caller: nathaniel greene went south and developed a strategy that awarded the british away from charlestonnd their suppliers. when the former customs far enough away, he turns on them to deliver a winning battle. the end result was the british well up at yorktown. the americans where free. host: thank you for the call. this is james on the independent line. caller: i am reading "the invention of the jewish people." it kind of goes out to the myth that the monolithic group of people removed from their homeland and are just now returning. most jews are actually converts to judaism. the book was 19 weeks on the best-selling west in israel. it was on "the jerusalem post." it did not come out in print until october of this year. i am still reading it. it says how we allow one group of non christians to treat another group of non-christians. host: startup nation. " became a cult this year. your favorite book of 2009. caller: what a want to talk about, the most informative book or read was "the corruption of the muslim mind. " i cannot tell you who actually wrote it because i cannot pronounced hi

the name of nathaniel greene went south and develop a strategy that lured the british away from charleston in their supply and when he finally brought them far enough away he turned on them and delivered a series of blues in which guilford courthouse was one. and the end result was the british wound up at yorktown and the americans were free. >> host: hey, thank you for that call. this is james on our independent line. >> caller: good morning. >> host: good morning. >> caller: i'm reading a book called the invention of the jewish people and the book kind of goes after the miss of the monolithic group of people who were moved from their homeland and he points out that most jews are actually converts to judaism. it was from the best list in israel. >> host: wishlist in israel was assigned? >> caller: i found out about it a year and a half ago and didn't come out in the united states until october of this year. and i think it has some strong implications of how we allow one group of non-christians to treat another group of non-christians based on mythology. >> host: another view on israel. an

that is where fort sumter was in charleston and he wanted to march through south carolina and south carolina is where they did a lot of damage. not in georgia and certainly not in savannah. but the savannah people were fed and clothed and the people nearby who were having heart times discovered they could celebrate christmas, too because the union troops would help. the union soldiers sent out oxcarts in to the boondocks with food for the people, and before they left the tight twigs to the heads of oxen to make him look like reindeer. [laughter] let me stop there. you might have questions. all i should mention these two things before i forget. an artist in savannah gave me this portrait of sherman when i was there so now and then you pick up things you don't expect to, and also to my left and you're right is an unpublished letter of sherman's written on christmas day that belongs to someone who right here that belongs to david model. you're first name? >> joyce. j-o-y-c-e. >> it is a note by sherman. he gave it to a ship captain on his way to new york on christmas day saying always welcome t

the name of nathaniel greene went south and developed a strategy that lord the british away from charleston and other supplies and when he finally had brought them far enough away he turned and delivered to a series of blows by which the guilford courthouse was one and the end result was that the british roundabout yorktown and the americans were freed. >> host: thanks for the call. lynchburg, this is james on the independent line. >> caller: good morning. >> host: good morning. >> caller: and reading the book right now, the invention of the jewish people, and the book kind of goes out to the myth of a monolithic group of people who were moved from their homeland and are just now returning. he points out that most jews are actually converted to judaism and it was on the best-seller list and israel -- >> host: we're in israel, with a best seller list was this on? >> caller: it was all i think [inaudible] or the jerusalem post but i found out about it a year and a half ago and it didn't come out in print in the united states until october this year so i am still reading it and i think it has

and charleston, a strong community, a small town. people ask me where are you people from? detroit. detroit, virginia. never heard of that. high am running this campaign, 25 years old. i don't know of from down but i'm figuring out and we're getting beaten in the primary. i did her mother's back surgery, door to door. i don't care. let's go. anyway. a really nice guy but kind of moderate and pretty conservative in the republican primary and our opponents was a right wing w wackadood wackadoodle. he had his grassroots people who were totally organized. every day in the local paper there was a different letter about how he was going to raise taxes and none of this was true. he wasn't going to be a speaker even though he was pro-life and anti-tax. he was right on all the stuff but it wasn't his style. every day you would read the paper and we are getting the crap kicked out of us. some guy opens his door sobbing. this is kind of weird. he goes do you know what is going on? we said know. there were these kids in colorado who went into the school and shot all these kids. totally horrible

and then lost to college of charleston. javy gonzalez getting a break right now. well deserved.for nc state. e q 3 farnold degand is on the floor. julius mays out there as well. this is mays with the basketball. >> mike g.: another unforced error for the spartans that time. p?@$r'47 747 7474? ?s,47ín@l ;ú6úóú[uzpíuí4[4ç4[ó:>@húú/ >> mike h.: richard howell the third substitute in the game for nc state. n ÷7ñ/w w>w> mike g.: you can't fault the defense. that was pretty good by cole. he made smith settle for a pullaway jump shot with no double-team help coming. smith just beat him with a better shot. >> mike h.: nice drive. tracy smith with the block. smith's got 12 blocks on the season. >> mike g.: we talked about it against the acc competition. they've been getting good looks. it's been a block fest almost in every game, especially the wake forest game the last time out. .x@úl 8oyúñffgf&l >> mike h.: kendall 98@e@ú toney back in the spartan lineup, @zxmlu:÷t.m+ replacing van dussen. spartans have all of a sudden gone ice cold. nc state with a

at our state capital in charleston, they're honoring senator byrd with a special celebration today, and happening in cities and communities all across our state. my fellow west virginians are giving thanks to senator byrd's voice and for his vision. we're grateful for his strength and his rock-solid principle which has come to define west virginia as surely as our endless hills and beautiful streams. the people of my state love and respect senator robert c. byrd, in part because so many share his very powerful story. so many have battled against the odds and continue to fight every day to try to make a better life for themselves and for their community. and they're proud of their state, even knowing that their state is not known by many, but they take pride in their unity. even in this hardest -- even in the hardest, youngest days of his life, senator robert c. byrd never grew discouraged. it was not his nature. growing up, he faced enormous challenges, but he had something called an iron will and he had a sense of purpose. now, years later, we can sum up that purpose with the phrase "f

caller: nathaniel greene went south and developed a strategy that awarded the british away from charlestonnd their suppliers. when the former customs far enough away, he turns on them to deliver a winning battle. the end result was the british well up at yorktown. the americans where free. host: thank you for the call. this is james on the independent line. caller: i am reading "the invention of the jewish people." it kind of goes out to the myth that the monolithic group of people removed from their homeland and are just now returning. most jews are actually converts to judaism. the book was 19 weeks on the best-selling west in israel. it was on "the jerusalem post." it did not come out in print until october of this year. i am still reading it. it says how we allow one group of non christians to treat another group of non-christians. host: startup nation. " became a cult this year. your favorite book of 2009. caller: what a want to talk about, the most informative book or read was "the corruption of the muslim mind. " i cannot tell you who actually wrote it because i cannot pronounced hi

host: charleston, indiana on the democrats line. caller: good morning. i am so angry about this. i do not understand how anyone who is a christian can be opposed to health care for everyone. i do not know. i agree totally with the first guy. host: more headlines. here is "the hill." the headline in "roll call"this morning. "politico" this morning. the next phone call comes from florida. robert on the republican line. caller: in calling about the bill on medicare. it is a waste of money. it is unconstitutional. the democrats ought to be ashamed of themselves. it will not work. it is a disaster. host: trenton, new jersey, independent line. caller: i have two things to say about this health-care thing. i do not think we will ever get a bill of health care program in america. everybody is all about themselves. democrats have 60 people and the senate and they cannot give the health care bill done. it is a tragedy. host: let's hear from a republican. tennis in new orleans -- kenneth in new orleans. caller: in the democrats. i'm disappointed that the joe lieberman was campaigning with m

loss to highpoint and then that fourpoint loss to radford and coming up next, they'll be playing charleston southern, that will be on saturday and it will be the third conference ballgame. css is your home court advantage for basketball this season. quadruple header coming up on saturday starts with a couple of ballgames from the colonials as old dominion takes on george mason and then drexel will battle delaware, action from the sunbelt at 4:00 eastern as florida international and isiah thomas play new orleans and then join me along with another for sec action at 8:00 eastern as the running utes of utah take on the l.s.u. tigers. l.s.u. trent johnson coming off a bad loss against xavier last night in cincinnati. bill: florida will play xavier here in gainesville. i believe it's in january, late january or early february. but that's another nonconference game that florida will have in the middle of the conference schedule. matt: of course, the gators have another nonconference game before kicking off their sec schedule against vanderbilt next saturday. they're going to play at n.c. state. b

and charleston, a strong community, a small town. people ask me where are you people from? detroit.etroit, virginia. never heard of that. high am running this campaign, 25 years old. i don't know of from down but i'm figuring out and we're getting beaten in the primary. i did her mother's back surgery, door to door. i don't care. let's go. anyway. a really nice guy but kind of moderate and pretty conservative in the republican primary and our opponents was a right wing w wackadood wackadoodle. he had his grassroots people who were totally organized. every day in the local paper there was a different letter about how he was going to raise taxes and none of this was true. he wasn't going to be a speaker even though he was pro-life and anti-tax. he was right on all the stuff but it wasn't his style. every day you would read the paper and we are getting the crap kicked out of us. some guy opens his door sobbing. this is kind of weird. he goes do you know what is going on? we said know. there were these kids in colorado who went into the school and shot all these kids. totally horrible.

charleston, indiana, jan on the democrats line. you're next. good morning. >> caller: good morning. i am so angry about this. i just don't understand how anyone who is a christian can be opposed to health care for everyone. i don't know. and i agree totally with the first guy. he was so articulate. he said everything i would like to say. >> host: all right. more headlines for you from the capitol hill newspapers. hear is the hill newspaper. reid bows to centrists, drops medicare buy-in. the headline in "roll call", lieberman sets off scramble when he said he would not support expanding medicare. following that in politico this morning, with the picture of lieberman on the front page. in absence of gop support, dems need senator joe lieberman's backing to pass health care reform. next call from florida. robert on the republican line. good morning. >> caller: good morning. i'm calling about the bill there on medicare. it's a waste of money. it is unconstitutional and the democrats ought to be ashamed many themselves what they want to cram down our throats. it won't work. it's a disast