happy birthday, america. i think i think about most about this country that love it, ity always tries to live up to the promise to become a more perfect union. tracy, what do you love about this country. you can do anything you want, however you want. going to diner and order a chicken picata for breakfast. this is likeas the united state. you can do anything you want in this country if you allow yourself. we should be specific. a new jersey diner, okay? i love our spirit of entrepreneurship. i know some peopleov are scaredo start businesses. if you look at innovation from silicon valley silicon alley in new york. millenials, new study from entrepreneurship council, 80% of the millenials want want to be r own boss. they want to start their own companies. wow, i love that. some have been fantastic, some have not worked very well. in this country you have a second chance to be what you are. so much opportunity. i want to tag on to that because i m on my third career.
memorial day means celebrating those who sacrificed. myself, i m in the army the we celebrate this memorial day for fallen heroes and those who were inec war. wear wouldn t have freedom ad rights it weren t people fought for us, from first world war to the second. my dad was in korea. you know what? we re only country that fought and provided freedom for others around the world. you know, so many people, they look towards this day and they think about the fireworks at night and sometimes the true meaning gets lost but you know, think about where we were a couple hundred years ago. we were someplace else. we looked to the united states as beacon of freedom and people came here from all over. they still do.o. if you go to any country in the world and you ask where would you like to go some day, they always say the united states of america. why? because i want to be free. because it is a land of opportunity.
the conversation than george will. your thoughts about this country and why it is so special. three things. baseball, corn-on-the-cob, i m from the midwest and the first paragraphs of the declaration of independence that set out the doctrine of natural rights which alone can buttress limited bought. government. i think as journalist, everyone can relate, protects rights to free speech is incredible thing we often take for granted. as a woman i write a lot about human rights and constantly thanking god i am born in this country as a woman because it has to be one the best places to live as a woman. word for naturl resources and variety. america is physically gorgeous country. we have two oceans. we have the gulf of mexico. we have giant rivers. we have alaska. we have great plains. we haveka buffalo. we have the bald eagle, what a wonderful, beautiful, gorgeous,
preserve her freedom, her opportunity, and her way of life for themselves, for their fellow americans, andlo for their generations who will follow. that was really, very hard to top that. that is really beautifully said. i think one of the great things about america is somebody who was raised in riverside, california, who worked as a blakeman on the southern pacific railroad with no discernible talent could rise and become one of top radio people in america. not a bad observation. what do you think? it is true,e, alan. he is right. yeah. in all seriousness, coming from nothing and making something of yourself and believing in yourself. absolutely. in this country you can truly belief yourself and fulfill your dreams. the problem is, i m a genius. i really have a leg up on the rest of you. america means you re free. melting pot and i was given the privilege to wear the
that the only way for me to survive was to get out and come to america. when we all got reunited and i became a young man. i started my university training and was s planning to become a doctor, there was not a day that went buy where my father would not remind me of how happy he was that he lived in the u.s. and look at you, my son, he would say. look at what you have become. this is america. what more do you want? andri for me and for millions of other people it is the same thing. look of what we have. look at what we have achieved. we re blessed by god. and therefore we should be celebrating all the time because there is no place like this country, no place. on this 4th of july we want to talk about america and what makes it so great and i can t think of anyone better to start