the patriot act went on to be used to shred the rights of u.s. citizens in ways that made even senate intelligence committee members senator ron wyden exclaim when the american people find out how their government has secretly interpreted the patriot act they will be stunned and they will be angry. and let's not forget according to former senator ron paul one of the few dissenting votes out that time that the patriot act was written many many many years before nine eleven . so as we remember of the sixteenth anniversary of nine eleven let's honor the memory of all those lost both that day and in the wars that followed. we do this by learning from the mistakes we made when we let those with fear in their hearts and power in their minds take over the helm because we stopped watching the hall. with the. real thing. at the bottom. like you that i got. that. we. rolled over on the watching the hawks i am tired but for. the taboo. yeah it's always really tough for anybody. to have to sit and relive that day no matter where you are whether you were in n

patriot act came from kind of. it's wishful thinking it's not quite police day but it's sort of police state of the mind because now we all believe we're all being watched because we are we all know that that all these things happen which then drives people underground and that's where you get the dark weapon everything else because everyone knows. it doesn't make people do things less it just makes them become more nefarious about it now talking about the patriot act specifically i think that's the one that really looking back we have to have some kind of. perspective on because as the american civil liberties union states while most americans think it was created to catch terrorists the patriarch actually turns regular citizens into suspects so under the patriot act they had these things called national security letters we talked about him a lot on their show they were issued without judge's approval and by the f.b.i. in order to obtain a citizen's personal information and patriot act out their computer records c

in order to obtain a citizen's personal information and patriot act so their computer records credit history of banking history and between two thousand and three and two thousand and six the f.b.i. issued about one hundred ninety two thousand and gander just think think of a guess guess how many of those one hundred ninety two four hundred ninety nine thousand national security letters lead to a terror related conviction i don't know. a couple hundred couple. hundred thousand one one one terror related convictions from all those national but i think the most egregious one is the sort of sneak and peak road with searches so the federal. patriot act allows the federal government to law enforcement agencies to delay giving notice when they cannot face artist secret searches of americans homes or offices which is the it's a really fun to fundamentally challenges the fourth amendment and our privacy protections which has been sort of this well it's not that important because we're you know we're fighting terrorism and the war that never ends and one that is morning with fighting terroris

intercept and obstruct terrorism act of two thousand and one or as it's more commonly called the patriot act introduced by republican representative jim sensenbrenner just over a month after the attacks the three hundred forty two page bill was quickly passed through the house and senate with very little objection or dissent let's be honest most congressmen and women probably never even read the thing because they barely read bills in the first place the patriot act went on to be used to shred the rights of u.s. citizens in ways that made even senate intelligence committee members senator ron wyden exclaim when the american people find out how their government has secretly interpret the patriot act they will be stunned and they will be angry. and let's not forget according to former senator ron paul one of the few dissenting votes at that time that the patriot act was written many many many or eleven. remember the first three of nine eleven. all those lost both on that day and in the wars that followed. we do this by learning from the mistakes we made . with the power. to take over the e

wait a minute, the president really just is patriotic and these people, by insinuation are not patriotic and by the way, if they want to attack police officers who don't think or defending them, why not look at the people who are protecting them on the sidelines? she said that a bit sarcastically, but i think what she was trying to do was deflect. >> all right. i want to bring in jim acosta, jim, we saw sarah sanders, she sort of cut you off there on the heels of asking whether the president is trying to wage a culture war, and she claims that no, he's not. >>. >> reporter: hi, pam, that's right. what we heard from sarah sand sers this is not about race and you heard repeatedly during the briefing today, the white house trying to say no, that the president wants to honor the american flag and wants to see athletes do the same thing at sporting events. i wasn't given a follow-up question like my other colleagues in the room, but why is it that the president was seeming to go after african-american athletes and he went after colin kaepernick in alabama friday night and went after steph cur

the chiefs destroyed the patriots. we get here the next week for a sunday night game against cincinnati and they are going crazy. brady almost gets sacked in the end zone. the ball has to come out. >> cris: completely. it has to be completely out of the end zone. if one tip of the ball is on the line as he goes down. justin houston is starting to look an awful like justin houston. >> al: kansas city now with three sacks. third and 24. brady dumps one. talking about the game in 14. they get killed. we come in to new england. talk radio is going wild. what are they talking about. brady might be finished. give garoppolo a chance. belichick lost his magic. >> cris: and can we trust belichick anymore. there were crazy headlines. >> al: it was wild. that is the game after the game in the press conference when belichick said we are on to cincinnati. we are on to cincinnati. come in here the following week and they destroyed the bengals. >> al: allen with the punt. out of bounds at about the 45 yard line. here are some of the

back when pete patriotism was allowed let's not get it twisted for his sake in these billionaire owners like jerry jones of the dells. and kraft and the patriots they could care less about civil rights they could care less about the state of black america in this struggle against police terror but they knew that if they sided with the troll who was extremely unpopular in all spheres of american society the owner is risked a walkout some type of players strike there was such incredible unity among the players that the owners had no choice but to lock arm with the players they were protecting their own interests and their own bottom line. despite british newspapers best efforts to put off their football fans from coming here to moscow thousands of the championship matches and they've been telling us what kind of welcome they really have received it's among all stories still ahead. what politicians do to them. they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or something want to be that's. what you going to be this is what the three of the peop

anthony was a patriot. dissidents are patriots. schoolteachers and social workers ar patriots and yet at yankee stadium, shift sports, not only play the national anthem before the game but "god bless america" at the seventh inning stretch every year and say, please rise as the yankees honor a military guest. i have no problem with that. i stand every time i'm in the ballpark no matter what it is, i stand. and certainly respect the military person they bring out there. but never a schoolteacher, or social worker. patriotism comes in many forms, and what has happened is that it's been conflated with -- with kind of a bumper sticker kind of flag waving, and with the military only. so that people cannot see that in his own way, colin kaepernick, however imperfectly, is doing a patriotic thing and so, too, are some other players. >> what do you think this does this season for football? will it hurt rating? >> no. increases interest. yesterday every telecast including sunday night football on nbc showed the national anthem. generally spe

back when the patriotism was allowed let's not get it twisted for his sake in these billionaire owners like jerry jones of the day. in kraft in the pages they could care less about civil rights they could care less about the state of black america in this struggle against police terror but they knew that if they sided with the troll who was extremely unpopular in all spheres of american society the owners risked a walk some type of players strike there was such incredible unity among the players that the owners had no choice but the logs are in with the players they were protecting their own interests and their own bottom was. don't miss a beat get your news on the move if you can download the news up right now if i'm back in just a were time with more global news from moscow. in . seen over. the. oh he asked me to the magic moments it's almost funny yes. i could introduce you eat it is home to most drug syndicate. tomatoes it's a. good deal of the full grown people of the. people .

stop to what they called aid patriotism returning to trump's own to ride against the n.f.l. teams arthur blank owner of the atlanta falcons says trump creates division and undermines the ideals of american democracy but the falcons got a total of eight hundred seventy nine thousand dollars in just four years now robert kraft of the new england patriots said that he was deeply disappointed by trump's comments but a couple of years before that his team got seven hundred thousand dollars of funds for national anthem ceremonies now trumps remarks were divisive and this respectful the criticism coming from terry and kim the owners of the buffalo bills they took six hundred fifty thousand dollars from the d.o.d. back when pete patriotism was allowed let's not get it twisted for his sake in these billionaire owners like jerry jones of the. craft the pages they could care less about civil rights they could care less about the state of black america in this struggle against police terror but they knew that if they sided with the troll who was extremely unpopular in all spheres of ame

back when pete patriotism was allowed let's not get it twisted for his sake in these billionaire owners like jerry jones of the day. in kraft in the pages they could care less about civil rights they could care less about the state of black america in this struggle against police terror but they knew that if they sided with the troll who was extremely unpopular in all spheres of american society the owners risked a walk of some type of players strike there was such incredible unity among the players that the owners had no choice but the logs are in with the players they were protecting their own interests and their own bottom was. despite british newspapers best efforts to put off football fans from coming to moscow falcons are championship matches and they've been telling us exactly what kind of welcome they've really received it's among all stories. in case you're new to the game this is how. the economy is built around. washington washington. voters elected the businessman to run this country business. you must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before

the racial divisions in america and he really talked up patriotism. now patriotism is the way the white house has turned this argument, to say that what's happening on the field and what the president is talking about is only about patriotism. it's a very absolutist view solve what patriotism might mean. >> last word from bill rhode. >> here's what i think, though, what the president's done has got everybody defensive. on the defensive. this is a time when the pro leagues, nfl, major league baseball, nba, what do we do now? the whole world is looking at us. what do you do now? if you're major league baseball, 33% of your players are from the caribbean, from central america, whatever, and you got the caribbean and puerto rico, let's now do something. because there's a vacancy in leadership and in this vacancy of leadership, now i think is the nfl's -- let's do something. so the nfl p.a. leader has got to say, okay, we've done the dealing, we've done the name calling, now let's be proactive and let's do something. nba, same thing. we got this tremendous

they tried to jam through this bill and named it the usa patriot act. i was chairman of the constitution subcommittee, i thought maybe i better read it. so i read it. i found out it was real lnly an attempt to do a lot of things depriving americans of freedom, had to do with drug cases than terrorism. bob novak, late conservative commentator, tavis, said it was an old wish list of the fbi. i tried to sound the alarm this thing was basically taking advantage of a terrorist attack to get other agendas taken care of. i decided to protest by voting no. i wasn't able to stop it but it did help galvanize a national opposition to this that was, frankly, even stronger sometimes than some of the most conservative states in the union like montana or idaho or alaska as well as the more liberal areas because people sometimes get unified on not wanting the government intruding onto completely innocent behavior. >> a moment like that, how many times were you labeled anti-american for that vote? >> well, you get called a lot of things and i remember the bush administr

i'm with patriot prayer. i have come out with a bunch of other patriots from the west coast.ing their butts off on the west coast to stand up for free speech in some of the most darkest intolerant cities in the united states of america. unfortunately, washington, d.c. is also one of the darkest cities in the united states of america, one of the most corrupt cities, most corrupt spots in the world, filled with lie, filled with deception. there's so much going on in this country right now we have to wake up. i'm telling you guy, there's so much going on in this country and too many of us are sleeping. the reason why you guys come out here today you know there's something not right, you know there's things going on in this country we have to fix. it starts with some foundational things. one of the biggest things we have to understand as a country we need to admit the fact that we have problems at a cultural level no politician will fix for this country. no president will fix some of these problems. the problems in this culture and this country comes from you guy, we have so many

those people are patriots, too. no one has a license on patriotism. >> because it's not about the flag, don. look at what happened tonight. when jerry jones and the members of the dallas cowboys knelt before the game tonight, they were still booed even though there was no flag on the film and no national anthem being played. it was clearly not about the flag. if it was about the flag, donald trump would have done something or said something about the people who were waving confederate flags in charlottesville and demanded they be fired from their jobs. but instead what he did is he went to alabama, the cradle of the old south, the deep south, he went to alabama, to a near ly all-white audience and told them and told mostly white owners of the nfl how to control their young black buck, how to control their black athletes. and this is about plantation politics that you see from the 19th century. the idea of the president of the united states telling people to fire private employees, private american citizens for exerc

back when paid patriotism was allowed let's not get it twisted for his sake in these billionaire owners like jerry jones of the. craft the pages they could care less about civil rights they could care less about the state of black america in this struggle against police terror but they knew that if they sided with the troll who was extremely unpopular in all spheres of american society the owner is risked a walk some type of players strike there was such incredible unity among the players that the owners had no choice but the laws are in with the players they were protecting their own interests and their own bottom would. the way the world looks this i would you make out in thirty minutes i'll be here to update you again thanks for watching. i'm on a few. some of my eggs from the future trucker watch kaiser. about your sudden passing i've only just learned you worry yourself in taking your last wrong turn. you're out caught up to us we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry i could so i write these last words in hopes to put to rest these things that i never got off my chest. i remember

. >> from patriots owner bob kraft, quarterback tom brady to lebron james, on live tv today. players locking arms across the country. tensions boiling over among fans. and tonight, the white house is asked, with north korea, with health care, with the emergency in puerto rico, why this? why now? >>> all of this as the governor of puerto rico says they are dealing with a humanitarian disaster, that they need help. >>> hurricane maria. tropical storm warnings along parts of the east coast right now. >>> chaos and arrests on the hill tonight. protesters worried about losing their health insurance hauled off. republicans can only afford to lose one more vote. and a key senator on the fence tonight. is she about to reveal her decision? >>> and smoke suddenly filling the cabin today. passengers making a quick escape. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a monday night. and we begin with president trump, his words about some players and the nfl, and the backlash, dividing fans. and leading to players and team owners, some of whom supported the president, to n

down since there's a lot of talk about respect and pride when it comes to your country here is a patriot senator mccain i was appalled to learn last month that many of the ceremonies honoring members of our armed services at n.f.l. games are not actually being conducted out of a sense of patriotism but for profit in the form of millions of dollars in taxpayers' money going from the department of defense to wealthy enough they'll franchise back in two thousand and fifteen mr mccain came out with a detailed report on how n.f.l. national anthem celebrations were actually being paid for by the part of the fence here's where the taxpayers' dollars were going to on field. regard performances of the national anthem and full field flag ceremonies now this report lists sports teams who got the cash for patriotic ceremonies however the funds have dried up since twenty sixteen as senators put a stop to what they called aid patriotism returning to trump's own to rot against the n.f.l. teams arthur blank owner of the atlanta falcons says trump creates division and undermines the ideals of american de

the patriots, for example, our cue card wally he loves the patriots, and i love wally.eah, give it up for wally. [ cheers and applause ] even though i would say two to three days a week he wears a patriots shirt, as if to mock me. [ light laughter ] we had an actual patriot on our show, julian edelman. here's a photo of him. he was just a lovely guy. we had a wonderful time. he gave me a patriots hat, which i promptly threw in the garbage. [ light laughter ] that's not true, wally asked me for it and i told wally buy your own [ bleep ] hat. [ laughter ] and then i threw it in the garbage, but -- [ light laughter ] but the thing is, i hate the patriots but also i don't, but i really do. and i also love the steelers so much that i love the players, i genuinely love, again -- this is all irrational. i understand this is all irrational. i love players that i've never met, that i've never spoken to, but i will say, what i realized this week is because i love these players it would be crazy for me not to want to hear what they wanted to express, the actual feelings they had a

the chiefs destroyed the patriots. we get here the next week for a sunday night game against cincinnati and they are going crazy. brady almost gets sacked in the end zone. the ball has to come out. >> cris: completely. it has to be completely out of the end zone. if one tip of the ball is on the line as he goes down. justin houston is starting to look an awful like justin houston. >> al: kansas city now with three sacks. third and 24. brady dumps one. talking about the game in 14. they get killed. we come in to new england. the papers are going crazy. talk radio is going wild. what are they talking about. brady might be finished. give garoppolo a chance. belichick lost his magic. >> cris: and can we trust belichick anymore. there were crazy headlines. >> al: it was wild. that is the game after the game in the press conference when belichick said we are on to cincinnati. we are on to cincinnati. come in here the following week and they destroyed the bengals. >> al: allen with the punt. out of bounds at about the 45 yard

they're patriots. but at the same time they want to bring attention to injustices to include issues of police-involved shootings that have been happening. we listened to spike lee a little while ago. he was ahead of his time and do the right thing. i mean, this has been going on really this policing issue with blacks in this country has been going on since slavery. and we're in 2017 now. and this take taking a knee has at least put a spotlight on the issue. >> listen, if you listen to the town hall before this, the conversations and peoples' opinion, the way they feel about it, much more nuanced than the president. even the nfl and the players have nuanced perspectives. the president is very one-sided. it's this way, my way or the highway and if you don't see it this way, then you're wrong. how does the president's base react when they hear these words? >> i think in their day to day conversation, their views are nuanced like everyone else's is. what april has said is really interesting that the protes

you are either with him or you are against patriotism. it's a difficult thing when that's the position he's chosen. so go carefully. howie: we'll have to punt for now. but i'm glad we had this extra time. i think this debate will be really hot. mollie hemingway, thank you very much. we'll be right back. howie: charles payne 9 fox business host recently returned to work after a charge of sexual harassment by a guest. she has sued fox news and payne alleging he pressured her to have sex against her will over a two-year period. she says she has been living in absolute hell. payne's lawyer says he vehemently denies the allegations. and the latest lawsuit has no merit and is shameful and we'll vigorously defend it. apparently it took some time to find someone willing to file this bogus case. you may have heard about big lineup changes at fox. laura ingraham is starting a nightly show at 10:00 eastern. and a live 11:00 p.m. newscast. sean hannity goes to 9:00 p.m. eastern and "the five" goes back to 5:00. that's it for this edition of made what

the president of the united states is laying down markers about what is acceptable, what kind of patriotism should be demanded from american citizens and what kind of protest against the country is acceptable and not acceptable. and that's not something that we have seen before, at least in a long time, even from republicans that have publicly been against things like flag burning. and i think that's what rubs a lot of people the wrong way. not the people i spoke to in alabama, not a lot of other republicans and people that lean conservative across the country. but i think that's what makes this a very, very tricky situation for the president. because it is fine for the nfl and any private business to decide that if they're losing money they're going to demand of their employees if they decide a certain level of behavior as public figures. that's something that i deal with and we all deal with in our own business because we don't just represent ourselves but we represent the mastheads that we work for. but it's not something that the government of the united states is constitutionally permi

because their patriotism is a shallow patriotism that seeks more to divide, demean, degrade others and lift themselves up than do what a real patriot should be doing in america, finding ways to advance our country and unite this nation to greater understanding and a more courageous empathy. >> senator cory booker, appreciate your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> for more on the president's embrace of the cultural war, let me bring in josh marshall and author of "the tears we cannot stop." to cory booker's point, i was going through copies of a book called "nixon land" from our friend rick pearlstein. what donald trump wants to do is run against colin kaepernick, anti-fa and undergraduates. and it's not just a think on top of the thing he's doing. >> right. >> while he's trying to get health care passed. it's the thing he's doing. >> when he talks about health care, it's hard for me to say he's even lying about the policies because i don't think he knows what is in these bills. it's irrelevant to him. but this stuff is really relevant to him and it's primal. your analogy of talk radio is

those people are patriots, too. no one has a license on pa patriotism. >> because it's not about the flag, don. they were still booed even though there was no flag on the film and no national anthem being played. if it was about the flag, donald trump would have done something or said something about the people who were waving confederate flags in charlottesville and demanded they be fired from their jobs. but instead what he did is he went to alabama, to nearly an all-white audience and told them and told mostly white owners of the nfl how to control their young black buck, how to control their black athletes. and this is about plantation politics that you see from the 19th century. the idea of the president of the united states telling meme to fire private employees, private american citizens for exercising their constitutional rights, and the majority of those american citizens happen to be african-american, it's terribly troubling. it's racial politics. nothing it to with the flag. it's all about donald trump's

patriots and texas, patriots down five. tom brady threw for 378 yards. 25 yards here.oth neat and pats go up three. shawn watson with one last effort for houston. hail mary, and prayer not answered. picked off in the end zone. patriots go on to win 36-33. controversial finish. detroit down four. goal is called touchdown. review the play, see he was done at half yard line. knee is down. if they call on the field correct. the clock would have kept running. so they add ten-second run off but only eight seconds left so lions don't get another shot and falcons win 30-26. >>> a sweep for the rangers. seventh straight win. kneeling for the second straight day for the anthem. first major league player to do so. pitching a gym. allow one hit. struck out six batters. left the game for precautionary reasons in the fifth. oakland giving him run support he needed. see ya. five-run fifth, 41st home run of the season. winning season high eight straight. 8-1, the final speeping the rangers. giants in l.a. facing the dodgers. grandal providing all three runs for los angeles. bottom fou

just for the patriot, huh? >> just for the patriots. not fair.ce yourself for the latest culinary craze. raw chicken. >> yeah, he said raw chicken. so far only a few restaurants in the united states are serving this so-called chicken sashimi. it's prepared by boiling or searing the chicken for no more than 10 seconds. >> health and safety experts say that's not nearly long enough to kill such harmful microbes as salmonella and even in japan where it's more popular officials are requesting restaurants heat the meat to at least room temperature. >> oh, that's even worse than if it was just cold. by the way, i have some good news for you. >> yeah. >> it turns out they are making those glasses for other teams, not just the patriots. >> okay. that takes our mind off raw chicken. >> i was just trying to distract. more news after this. just walk right in and pay zero dollars with most insurance. plus, when you get a flu shot at walgreens, you help provide a lifesaving vaccine to a child in need through the un foundation. it's that easy to get your flu s

the world who hope for better lives for themselves and their children is a basic one are we still patriots do we love our nations enough to protect their sovereignty and to take ownership of their futures do re reveal them enough to defend their interests preserve their cultures and ensure a peaceful world for their citizens one of the greatest american patriots john adams wrote that the american revolution was effected before the war commenced their revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people that was the moment when america awoke when we looked around and understood that we were a nation we realized who we were what we valued and what we would give our lives to defend from its very first moments the american story is the story of what is possible. when people take ownership of their future the united states of america has been among the greatest forces for good in the history of the world and the greatest defenders of sovereignty security and prosperity for all now we are calling for a great reawakening of nations for the revival of this spirits their pride their people and thei

like the patriotism versus free speech angle. ourselves that basically symbolizes being a patriot. that's what this country -- you know, was founded on. >> that's what the human is being founded on. we should have the right to speak our minds and say what we want, no matter what nation we live in. >> we boil it down to the personalization and think of what colin kaepernick tried to do. >> right. >> now he's out of a job. he's a free agent. i mean, like you were saying you're friends with him. is he frustrated by that or is he trying to raise awareness for social injustice not in this country but around the world? >> i think it's both. i think honestly we all see as i believe he's being black balled. he's a super talented player who has a lot more game left in him. and then ultimately he'll go down in history as someone who stood for what he believed in and you know your football career is only so long. but now people will recognize him, you know, for generations. >> his legacy is kind of cemented right now. >> absolutely. >> we k

. >> they say it's not patriotic but it is not patriotic of the president not acknowledging our rights.>> reporter: players were kneeling and linking arms during the national anthem. some did not come out onto the field until after the anthem was over. all in response to president donald trump's call from owners -- for owners to fire the players who refused to stand for the national anthem.>> these are our first responders and should be treated with respect. if you get on your knees and not respect the national flag and the anthem that is not patriotic. this has to do with respect for our country and respect for our flag. >> reporter: now president donald trump's comments highlighting a risk in our society. some americans say athletes have a right to free speech. others feral -- feel their actions are assigned of disrespect. >> [inaudible]. >> reporter: this as president donald trump's defense secretary chooses not to weigh in on monday.>> the secretary of defense defense the country. >> reporter: they say they have not had pushback from advertisers yet. if the president wants to open

ago to your browser and put in patriot necklace.com.upport our veterans and that's owned by the same gentleman supplying all the sound and lighting and stage and two trucks driving here. patriot necklace. sean lowery is responsible for this, folks. the only payment he said he would accept is he actually get something in return and that means we can go and get 100, 200 necklaces from him for $10, 10% goes to 22 kill-- oh, 20% of the $10 goes to 22 kill, a veterans organization and he does it every monday of every week, so if you order a bulletin necklace right now, it helps to pay for this staff. please can round of applause to mr. sean lowery patriot necklace.com. [applause]. >> appreciate that. we have the next four speakers over here. we have a lot of speakers left so we will try to keep the speeches to about 10, 15 minutes tops and if you still want to speak and you have not registered, please go to the tent and get your name so we can get you in here to speak. so, the nest-- next person i would like to call up is another person doin

. >> the patriots celebrated their super bowl win before their game with kansas city, and the chiefs kind of ruined the party. kansas city's offense rolled up -- >> oh! >> big numbers. jack is clearly very upset about this as you can hear. the chiefs won it, 42-27. the 42 points are the most surrendered by a patriots' team during coach belichick's tenure. >> very strong feelings i sense. >> i'm expressing the feelings of a nation. >> or maybe just new york, jack. >> high-five, jack. >> not at all. >> also before the game, the patriots did something special for the teenager who helped find tom brady's missing super bowl jerseys. that's dillon wagner on the right presented with a signed number 12 patriots jersey, presented by robert kraft. >> try it again next time, dillon. >> sorry, dillon. >> and venus williams was two points from reaching her first u.s. open final in 15 years. instead, she's on her way home. sloane stephens sagtaged a furis come back, moments later, she finished off williams to reach her first grand slam title of her career. >> i don't give up, like i'm not going to

patriotism led the poles to die to save poland, the french to fight for a free france, and the brits to stand strong for britain. today, if we do not invest ourselves, our hearts, and our minds in our nations, if we will not build strong families, safe communities, and healthy societies for ourselves, no one can do it for us. we cannot wait for someone else, for faraway countries or far-off bureaucrats -- we can't do it. we must solve our problems, to build our prosperity, to secure our futures, or we will be vulnerable to decay, domination, and defeat. the true question for the united nations today, for people all over the world who hope for better lives for themselves and their children, is a basic one: are we still patriots? do we love our nations enough to protect their sovereignty and to take ownership of their futures? do we revere them enough to defend their interests, preserve their cultures, and ensure a peaceful world for their citizens? one of the greatest american patriots, john adams, wrote that the american revolution was "effected before the war commenced. the revoluti