memorial day means remembering those who sacrificed. myself, i am army. we celebrate this memorial day for fallen heros. we wouldn t have the freedom and rights if it wasn t for the people who fought for us from the first world war to the second. my dad was in korea. you know what, we are the only write who has fought and provided freedom for others around the world. you know, so many people look toward this day and think about the fireworks at night and sometimes the true meaning gets lost. think about where we were a couple hundred years ago. we were a beacon of freedom and people came here from all over. they still do. if you go to any country in the world and you ask where would you like to go some day? they say the united states of america. why? because i want to be free. itit is the land of
practice journalism the way you do in the united states without any fear of any kind of reprisals with the exception of someone chewing your ear off if they are mad at you. that does president happen elsewhere. the sense of liberty is really overwhelming if you grow up american you are lucky to be american. in the lottery of human history 6% of the planet are americans and through the lottery we ended up here. there is one other element which is america as a savior. more people have been saved, rescued, liberated by america than any other in the history of the world. to be a part of that history, of that destiny and that nation that goes around and does this as a blessing in and of itself, talking about dysfunction on capitol hell and elsewhere it is a place where you can still have a
back and watch amazing things they ll do. america has become the most prosperous civilization ever known to mankind. and we benefit as a result of these basic principles that govern our society. the country is great because the respect individual liberty and respect right to be different and left alone. and when the country, meaning the government, stays faithful to those rights, we have more happiness and prosperity. my own background, three of four grandparents, from italy having come here as young children. they asimulated into american society and gave their children, my parents, a lot better lifestyle than they had just as my parents had given me a better lifestyle and more opportunity than they did. each generation builds upon the sacrifices of the preceding generation. that s been the pattern of immigrants into america since the country first started. we are a nation of immigrants.
i am wearing a flag thong. you are you really? where did you get it? i grot it from your bedroom. the thought of that, what do you think about that? i would like to have one. add that to the collection. we can have somebody crazy and funny at the table like greg and bob who made a great come back in these life and has two great children. we are all at the table and have something to say in a different and unique perspective. people in other countries can t say that. happy birthday and have a wonderful fourth of july. america is great for a lot of reasons, but not the least of which is of and by and for people. this idea that all of us are equal. no matter where we come from and where we are going and no matter the relig religion and the sexual orientation and
i would die for america. i love america. on july 4th, 1776, the founding fathers adopted the declaration of independence and declared the nation s independence from britain. there was attitude in the new nation of personal independence self-reliance and capitalism and contra pro inure ship that and entrepreneur ship that made this great country. it is the citizens who has driven growth. tonight we explore what makes america great with the last man to walk on the moon, former nasa astronaut. lou, i was born in chicago, blue collar family. never got into an airplane until i was 22. dreamed about flying and my dad dreaming of me getting the education he never had. the dream and opportunity in front of me allowed me to call