they were just beating me on top of the head with a sock full of batteries. >> and this officer haskinswas just one of the officers that was there, and he was one who probably got hurt the worst. >> my two officers tried to pull me back through. the three of them were on the backside and they were trying to pull me back out. a tug-of-war began. these guys would still be beating me on top the head, but finally the two officers pulled me through. >> haskins was not a target. none of those officers was a target. they was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. and they caught the rap. >> i reached around back like this and i felt something on my -- something wet on my back, when i brought it back around, it was blood. come to find out, i had gotten stabbed in the back at the tug-of-war at the door. so beat up at the time i didn't even notice it. >> brown received an additional two years in disciplinary detention for the assault on sergeant haskins. >> someday he'll probably have to earn the opportunity to get out of that unit. however, my question to him would be, what have you learned?

call in -- host: theodore haskins, from twitter, says -- host: you can make those thoughts on twitternown. facebook, as well, two. republican line, port city joe, florida. yes, america's exceptional because over 250 years ago 50 men calmly sat down to draft a form of government dedicated to securing our natural rights. 1913, the government of the united states did that, secured our natural rights. in that time we went from a backward agricultural collection of 13 petty states into a first- class world powerhouse. people busted down doors to get into this country. to experience freedom, and such. we have forgotten that. i am amazed that your guest, the author from "the atlantic," could drone on and on about this, that, and the other, and never come down to the fundamental point that our country was founded not from the people rising up and demanding rights from a king or a desperate, it was founded by men, as i said, sitting down and calmly putting together a government that secured our rights. until we get back to that, our nation, our public is doomed. host: also facebook, richard sm

peter haskins has this points -- this is a story inside "" the new york times - there are two ways toide the $3000 seats. about 17%an includes for the seahawks fans and 17.5 for the denver broncos fans and 33.6% for the also ran teams and 25% kept in the nfl and six percent split between the new york jets on the giants versus the new jersey law which says that 95% of the tickets are reserved for the public. that's an in depth look at the challenge to get tickets for the big game from "the new york times." here is a tweet from senator angus king. next is andy joining us from oxford, connecticut, republican line. caller: thank you for taking the call. this is all crazy. of course they should not be taxed. they are being taxed. they took the money and given to the ballplayers in the ballplayers paid taxes. they give to the owners on the stockholders on the stockholders and the stockholders and owners pay taxes. big government is getting the money anyway. taxes, the pay any government would still get the money even at the president of ibm took the entire profit, he would pay tax on it. th