUNCT__

but we need to understand the basi for bipartisanship __PUNCT__

it doesn't come with addit photo __PUNCT__ op or addit nice statement that alwai happen with a new congress and a new presid befor thei can get in mutual corner and pull out the knive __PUNCT__ it happen with the american_peopl __PUNCT__

that the onli thing that will deriv the polit_leader in congress to do the right thing __PUNCT__ becaus thei be afraid not to becaus the peopl will be on the other side __PUNCT__

i am hope that after thi next elect __PUNCT__ the good_peopl __PUNCT__ the peopl who ar reform __PUNCT__ mind and chang __PUNCT__ mind in the good wai __PUNCT__ and the next presid of the unit_state can go to the american_peopl and just sai thi __PUNCT__ in effect __PUNCT__ we got a new situat on our hand now __PUNCT__ and we live in a new era __PUNCT__

we go to be test in mani wai __PUNCT__ mai even be under attack __PUNCT__ mayb for a long_time __PUNCT__

but it time to be honest with ourselv __PUNCT__ we need to do some thing better __PUNCT__ and we need to do some thing differ __PUNCT__

here what we need to do __PUNCT__ and here why we need to do it __PUNCT__

now that you been call upon __PUNCT__ and you understand i know that you respond for the sake of your nation and the next gener __PUNCT__ becaus you alwai have __PUNCT__

and when we get the respons that i think we get from the american_peopl from that it shake the capit and you have your bipartisanship __PUNCT__

i don't think there an question that if we leav_iraq befor there is some semblanc of stabil in that nation __PUNCT__ so those brave peopl there have a chanc to make their govern and democraci work __PUNCT__ that the world is go to be a more danger place __PUNCT__

and as long as we have ani chanc there __PUNCT__ as long as those brave peopl on the front_line who ar make our sacrific for us __PUNCT__ and do so much as long as thei have a chanc and thei sai thei have a chanc __PUNCT__ we need to give them the opportun to make that work there __PUNCT__

my own feel is that under the worst circumst there that we go to leav a new haven for terrorist and we go to leav an area of the world that becom more and more nuclear __PUNCT__

that those civilian nation surround iraq will respond to what iran is do to their nuclear_program and that the whole place will be nuclear and that will be bad for us in mani respect __PUNCT__

there is someth els that we need to start think about with all of thi attent and all of the headlin __PUNCT__ that there is go to be a dai after __PUNCT__

even if we leav in the best of circumst __PUNCT__ even if we abl to assist in restor stabil there and give that govern a chanc to work __PUNCT__ we go to be out of there eventu __PUNCT__

and when we do __PUNCT__ we go to find ourselv in a world that is still veri danger __PUNCT__

we go to find iran do what it do __PUNCT__ north_korea do what it do in prove itself to be a danger to the world __PUNCT__

al_qaeda is not go to go anyplac good __PUNCT__ it still go to be there try to get the unit_state __PUNCT__

georg tenet just came out with a book __PUNCT__ and a lot of peopl ar of cours concentr on the who shot john and who did what to whom __PUNCT__ and thei probabl right __PUNCT__ i haven't read it __PUNCT__ it probabl just anoth attempt to answer critic and place blame on somebodi els __PUNCT__ but i did see thi __PUNCT__

it someth we need to pai_attent to __PUNCT__ he been there __PUNCT__

it sai there no question on my mind that al_qaeda is alreadi here __PUNCT__ thei intent __PUNCT__ patient __PUNCT__ and intend to put a mushroom cloud over an american_citi no matter how long it take __PUNCT__

that the kind of world we go to wake up to after iraq is wai in our rear view mirror __PUNCT__

we go to find a china and a russia both with militari build up __PUNCT__

we go to see a china with hundr of missil point toward taiwan __PUNCT__ a countri we pledg to defend __PUNCT__

we see both of those countri plai danger __PUNCT__ aggress intern energi polit all over the world __PUNCT__

in turn we see our alli and nato spend less and less on their own militari to even defend themselv __PUNCT__

unabl appar to keep their commit to afghanistan despit it be what thei call __PUNCT__ the good war __PUNCT__

so i ask you __PUNCT__ even though we won't be go around in the wood try to find ani bear to kill __PUNCT__ sometim the bear visit you whether you look for it or not __PUNCT__

and when that time come __PUNCT__ and hopefulli the peopl on the forc of civil __PUNCT__ realiz thei fight the forc of destruct and dark __PUNCT__ who is go to need to stand firm and stand strong and stand unit __PUNCT__ if it not the unit_state of america __PUNCT__ we been there befor though my friend __PUNCT__ thi is not our first rodeo __PUNCT__

we went through a great_depress in thi countri befor and came out the most prosper countri in the world __PUNCT__

we went through a bloodi civil_war and __NUM__ world_war and came out the most power_nation in the world and for the world __PUNCT__

and we join hand on a bipartisan basi and went through a sever year_period of time in our histori togeth dure the cold_war and saw the end of the soviet_union __PUNCT__

so what do we do now __PUNCT__ not wring our hand __PUNCT__

we do what we alwai done befor __PUNCT__

there a model for what we do __PUNCT__ we creat it __PUNCT__

we had strong bipartisan leadership dure that time __PUNCT__

do you ever wonder why when our problem seem to be get larger __PUNCT__ our politician seem to be get smaller __PUNCT__ i pull out an old clip __PUNCT__ i a clipper __PUNCT__ i see thing i like i alwai tear it out of the newspap __PUNCT__ can't figur out why it more difficult horizont than it is vertic __PUNCT__ but thi i came across the other dai from about a year_ago __PUNCT__

thoma_sowel __PUNCT__ who mani of you have come to read on a regular_basi __PUNCT__ in a coupl of instanc he said when wendel wilk got defeat against franklin_roosevelt __PUNCT__ he didn't go around critic him __PUNCT__ he went to work for him __PUNCT__

becam an ambassador to winston_churchil for him __PUNCT__

nevil chamberlain __PUNCT__ a lot of historian said he wa an appeas and brought on world_war __NUM__ faster than otherwis would happen __PUNCT__ while all the time ignor the pain plead of winston_churchil __PUNCT__ but when chamberlain di __PUNCT__ churchil spoke hi eulogi __PUNCT__

said he wa a good_man __PUNCT__

and he said __PUNCT__ no matter how the fate mai plai __PUNCT__ those who do their best for their countri alwai march in the rank of honor __PUNCT__ and nevil chamberlain march in the rank of honor __PUNCT__

compar that magnanim with what we see todai __PUNCT__

you would hope that in thi time of difficulti in our countri and uncertainti in mani wai __PUNCT__ that we could have an adult discuss about our futur and that we could spend a littl more time think about the thing that unit us and bring us togeth __PUNCT__ such as our common heritag __PUNCT__

i leav you with thi on more littl stori __PUNCT__

on mondai of thi week __PUNCT__ becaus i gotten a call from a friend of mine __PUNCT__ i drove into washington and met with a __NUM__ th grade class from the oakwood school __PUNCT__ north hollywood __PUNCT__

the father of on of those littl girl there __PUNCT__ hi name is roger love __PUNCT__ is a friend of mine and ask me to come down and talk to the kid __PUNCT__ and so i did __PUNCT__

and we talk about variou thing and i told them some of my stori and some of the thing that thei might take awai in term of door_open and be prepar and thing of that natur __PUNCT__

and a littl boi ask me when it wa time to wrap up __PUNCT__ why ar you interest in polit __PUNCT__ why ar you interest in govern __PUNCT__ and of cours i could talk for hour __PUNCT__ as i have prove here tonight __PUNCT__ but i know i had to put it in a veri few word __PUNCT__ and send them on their wai __PUNCT__

so i heard myself sai thi __PUNCT__ that when i wa a young_man i wa interest in polit becaus i wa interest in the debat __PUNCT__ and the win and the lose __PUNCT__

but as i becam older i becam interest in what polit wa suppos to do such as protect our liberti __PUNCT__

and even then in read world_histori and look at other govern and watch the new __PUNCT__ i began to appreci how veri uniqu thi place wa __PUNCT__ that i had been lucki to be born here __PUNCT__

and how a hand of intellectu and a group of peopl that were far from intellectu __PUNCT__ averag peopl some with run __PUNCT__ in with the law and servant and whatnot __PUNCT__ came over here and carv out a countri __PUNCT__ eventu write a constitut that wa the enemi of the world and still is todai __PUNCT__ elect a presid who could have been king but instead after __NUM___year of servic got on hi hors and rode out of town and as far as can be told never came back to washington to even visit __PUNCT__

and how __NUM__ or __NUM__ year later __PUNCT__ anoth great presid who we honor here tonight __PUNCT__ spoke at gettysburg __PUNCT__ and he wonder aloud whether or not averag peopl could come togeth and form a govern and endur when the go realli got tough __PUNCT__

and he knew that it could __PUNCT__

and it did __PUNCT__

and befor and sinc that time __PUNCT__ everi gener ha done it part to ensur that it did endur with the sacrific thei made __PUNCT__

and now it our turn __PUNCT__

it took those kid to draw me back in and think about that common heritag __PUNCT__

mayb we ought to talk to the kid more often __PUNCT__

thank you veri much for have me here __PUNCT__