caller: good morning, i agree with the caller from lafayette. we say that people cut their heads off. in world war ii we incinerated people. we incinerated people sitting on their bicycles. host: what are you speaking about specifically there? caller: in world war ii, the caller from lafayette said we are wrong because the cut people's heads off and we at what we are self righteous. when we set the bomb off in hiroshima and people were incinerated. host: baltimore is next on the democrats' plan. caller: i am sort of a democrat/independent, and i actually voted for ralph nader. i think that we should do neither. if the are blocked of german- americans, italian-americans, one of the largest -- i think that i mean in tournament -- intermnment. the bush administration was shockingly run. this was not an attack of war. it was a terrorist attack. if we lived in europe we would be used to this. the reason more people die this because we have more people living here. in britain they detain people and put them under house arrest. they have a bracelet and

thomas joining us on the phone from lafayette, louisiana. -- tom is joining us on the phone from lafayette, louisiana. caller: thank you for taking my call. thank you for c-span. i wanted to comment that we had a problem here with our senator, david vitner, who had some kind of a thing with prostitutes, and it seems like the republicans in louisiana overlooked that, maybe because of his politically conservative positions. but i am tired of these sanctimonious politicians that want to tell us about family values, moral values, and this other guy, sanford, from south carolina, is another example of that. i am thoroughly disgusted with david vitter, but i guess that is politics these days. host: this story as above the fold in most of them. our next caller is mary. caller: good morning. i really nervous, but i guess i get that way. host: no need to be nervous. caller: the ok. i figure nobody is perfect, but all this stuff really should just be private between them. between a husband and wife and stuff, because we have so many other things we need to worry about. unemployment, stuff like that

story, i don't know if it is true, about george washington having a lucid dream that he shared with lafayette that the united states was going to win the war of revolution and see the borders of the united states extend all the way to the pacific ocean. is that true or that ms. ology? >> i think that is just methodology. washington certainly looked to the west. he owned 60,000 acres, he had fought to win in the ohio country. generally the midwest, what would later be ohio, indiana, illinois, michigan, wisconsin, washington's certainly hope that the united states would gain that area even after yorktown. washington proposed to rauchambeau a joint invasion of canada, rights to congress, in his letter he talks about all that great land in canada, securing the frontiers, securing the american national security by keeping great brittan out of canada in the postwar years. most southerners, i think, they were quite interested in what they called the southwest, what we think of as the southeast, alabama, mississippi, and whenever. i don't think very many people, at least anytime soon, thought of goin

lafayette of the french held, without them the american revolution might have failed.here is no doubt that what reagan did in the 1980's helped to bring down the fall of the soviet union. ultimately, the people have to fight their own battles. the iranians are going have to fight their own regime. that does that mean that the rest of the world has no interest. when the greeks fought for their freedom in the 18 twenties, romantic poets for, there was a rally for freedom that help them to throw off the yoke. we have to be careful, the president has to be careful not to act against our own interests. i think the american interest is usually for people gaining freedom. guest: you can actually quote the original historian -- host: you can? guest: note, but i can read it. it is a very dangerous place. the president has got to keep the door opened. the nuclear issue is number one in that area, especially with israel going and going, getting in there, and the recent events in israel. speeches from netanyahu and all of that. it is a dynamic time. guest: i agree. every president

most of the revolutionary army including its officer corps were teenagers, the marquis de lafayette was 17, and alexander hamilton, a colonel, was 19. george washington was the old man of the revolution at 42. they whipped the greatest while terry power on earth not once but twice and drove out the french and spanish, invented novel technologies, built roads, canals, cities, sold ice to far away india and spread open source creativity over every aspect of american culture. a major reason they were able to produce so many miracles from the six-shooter to the steamboat, to manned flight, was they weren't weakened by the phony concept of adolescence for which there is not a scrap of scientific evidence or by any artificial extension of childhood through forced schooling. early american society celebrated accomplishment as any frontier society must before the politicians and the schemers concluded -- colluded to build managers for themselves and the economy prior to the civil war was dominated by independent livelihoods. as abraham lincoln told me wisconsin agricultural association, in 1859

i'm particularly attracted to the marquis lafayette. the motion i heard america, i loved her and as john said, that can be a bumper sticker or it can be a row found law and i -- profound law and i think as you come to washington, d.c., you will come to love her as well. i also have a belief in personal destiny, and it's not in a karmaic way in a religious or indian way, but it's more like the, i guess you would say metaphorically michael angelo that would see this scum tore in this piece of marble and in your own life, if you have this sense of your own purpose, that you can kind of eke out the path that takes you where you want to go. mind you as i told you in front of the classroom, whilists comfortable moving my jaws up and down, i clearly didn't feel like that was the particular place i should be in order to be in that classroom. and as teachers, some of you i know are government teachers and others ones cover civics, which unfortunately is not covered as often in schools as it could be and should be and also american history, but b

fugate, i've seen in at the university of lafayette and perhaps senator paris has a suggestion as well. i like to get to my line of questioning mr. fugate, what are your top three priorities. if you could for this committee because we like to work with and we are going to push, we're going to work with you but push to get the very best systems we can, so what are your top three priorities as you are stepping in to an agency with that has really been of the front-line in many ways these last few years? had to use you're top three priorities and i am certain that you discussed this with the secretary and the highest levels of this administration, so would you outline that for us now? >> yes, ma'am, they are rather broad and easy to communicate and require a lot of moving pieces and their simple -- my first and greatest priority is to increase and the responsibility and participation of our citizens to prepare for disaster. i truly believe that far too many of us to do not get prepared oftentimes but are also vulnerable citizens in jeopardy as we prepare for those resources and in looking

fugate, i know at the university of lafayette 'cause i've seen it perhaps senator burris has a suggestion as well. i'd like to get to my line of questioning, if i could, senator, and we'll come back. i wanted to ask first, mr. fugate, what are your top three priorities? i know you have many. but if you could for this committee because we'd like to work with you, we're going to push. we're going to work with you but push to get the very best systems we can. so what are your top three priorities as you're stepping in to an agency that has, you know, really been at the front line in many ways these last few years? how do you see your top three priorities and i'm certain that you've discussed this with the secretary and with the highest levels of believe administration. so would you outline that for us now? >> yes, ma'am. they're rather broad. they're easy to communicate and they require a lot of moving pieces. my greatest priority is to increase the responsibility of participation of our citizens to prepare for disaster. i truly believe that far too many of us who do not get ready, do not pr

fugate, i know what the endeavor city of lafayette because i have seen it. perhaps senator burris has a suggestion as well. i would like to get my line of questioning if i could. i wanted to ask the first mr. fugate what are your top three priorities? i know that you have many but if you could for this committee because we would like to work with you we are going to work with you, but push to get the very best systems we can so what are your top three priorities as you are stepping into an agency that has been at the front-line in many ways these last few years how do you see your top three priorities? and uncertain that you have discussed this with the secretary and highest levels of this administration so would you outline that for us now? >> yes, ma'am, they are rather broad, easy to communicate and require a lot of moving pieces and simple. my first and greatest priority is to increase the responsibility and participation of our citizens to prepare for disaster. i truly believe far too many of boss who do not get ready and prepare oftentimes put our most