CSPAN just said Kerry will be speaking on US/China relations at 4 pm - and it will be on CSPAN3

[karynnj]

Madeline Albright will be there as well.

[Luftmensch067]

1. Thank you, thank you!!! n/t

[Luftmensch067]

2. Beginning now on CSPAN 3! n/t

[karynnj]

3. What an incredible introduction

Praising Kerry effusively

[Luftmensch067]

5. And he was so characteristically gracious in return

And to so many of his colleagues and friends there. Truly a natural diplomat. And then he proceeds to talk about the feast of Thanksgiving turkey being turned into a daily dose of lame duck!!! LOL! He is such a deft and witty speaker. Very excited about this speech -- he so often mentions China in the context of other topics, but I don't know that I've heard him speak of it as his central topic before.

[Mass]

4. Thanks. Listening now.

If there is a link, I will send it to my son. He is in China for a semester abroad and is really interested in these issues.

[karynnj]

6. CSPAN has it on now- I think this will become the permanent link

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296944-2

[Luftmensch067]

7. Watch this space for future link, I'm thinking

http://www.americanprogress.org/events/2010/12/kerry.html

Right now, you're supposed to be able to watch a livestream there, but I bet that's where their video will be archived.

This can serve as a supplement Karynnj's excellent C-SPAN link.

[karynnj]

8. Two Lord's commandments

1) Don't demonize China
2) Don't sanitize China

[karynnj]

9. Kerry says he will be part of national grassroots effort

to try to emulate what happened in the 1970s when people demanded that the government move on environmental issues.

[wisteria]

10. I heard that. With a national figure like Sen, Kerry, more attention will be paid to these issues.n/

[MBS]

11. YES. Oh, please oh please. n/t

[karynnj]

12. I think it would be great - and it might be what is needed to force the issue

Between the energy issues and the infrastructure issues, we are defining our future.

I think the activist in Kerry has been showing a lot lately - he sounded ready to lead college kids to reject "blood telephones" as people did "blood diamonds" with Ben Afleck at the talk on the Congo.

[Mass]

13. I heard that. This would be great news to have somebody of this caliber working on that.

[Mass]

14. Thanks for the thread. I am happy to have been able to listen to that.

Somehow, nobody called during his speech.