They laughed at me in Helena at another convention when I told them I was inviting Schweitzer to speak. They said, 'The governor will never come out to Sidney,' but it never hurts to ask.

Having the governor speak in Sidney is a big deal. All are invited to come and see him in person. He's known as the common people's man, so he relates well with the rural folks. He's like one of us, he wears cowboy boots, dresses in jeans, and keeps his ranch dog with him in Helena.

A lot of senior citizens don't get out much. They have no idea who he is. If you come and listen to Schweitzer, you can experience meeting him and get a feeling for him yourself. A lot of people have no idea who he is, so this is their chance to meet him and hear for yourself what he has to say.

[when told not to speak ill of the dead] 'Just because someone is dead does not mean they have changed!'

And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.

I think it's genocide by any definition, but specifically genocide by the definition of the convention against genocide which over 100 countries are parties to, including the United States, Europe and Yugoslavia.