Question:
1 Siddhartha wandered into the forest, already far from the town
2 and knew only one thing – that he could not go back, that the
3 life he had lived for many years was past, tasted and drained
4 to a degree of nausea. The songbird was dead; its death, which
5 he had dreamt about, was the bird in his own heart. He was
6 deeply entangled in Sansara, he had drawn nausea and death to
7 himself from all sides, like a sponge that absorbs water until
8 it is full. He was full of ennui, full of misery, full of
9 death; there was nothing left in the world that could attract
10 him, that could give him pleasure and solace.
11 He wished passionately for oblivion, to be at rest, to be
12 dead. If only a flash of lightning would strike him! If only a
13 tiger would come and eat him! If there were only some wine,
14 some poison, that would give him oblivion, that would make him
15 forget, that would make him sleep and never awaken! Was there
16 any kind of filth with which he had not besmirched himself,
17 any sin and folly which he had not committed, any stain upon
18 his soul for which he alone had not been responsible? Was it
19 then still possible to live? Was it possible to take in breath
20 again and again, to breathe out, to feel hunger, to eat again,
21 to sleep again, to lie with women again? Was this cycle not
22 exhausted and finished for him?
23 Siddhartha reached the long river in the wood, the same river
24 across which a ferryman had once taken him when he was still a
25 young man and had come from Gotama’s town. He stopped at this
26 river and stood hesitatingly on the bank. Fatigue and hunger
27 had weakened him. Why should he go any farther, where, and for
28 what purpose? There was no more purpose, there was nothing
29 more than a deep, painful longing to shake off this whole
30 confused dream, to spit out this stale wine, to make an end of
31 this bitter, painful life.
32 We meet tonight at a moment of unlimited potential. As we
33 begin a new Congress, I stand here ready to work with you to
34 achieve historic breakthroughs for all Americans. Millions of
35 our fellow citizens are watching us now, gathered in this
36 great chamber, hoping that we will govern not as two parties
37 but as one nation. The agenda I will lay out this evening is
38 not a Republican agenda or a Democrat agenda. It is the agenda
39 of the American people.
40 Many of us campaigned on the same core promises: to defend
41 American jobs and demand fair trade for American workers; to
42 rebuild and revitalize our nation’s infrastructure; to reduce
43 the price of healthcare and prescription drugs; to create an
44 immigration system that is safe, lawful, modern and secure;
45 and to pursue a foreign policy that puts America’s interests
46 first. There is a new opportunity in American politics, if
47 only we have the courage together to seize it. Victory is not
48 winning for our party. Victory is winning for our country.
49 This year America will recognize two important anniversaries
50 that show us the majesty of America’s mission, and the power
51 of American pride.
52 In June, we mark 75 years since the start of what General
53 Dwight D. Eisenhower called the Great Crusade – the Allied liberation of Europe in World War II. On D-Day, June 6th 54 1944,
55 15,000 young American men jumped from the sky, and 60,000 more
56 stormed in from the sea, to save our civilization from
57 tyranny. Here with us tonight are three of those incredible
58 heroes: Private First Class Joseph Reilly, Staff Sergeant
59 Irving Locker, and Sergeant Herman Zeitchik. Gentlemen, we
60 salute you.
61 In 2019, we also celebrate 50 years since brave young pilots
62 flew a quarter of a million miles through space to plant the
63 American flag on the face of the moon. Half a century later,
64 we are joined by one of the Apollo 11 astronauts who planted
65 that flag: Buzz Aldrin. This year, American astronauts will go
66 back to space on American rockets.
67 FLB: Alright. My understanding is, Detective Fuhrman, you have
68 never held in your hand a piece of paper on which these
69 words are written. You’ve only discussed it.
70 MF: That’s correct.
71 FLB: Now you notice that in the second paragraph it says that
72 the author glanced up at the television. ‘I was quite
73 shocked to see that Officer Fuhrman was the man I had the
74 misfortune of meeting.’ You were on television prior to
75 this summer in connection with this case, were you not?
76 MF: Yes.
77 FLB: And your testimony as a witness, you learned, was quite
78 widely watched in this State and others, did you not?
79 MF: Yes.
80 FLB: Okay. You notice that the author says that she has left a
81 message on Mr Cochran’s answering service.
82 MF: Yes.
83 FLB: Okay. Next paragraph Mr. Harris. Between 1985 and 1986
84 she said she worked as a real estate agent in Redondo
85 Beach, for Century 21, Bob Maher Realty. Now out of
86 business. Number one, when you were at the recruiting
87 station did you become acquainted with a Century 21 real
88 estate office located approximate to the recruiting
89 station?
90 MF: Did I become...
91 FLB: ...familiar with the fact that there was such an office?
92 MF: I think there was one on the second floor, yes.
93 FLB: Did you have to go through the office to get to it or was
94 there separate stairs?
95 MF: I don’t remember that at all.
96 FLB: Was there a coffee shop close by to these two offices?
97 MF: A coffee shop in that small shopping area?
98 FLB: Yeah.
99 MF: Not that I remember, no.
100 FLB: You don’t. Okay. Did you ever determine whether or not in
101 1985 and [198]6 a Kathleen Bell had been employed at the
102 office described in the letter?
103 MF: Confirmed that she had been employed there?
104 FLB: Yeah.
105 MF: I never knew a Kathleen Bell, but no.
106 FLB: No. Did you ever make inquiry after you learned of this
107 letter to find out whether there was a Kathleen Bell
108 employed as she says at that time, at the Century 21
109 office?
110 MF: I did not.
111 FLB: Did you cause your lawyer, Mr. Tourtelot, to do that?
