Screen. We will get your calls as soon as possible. New u. S. Citizens, we want to hear from you. 2025853883. You can always participate on social media, facebook. Com, twitter, or send in an email. Editorial this morning in the Washington Times, making july 4 unpatriotic. Independence day should be the most american of our holidays, but for some people, that makes it a day to be denounced instead of celebrated. Others take a stand against the holiday on misguided for decibels principles. A leftist essay denounced the mindless patriotic bubble bath. Patriotism is used to justify conflict, often invoking godd name too. Patriotism in particular has gotten in the way of solving global warming, since americans believe we have the godgiven right to use up all of the resources we can. The magazine suggests that americans need to get over patriotism and cure the american superiority complex. The Washington Times concludes nature, the fourth of july is idealistic and optimistic. It does not commemorate the end of the independence movement. We revisit the nations founding and celebrate the civic myth of a unified republic. It is a vital aspect of the education of americas children. The pomp and parade are the products of liberty claimed in 1776. This is from a column this morning in the Washington Post. In the spirit of revenge, he writes, as we celebrate the fourth of july, who can argue that our democracy is working the way the founders intended . And who can deny that most of the blame for dysfunction must fault of the Republican Party . George washington distrusted all political parties. He warned in his farewell address that as they alternated power, parties would act in the spirit of free bench rather than the best interest of the nation. Results would threaten democracy. For most of u. S. History, the major parties, while dif have acted in the shared spirit of enterprise. There was no possible compromise on an issue like slavery. Today, we face no question of such magnitude. You republicans have decided not to collaborate with president obama and for filling the most basic obligations of government. 202 is the area code. We will begin with a call from nick in fairview, tennessee. What does it mean to be an american . Caller i know what it does not mean. You have Eugene Robinson establishing the ignorance, liberalism it is only exceeded by the arrogance of their leaders. My father was an immigrant. He would be appalled what guys like Eugene Robinson are pushing. He left the land of persecution because of big government. All they think about is big government. Andust be federalists returning to a dysfunctional theory. I love this country with all my heart. I fear for it because so many people are buying into this nonesense and Propaganda Machine. We are probably in the most careless times since the store. Perilous times since the civil war. I have fear and trepidation. The tea party is an aspect of the founders. They are disparaged and marginalized that every turn by the liberals in the Mainstream Media because they do not that they are trying to return us to federalism. I will even further proud when the tea party succeeds. Host jay is calling from pennsylvania on the republican line. Caller yeah, i just want to say first of all happy fourth. Was a soviet who said that to destroy a people, you must first sever their roots. That is what has been going on, especially with the young people. You were reading about patriotism. That is exactly what the Education System is doing, just digging up the roots of these young people and teaching them not to have any pride in themselves. I wonder how they will be able to defend their borders for their sovereignty. Defend themselves as people. When they get the middleaged or something. We forgetptionalism, that every single people on earth have thought themselves to be the best people on earth. The mexicans think they are exceptional. The guatemalans think they are exceptional. For some reason, we are not allowed to think that we are exceptional. The bullies on the left are insufferable boars. They just like to spread misery. And i want to say that i love my country. I was raised to love it. And i also know that people from all over the world who are no nwhite, they want to get to america. That is a great example of how great we are. Nobody wants to get to mexico. Nobody wants to get to africa. They all want to come here. Host caller from las vegas, nevada. Caller yes host what does it mean to be an american . Eeling oft means the f being free to think. Youbring something with that you pass on to the next life. Rather than being a person who wants to think of their country, rather than the world. When i hear america, i hear america for the world, not the country. That is where we lost our whole sight. The constitution they should have got on their hands and knees and cried for the genocide. I am an american of the world. Not just using gods name in va in. God bless america. God should bless the world. Host the Pew Research Center recently did a poll. Is america the greatest country in the world . They divided by age and here are some of the results. 32 of millennials say yes. 48 of gen x say yes. 64 of the silent generation say yes. Books tv recently sat down with rockry clinton in little to talk about her latest book. One of the questions we asked her was what she learned about the u. S. Through foreign eyes. [video clip] i learned i had learned before, but as secretary of state, i learned to expect the unexpected. Nobody expected the arab spring until it was put upon us. We have to be agile and ready for the unexpected. We tried to build the world that we want, especially for children. And now for my future grandchild. We have to be aware that all of these other countries all of these billions of people, they are making hard choices every day. We have to be ready for that. I am convinced that we have to continue to lead the world into the kind of future that we want. We cannot sit on the sidelines. We cannot retreat. We will have setbacks and disappointments. Becomeme, our story has the dominant story. It represents the hopes and aspirations of people everywhere. That is what i want americans to understand. The main reason why i wrote this book i know there is a big debate going on about our role in the world. We have some real unfortunate consequences to deal with, prior decisions unlike. We cant abdicate our responsibilities. How we define it, how we execut it, will be the stuff of political debate. The world needs us. America matters of the world and the world matters to america, for our prosperity and security and democracy. That full interview will air on saturday night at 7 00 eastern, 45 minutes and mike. It repeats again on sunday 9 15. Ng at ; books tv is on the air now. Same with American History tv on cspan3. What does it mean to be an american . Harry in maryland, what do you think . Caller i feel very fortunate and very blessed. There is no place else in the world that i would rather be. When i hear Something LikeEugene Robinson there, who equates problems with slavery what you have to deal with, like harry reid and nancy pelosi and president obama, who received a lot of support from the press you have to look at just how hard it is to make things work. Our government was never designed to work that way, it was designed to work in a wise manner. Whered still number one in the world, we are still the best. Thank you. Host bill, writing about celebrating the revolution and keeping it going. This is on the huffington post. 14, dontrticular 7 deny the reality were being dragged back into the chaos of the middle east. We are engaged in a war on terror. Consent. He untested a superpower can never retire. Is that the separate and equal station that was referred to . 1981, Ronald Reagan declared that putting people first has always been americas secret weapon. Tell that to wall street titans, hedge fund managers, and ceos, for whom profit over people has become a mantra. At home, we the people are losing that ongoing battle with societies. Inequality blooms and the middle class withers. The poor are still with us, their numbers growing. How do we restore defense. It is still terrific three american. To be american. Common sense. Allow yourself to be set on fire. Because he was a tremendous journalist and propagandist, who spoke the language of the ordinary folks. Payne understood and gave voice to the potential radicalism of the revolution. As from the huffigton post. Jack is calling in from brooklyn. Jack . Last chance caller hello . Host hi. Turned on your tv and go ahead. Hold and tryack on again in a minute. Someone will come on the line and talk to you. Then we will try to get your view. First, we will go to stephen kentucky. I serveds a veteran, six years in central europe. Hello . Host we are listening to you. Do not listen to your tv. Listen to the phone and go ahead. Caller ok. I spent six years in central europe. As a soldier. Defending freedom. And host you know what, steve . Go ahead caller one thing that struck me about even central and wester people is that those even though they live in democracies, do not enjoy the level of freedom that we do. They are not protected from unreasonable search and seizure. Host go ahead and conclude. What does it mean to be an american . Caller it means to be free. Host thank you for calling in this morning. Breaking news being reported everywhere here. This is the british telephone scandal. Colson sentenced to 18 months in jail for phone hack ing. He was a onetime media a for david cameron. The jury found him guilty of one count of illegally intercepting phone mail messages. Rothstein reports that jay carney may be going to msnb c. There is a . Next to the title. California, what does it mean to be an american . Caller two distinct things, as i view it. What it means, in the best sense, of what america was supposed to be a fellow died yesterday. It was in the times. 97yearold veteran, olympian. We are not the mac had a character in our people these days. It is a great tragedy. The moral underpinnings and foundations that embdo to embody the greatness that was our nation is gone. Him. Ee it in people like lou gehrig comes to mind. Men of character and morality. Now we are seeing a lot of halfwits, like nancy pelosi. People with no character, just grandstanding. What it meant and what it means now are two distinct things. Host thank you, sir. Back to the pew research poll. Agree with the statement, i am patriotic. Agree. Millennials 86 of gen x agree. 90 of the silent generation. You missed aeter, line for veterans. There is nobody more important on the fourth of july than veterans, peter. Heres a quotation for those who fight for fr eedom, there is a meaning that the protected will never know. Do you understand me, pete . Host i understand. Caller you run out of that crowd and think that guy th ank that guys hand. Host are you a veteran . Caller yes. Host when and where did you serve . Caller me and my buddies in vietnam just came back from spending time in washington, d. C. Back with all of her fingers and toes, 15 kids, 18 grand kids. That is our vietnam legacy. Host how was your trip . Caller we had a ball. We had a cab driver that took good care of us. Uspicked us up and delivered and gave us an itinerary to run around. It is most beautiful city in the country, peter. Everybody in america d. C. And seeton, the strength and power that our nation has. The strength and power, pete, emanates all the way to alabama. Steve, the way he talks, the fellow from tennessee who grows marijuana in his backyard we should not be running anybody down today. Todyay, we should all stand up tall. Pete, you keep having a good day. Host thank you for calling in this morning. This is bill in newfield, new jersey. Caller it means you should be proud. Thank you for taking my call. It means you should be proud of the day. Think before you go to that election booth. Think about what the people we have elected have done, whether they are problem solvers or problem makers. My example would be we have a lot of people in washington. I have not heard anybody come up with a solution for a problem that we have. What theyre doing is taking people and putting them on a bus and dropping them off and municipalities throughout the southwest. The solution would be, for lack of a better word im not using this in a derogatory sentence. There is an internment camp. Take people there. Have medical care for them. Make sure they do not have some kind of ailment. And, in that internment camp have school for the kids to go to school. Have animals and farmland that people can roam through. And, if they can get a job way outside, let them go to work. When they are 18, they can go in the military. Do not just drop them off. Take these people and put them somewhere where they can have food and live like a human being, rather than putting them on a bus. Caller host host think you host thank you. The Democratic National committee is visiting six cities that want to host the Democratic National convention. Columbus, cleveland, brookly, philadelphia, and phoenix are in the running. They will decide in early 2015. Theyre saying that they will make an announcement in august. Arkansas,all is from independent line. What does it mean to be an american . Questionhat is a big native americans, and this immigration thing. These days, we say send them all back home. Immigration,op not make anybody a citizen. Yourself latinng american, african american, Asian American just be an american. You are an american if youre born here. Stop tyrannical laws. Like being forced to pay for this hardship. This is independence day. Lets be independent again. Host mcdaniel cap offers cash for proof of runoff vote fraud. Election andoff is taking the first step to challenge the outcome. They said they have found 4900 examples of improper voting in the june 24 runoff. Most people who voted in the primary and the runoff, said they do not register voters by party. Bans one person from voting in a primary and another partys runoff. He did not release documents supporting their claim. Reminder, we have a fourth line set aside this moment. If you are a new u. S. Citizen, we want to hear from you. 3883 is the number. Next up, maxine in new york city. Good morning to you. Caller good morning. It means a lot to me to be an american. I go down with the african slaves and the natives. To see people dying trying to come over here to be a part of this and to see my grandkids say who is the president . They say Barack Hussein obama and the country is doing so well. I am happy today. Im mostly happy with the way our country is changing. To pulle people trying us back, but it will never happen. White people, we do not hate you. We all have to get along. I live in harlem. There are plenty of white people here. We do not bother them. I am happy to see them back. What is the hate going on . Give it up, please. We are good people. White people are good people. I work with white people. What are you afraid of . Enjoy this day. Thank you. Host thank you. Andrew is calling in from gaithersburg, maryland, on the new citizens line. When did you become a citizen . Caller originally from trinidad and tobago. Host when did you become a citizen . Caller 2005. That was i was in germany because i had joined the military. The 1st ng with after i came back from my first deployment, i raised my hand and pledged allegiance to this great country. Host why did you become a citizen . Caller good question. Peter, people from the outside foreigners, we look at america and america represents such hope and aspiration. One thing america does is they do a good job of marketing who they are. When you see Foreign Countries and small island, you think if i just get one opportunity to get there, i know my life could be so much more. I can attest to that. My upbringing of the child was one of difficulty. My family my grandmother migrated here 45 beers ago. Years ago. And then, she said for my mom and them. Eventually, my mom sent for me. Here offered such a great opportunity. On this fourth of july, when i think what it is to be an american, i think optimism. Peter . Still there, host were listening, sir. Caller the greatest demonstration of that optimism was showcased recently with the world cup. I am from the caribbean islands. Occer, as they call it in the u. S. , that is something we do on a daily basis. I remember when the coach was saying that america could not win. Fan,u are an avid sports you know that a proud american you could not believe that coming out of someone representing the u. S. We always have a cando attit ude. Everybody was optimistic. For one second, we really believe that we could win the world cup. I have to be ahonest. We did not have a chance. I am being realistic now. But boy, was i fan. Host when your goalie was your best player, you know youre in trouble, right . Caller right. There is a wall between the goalie and but peter, one thing i want to metnntion. I lost a good friend and i never got in touch with his family. He died in 2004, peter. He died, i remember losing him there was a chance to reach out to his family. He is a good friend of mine and i never got to tell his family how much of an awesome friend that i had. He was really really good friend of mine. We met in basic training in 2002 in fort knox, kentucky. We became close friends. From arizona, his brother used to play for asu. I remember we would deploy and leave kuwait. The last day before we left kuwait, we met up again in germany. We were both stationed in germany, in different places. He was sent to iraq. Peter, one of the saddest days for me in the army was when i got back to germany and i gave a guy a ride we were talking, just having a casual conversation. He said, yeah, her mother when i remember when truman died. I had to slam on my brakes. I remember it every day. I have an email from him since 2004. It is in my email box. Ay, ifs patriotic d the family is listening peter, thank you for allowing me to share the story. Suzie is calling from port washington, maryland. Caller i am calling to tell you what america means to me. It means that we have a wonderful Diverse Group of people here. Everybody has contributed something here in the United States. Group a divse erse group because everybody is different and we all have something to offer the United States of america. I think we should sit back and think about this. Fake about the integrity that america think about th