at a moment of national crisis, patriotism was needed. he sought to justify the conflict to the population at large and motivate the country to support the war. the stakes were high because although a majority in congress voted in favor of declaring the war not one single member of the federalist party voted in support of the war. the ticket very skeptical view of the war, far more so than did southern and western members of the democratic republican party that madison was leading. ostensibly a conflict with britain over the national sovereignty the american war of 1812 dirty quickly became a test or addition. a test of the strengths meaning of american patriotism. we have to forget about the war of 1812 losing track between the glory of the revolution of the independence movement and the transformative carnage of the civil war. that is that is the first war ever to be formally declared in the modern democracy income. public opinion matters. politicians gain and maintain power through the approval of the populace. by the war end in 1815 t

the other, who embraced romantic patriotism. and in the process became the most celebrated military leader of the war of 1812 and a future american president. i'm referring as you no doubt have guessed if you know war history at all, to the opening drama of the conflict when general william holt failed utterly in an attempt to claim the conquest of canada, and, to the war's epic conclusion when general andrew jackson achieved a spectacular triumph at new orleans. as we will see, the language of love proved pivotal to the public narration of these events. win or lose americans found their imaginations captured whenever battle sagas were replayed as love stories. no matter how dire the events of the day pro-war commentators could always be counted onto a put a romantic gloss on public events. the war of 1812 provided an ideal moment for americans from anonymous unknowns like the author of that soldier's ballad to leading national statesman, to mold the meaning of love of country. war supporters worked to portray the conflict as a

patriotism of popular culture and the new united states. to 19, 1812, james madison made an announcement of the first were to be declared in the history of the united states. "i exhorts all the good people of the united states as they love their country, as they feel wronged that they exert themselves." and made clear the expectation of showing love of country requires giving support to the war. of a moment of national crisis, patriotism was needed. he fell to justify the conflict to motivate the country to support the war. the stakes were high because although a majority had voted in favor of for not one single member of the federalist party voted to support it. the northeastern federalist took a skeptical view more than seven and western members of the democratic republican party. a conflict with britain over national sovereignty, the american war of 1812 became of test of the strength and meeting of american patriotism. we tend to forget the word 1812 between the revolutionary independence movement and trans formative carnage of the civi

t patriot action, patriot feeling. so it is much more dangeroul to patriot action, patriot feeling. so it is much more dangerous. >> so they may be acting independently from what the central government is telling them. do you think there are any possibilities that the dispute between japan and china will actually escalate? >> i believe the battle or fight will occur in this area in the future. because china at last did enter the most problematic area, and the japanese reaction is also very calm. so, it will not be the big problem in the future. but i think the japan and china, especially in military section, have to make effort to make more channels. for discussion, i think. >> all right. we thank you very much for your insight mr. bonji ohara. >>> the commander of the u.s. pacific fleet says chinese naval vessels have the right to cruise in international waters, but admiral cecil haney says other nations have expectations. >> as we deal with maritime capability, it's not surprising to me china is an emerging nation who would have maritime capability. we hope what they do with their

isn't that enough patriotism. >> it is the opposite of t patriotism. you are not getting money to real producer to get jobso market. when we pay taxes we are taking capt cament away and not helping the economy. >> we are talkug in the plan, is period admits it would happen quay. we are buying you didn't build that economy . a president who sneers because you think you are so smart you n do it on your own and it is thedea of letting the government do it. >> and rick, we have seen it with the wind mills and it didn't work out. >> it is faulty. if you are going to build a building that you are renting space in for 75 to 100 years, do you amortize that. >> rick, rick, rick, the point is the windmill program and started out with 7,000 jobs and it hasn't expand they have 300 billion and it is shrink not growing. >> those are two different pointings. >> not at all. itas part of the stimulus plan. >> they pointed out something. she's right. 12 million jobs no matter what. and governor romney -- >> and you are talking about an entirely different issue. >> not a

of the patriot news there. is a call for a more rational republican party or you know the one of the. inspirational figures in the book is a standard the last of the moderate senators represent a republican constitutional rhode island and he and he meant water and the you see also the system you know you can't be too much better than the system we see i'm talking the envelopes of the campaign contributions that was. chest pocket he raises this huge this huge fund that he holds a seat largely because the governor of the state is an egomaniac who so hates everybody in his own party that he would rather see this guy keep the seat then ever support any of the national sorts of the party the democrats who might challenge him and. that a lot of the see a little how much of a life washington is driven by petty ego and one of the sea flattery and how that's done you see and you see the all pervasive effect of money and self-indulgence hard to get ready for dinner reservation in washington on thursday night it actually

that was patriotism.ght talk show mirn tour continued this week the president was on jay leno. >> you know, i was fine with up until about 7th grade. and then malea is a fresh man in high school and i am pretty lost. >> yeah, i know >> it is it tough and fortunately they are great students on their own. and you know, if something doesn't work. i will call over to the department of the energy and see if they have a phycist. >> aing the math skills don't go above the 7th grade. i am glad he acknowledged it. i was watchinglet policies and wondered why he can't figure it out. he was on david letterman and asked about the national debt. he doesn't know. and mr. president, it is it 16 trillion dollars and some change. a lot of change and geth bigger all of the time here's another math piece that you might need to be aware of 23 million americans don't have a yob and many who do have half the job they once had a few years ago. that may be above the 7th grade math skills but i am telling you, people hope if you a

that kind of an excessive patriotism, that is a false kind of patriotism. it is not wanting to hear the truth, a total phony patriotism. i think that there has been so much of that flying around in these last few years in particular, particularly since 9/11. quite honestly, it makes my skin crawl. >> how much of it to you listen to? >> that is interesting. i am not giving away anything politically about my family or my wife -- we were watching the conventions. my wife, at one of the conventions, said, i do not want to hear this, i do not want to hear this. i said, you have got to hear this. you cannot sit in front of a television set in the political season and not want to hear what the other side has to say. then you become like them. i am not giving away anything politically. >> i know you are not -- i want to back to your interview style. we have not talked for 22 years, when you had a book about vietnam and your experience there. we talked about the whole situation you had where you were accused of being a communist. i wrote down, when i looked back at

so what motives what ivan's had to send anthrax the most vocal opponents the patriot act or why weremembers of the bush administration and the press on the anthrax antibiotics before the attacks occurred why were the people who died in one sect did important enough to also be born to take separate when it could have saved their lives most importantly it's so many unsolved mysteries why did obama not only or the investigation to end but threaten to veto any more funding to examine the truth that's the question we should all be asking. well so much science technology and innovation all the list of melamine still around russia we've got this huge earth covered. change.

he's the author of seven books including his newest his first novel patriots david joins me now in the studio dude welcome thanks you're as talented as it was an appropriate in an issue somebody has been critical of the republican party yes although i remain a conservative and a republican and i would like to see my. republicanism and my touchstone for that is a formulate that has to be environmentally responsible culturally modern and economically inclusive but every democracy has a party of the right and of the left america needs one too and i'm somebody who believes in market solutions but you're using the word conservative in the word republican in ways that i think many people in fact the majority of the probably the entire freshman house right or not acknowledge right or they are you're using descriptions that all sound like eisenhower but the look the house this new wave of republicans have been elected in a moment of national crisis they've been elected in a moment of high emotion and they've been elected in a way that has put them inside i call i called in on alternative knowl

patriot groups i do have some questions about it i mean we are change with keepers i mean i know a lot of people in these groups and what what constitutes someone as to put on your radar putting them on as you know why is patriotism bad i mean what are these people doing that constitutes you guys to be watching them well it's not remotely suggestion that patriotism quote unquote is bad that is simply what these groups as a general matter a call themselves a good example is oath keepers the group you just mentioned oath keepers does portray itself as kind of a mainstream group which acts asks its members law enforcement officials retired and present military to retake the oath of office the oath to defend the constitution against foreign enemies and domestic ottoman is foreign foreign and domestic that's totally reasonable and certainly no one here has any objection to that whatsoever what oath keepers is really about though is the core militia ideology the conspiracy theory that the government is engaged in a secret plot to place this country entre martial law ferry likely with the hel

this quiet act of patriotism has earned the unknown patriot an impressive honor. >> reporter: he's knownthe man who kissed a flag. and today renee dominguez of el salvador was honored by the u.s. that's renee and his son eduardo in the front row of a naturalization ceremony at the paramount theater in oakland. renee is not a u.s. citizen but was the guest of honor receiving a warm round of applause from a room of more than 1,000 people after a cbs 5 story was played for the crowd. it showed renee saluting and kissing the american flag. he was passing out flyers for his daughter-in-law's housecleaning business. he did not know his actions were being recorded. >> this is an asset for the sincerity of love i have for the u.s. internally, i thank the u.s. for what it's done for my country, for my family, and for myself. >> reporter: eduardo just became a u.s. citizen two years ago. renee returns to el salvador on friday. >>> there are renewed fears about the safety of a 14-year- old pakistani girl shot in the head. she was targeted because she was an outspoken supporter of education for girl

well, patriot street. ♪ can you tell me how to get to patriot street?"> through fiscal responsibility. that's how. >> yes, yes, yes. number two, jon, sponsors. they need to unleash the power of the free market. >> jon: right. patriot street is brought to you by the number miller beer and the letter gold. >> jon: really? beer? >> and other traditional american values like the right to bear arms >> exactly. if people are gunning for big bird >> then big bird has the right to gun back. ( applause ) >> it's true. ime to clear up some of those vicious rumors by finally meeting mrs. bird and mrs. ernie. >> it seems very drastic. jon, they're indoctrinating our kids, jon. >> our kids! jon: patriot street wouldn't teach kids to share? >> it would simply put that sharing in context. would you share your food with someone? >> yes. but that would create a culture of dependency >> if i have my food i'll give it to them >> you're taking away the motivation to earn that food for themselves >> um-hum did you not read that copy of atlas shrugged i loaned you? ( cheers a

so what motives what ivan's have to send anthrax the most vocal opponents the patriot act or why aremembers of the bush administration and the press on the anthrax antibiotics before the attacks occurred why were the people who died in war infected important to also be warned to take separate when it could have saved their lives most importantly that so many unsolved mysteries. is why did obama not only or the investigation to end but threaten to veto any more funding to examine the troops that's the question we should all be asking. the world. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got this huge earthquake covered. mission. couldn't take three months for a charge of free. range month three. three stooges free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects free media oh god r.t. dot com.

they're good patriotic movies. they don't -- they're not realistic. like john wayne movies weren't realistic as much, but they're very patriotic and they give you a sense of, "hey, you know, i want to go do that." (music playing) i'd come out of theater having seen some of these old films, movies like "pork chop hill" and "to hell and back" with audie murphy, "sands of iwo jima" with john wayne, i'd come out having -- feeling a peculiar thing. the peculiar thing was i wanted to play war. (tim o'brien) and i remember being with my little buddies, we'd go out to the golf course and pretend we were john wayne. (patriotic music playing) when you've got john wayne, you've already got history right there in front of you embodied in one character. he carries himself as a walking convention. (gene michaud) he's the older, wiser enlisted. he has to train young recruits and he has to be the father. if it's in the line of duty, i'll do what you tell me to do. but as far as my personal life, keep your hands off. that's the same thing your father would tell you. a

there will be a patriotic act. we educate our children that there will be able to compete in a world economy, that is a patriotic act. romney stop the arms race and make this a safer world. that is a patriotic act. when we keep the peace. young men did not die a, and that is a patriotic act. those are the keys to the future. who can be the leader for the future? when walter mondale was the attorney general of minnesota, he led the fight for a man who could afford to get justice because he could not afford a lawyer. he wrote the fair housing act. he even investigated the concerns and the abuses of migrant workers. why did he do that? those were not popular causes. children do not vote. migrant workers and i exactly a powerful lobby in this country. he did it because it was a right to. mondale said he would rather lose a battle over decency than when one ever self-interest. i agree with them. this campaign is not over. for our country, for our future, for the principles we believe in, walter mondale and i have just b

it's time for a new economic patriotism. an economic patriotism rooted in the belief that growing our economy begins with a strong and thriving middle class. >> invoking patriotism there, just trying to be clear, so raising taxes on wealthier americans the president considers that patriotic? i assume he also thinks sacrifice is patriotic. and yet he is not spending much time talking specifically about what he'd do, like how he would cut the medicare program to make it solvent. beyond the cuts that he's talked about. and when simpson-bowles says he needs much more dramatic cuts. so framing this as patriotism, it's about taxing the wealthy but not talking about where the more than people should sacrifice? >> well, first of all, economic patriotism, he was talking about specifically bringing jobs back to america. rebuilding our manufacturing sector so we're sending producting around the world stamped with made in the usa. and i think really rebuilding that middle class so that we are manufacturing things here, exporting things

patriots, barons, that's the game of the week.what was a very important game, the patriots came in early on. the catch. his name is woods. a big lead early. a lead they would never relinquish. bcc would try to keep this pace to handoff. runs right. getting into the end zone. it's a short touchdown run but wooten pulls away anyhow. the score. patriots win on homecoming 40-20. >> we've had the kids stay out and there vote for the game of the week so we could get this platform so we could put the kids in position to be -- to get a little bit more exposure. they showed up, they played their hearts out and that's all you can ask for as a head coach. >> get

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patriots, barons, that's the game of the week. in what was a very important game, the patriots came in early on. the catch. his name is woods. a big lead early. a lead they would never relinquish. bcc would try to keep this pace to handoff. runs right. getting into the end zone. it's a short touchdown run but wooten pulls away anyhow. the score. patriots win on homecoming 40-20. >> we've had the kids stay out and there vote for the game of the week so we could get this platform so we could put the kids in position to be -- to get a little bit more exposure. they showed up, they played their hearts out and that's all you can ask for as a head coach. >> get home, coach. they'll turn the lights out. suitland at high point. this wasn't even close. high point with the qb keeper. not this time. they held the eagles to just 6 points. offensively the rams had no problems at all. they put up 45 points, including this touchdown pass. the rams rolled. 45-6. let's come into dc. teddy, as in theodore roosevelt one the race in football. how abo

patriots fall on it and that's the way the game ends. patriots win 29-26.session of first place in the afc east. jets now 3-4. >>> bucs and saints getting it going. about four hours up the road here in tampa. second quarter, bucs up a touchdown. drew brees puts one up. joseph morgan makes an acrobatic effort. dives into the end zone for the touchdown. his knee never hit the ground. he flips a defender over. keeps going in for the score. tied at 21-21. fourth quarter, bucs down a touchdown. fourth and goal from the nine. looks like the game-winning tie, right? game-tieing score. they call for an illegal touching penalty. he was shoved out of bounds by the defender. the first person to touch the ball when he came back in. you can't do that. game ends on a penalty. saints pull out the win 35-28. >>> the texans looking good against the ravens facing off a couple of afc heavy weights in houston. texans up six. joe flacco, torrey smith, no good. steps in front. takes it down the sideline. 52 yards for the touchdown. second for flacco. they win in a route, 43-13.

really in my ways seemed to question dukakis's pati patriot. here comes bill clinton.ring the vietnam war and participating in protests over there. george bush sr. on the campaign trail and the republicans started to play this up and coming close to questioning the patriotism of xwlibill clinton. bush brought it up and they went to clinton for a response. they think it can work here again. this is when we learned what a great and masterful communicator bill clinton is. this is how he handled it. >> i honor your service in world war ii. i honor mr. perot's service in the uniform and the service of any man and women who served, including admiral who is your chairman of the joint chiefs supporting me. when joe mccarthy went around this country attacking people's patriotism, he was wrong. he was wrong. and a senator from connecticut stood up to him named prescott bush, your father was right to stand up to joe mccarthy. you are wrong to attack my patriotism. i was opposed to the war, but i loved my country. we need a president who will bring this country together, not divid

jim: probably a hold against the patriots' secondary.: prior to the pass, holding, number 37 of the defense. five-yard penalty. automatic first down. jim: called on dennard. phil: how many times did i say they like to go short on these situations? he was trying to make a move to get down there. dennard, that is a hold from the start all the way. the play was designed for hill to make a little inside move then go deep. jim: ninkovich all over mcknight behind the line and a loss of two! phil: aggressive defense from the outside. not even blocked that time. joe mcknight, he's in there one running the football, jim. when he comes off the field, it is a bad limp. jim: they have hilliard. sanchez facing a second and 12. nate ebner, number 43, in there on the defense. sanchez. throws it. and it is caught by kerley. phil: wow. jim: that was a wobbler but right on it for 17. sanchez had big-time heat and he was able to shake it off. phil: it's a four-man rush and he stood, stepped up, and had to wait a long time. what pass protection. and you see

for example, red hot patriot is an excellent production, i'm sure, in many ways the left has a better job in entertaining people and bringing them in politics for an entertaining way. i think the right-hand side has an uphill claim to do that. i like being engaged in politics that way. >> i don't see kathleen's play about being right or left. she was an inspiration for women, molly. and she brought so much into politics that we lack so much. that was humor. and a genuine love of people. and she really respected people on both sides of the aisle. this is a woman in time of texas that was cowboy boots and the macho things. she was the texas thing of say, that is the ugliest dress i have ever seen, bless her heart. you put in that bless her heart and it makes it okay. in the political discussions we have today, we could use more of that and she created genre of politics where in texas it's a circus. she brought a new life to it. >> i do think we all need to let our hair down. that's a woman's prerogative. we need to do that. truly in this campaign and have a little fun and shucking and j