Bob Inglis: American bipartisan politics can be saved -- here's how
بوب إنغليس: يمكن حفظ السياسة الأمريكية الحزبية -- وهنا كيفية فعل ذلك
Former United States Congressman Bob Inglis promotes free enterprise action on climate change. Full bio
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depending on the season.
to people you don't even know
the people of your state.
member of Congress.
in Boston, Massachusetts,
a powerful imagination, all right?
member of Congress.
farewell address over and over,
مرارًا وتكرارًا.
the shining city on the hill,
المدينة المشرقة فوق التل.
to breathe free.
للتنفس مجانًا.
of him telling Mr. Gorbachev
به يخبر السيد قورباتشيف
John F. Kennedy
جون كينيدي
his speech at Rice University,
جامعة الأرز .
that he admits in that speech --
في ذلك الخطاب
American exceptionalism --
الاستثناء الامريكي
needed for the spacecraft
تحتاج لمركبة فضائية
before the decade is out.
نهاية العقد.
can be fulfilled
يمكن الوفاء بها
the affect that he so embodied.
يجسده ذلك
in the people they represent.
يمثل الناس
in the precautionary principle.
الوقائي
and human-caused,
بسبب البشر
the greatness of your nation
عظمة شعبك
is that it works for everyone,
هل يجدي معك كل شخص ؟
with your brand, your party, your legacy.
مع علامتك التجارية وميراثك .
to protect the lives of the unborn,
لحماية حياة الطفل الذي لم يأتي
the bedroom of consenting adults
تعتقد غرفة النوم تقبل الراشدين
for the government to be.
يكون للحكومة.
that he and other framers had
التي يمتلكها هو والمزارعين الاخرين
deliberative governing process --
عملية السيطرة المتداولة
governing process.
than they could ever imagine.
ما بامكانهم تخيله.
that those who play with fire
من يلعب بالنار
good building tools.
في أدوات البناء.
and burn up but they can't build up.
والاحتراق لكن لاتستطيع البناء.
the institutions and the communities
والمؤسسات والمجتمعات
and prosperous country.
مستقل ومزدهر.
county party convention.
الحزب التالي .
to be the grand opportunity party,
لتكون فرصة كبيرة لكم .
to hear from you some old saw
منك قول مأثور
socialist took over in the White House
أمريكيين الاشتراكيين حصلو على السلطه
that you're OK with insults,
متفهم مع النقد
that 140 characters can muster.
أن 140 حرفا يمكن ان تجمع.
look to some good old days
ينظرون لبعض الأيام الخوالي
the last century of growth,
في القرن الماضي من النمو
more abundant fuels await us,
انظف واكثر وفرة من الوقود المنتظر
can lead the world to more energy,
قيادة العالم لطاقه أكبر
pine for the '50s and the '60s
يعودون للخمسينات والستينات
the good old days.
الأيام الجميلة التي مضت.
was on fire back then.
كان عليه خصام مره اخرى.
because of the soot in the air.
بسبب الدخان المنتشر بالهواء.
you weren't likely to fight for long.
لن تطول محاربتك له
was not built by those who waited
من انتظروا
the power of free enterprise
الحرة
to die a figurative death
بالموت الرمزي
of your time in Washington,
في واشنطن
this plaque off the door.
من الباب.
of knowing that you stood for nothing,
لمعرفة أنك انتظرت من أجل لا شيء
to where they were already going
أُناسٌ خائفون لماهم ذاهبون له من الاصل
them to a better place?
لمكان أفضل؟
to lose your seat in Congress,
في الكونغرس .
reason to be there.
هناك.
that we still have moon shots in us.
لايزال داخلنا طلقة القمر
party convention,
حول مؤتمر الاحزاب
can solve climate change."
بامكانها حل مشكلة التغير المناخي.
would say to tax pollution
كان سيقول التلوث الضريبي
that we can bring America together
بامكاننا جعل امريكا ملتمه
and to lead the world.
وقيادة العالم.
can do these things.
بامكانها فعل هذه الاشياء.
must stop the dividing,
ان تتوقف عن الغرق.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Bob Inglis - Politician, energy optimistFormer United States Congressman Bob Inglis promotes free enterprise action on climate change.
Why you should listen
Bob Inglis launched the Energy and Enterprise Initiative (E&EI) at George Mason University in July 2012 and serves as executive director. For his work on climate change, Inglis was given the 2015 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. He appears in the film Merchants of Doubt and in the Showtime series "Years of Living Dangerously."
Inglis was a Resident Fellow at Harvard University's Institute of Politics in 2011, a Visiting Energy Fellow at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment in 2012 and a Resident Fellow at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics in 2014.
Inglis was elected to the United States Congress in 1992, having never run for office before. He represented Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina, from 1993-1998. In 2004, he was re-elected to Congress and served until losing re-election in the South Carolina Republican primary of 2010.
Inglis grew up in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, went to Duke University for college, met and married his college sweetheart, graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law and practiced commercial real estate law in Greenville, South Carolina, before and between his years in Congress. Bob and Mary Anne Inglis have five adult children and live on a small farm in northern Greenville County, South Carolina.
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