in the minuscule central vermont hamlet of plymouth. not particularly near anything save maple syrup and hillsides. he was not born rich nor poor. though by the standards of 1872, plymouth notch, his father colonel john coolidge, was a man of means. a general store keeper, insurance agent, farmer and politician. of his father calvin would write the lines he laid out were true and straight. and the curves regular. the work he did endured. and from his father's business, he learned this lesson which never left him. as i went about with my father when he collected taxes, i knew that when taxes were laid, someone had to work to earn money to pay them. of his mother, victoria josephine moore coolidge, he wrote, whatever was grand and beautiful in form and color attracted her. it seemed as though the rich green tints of the foliage came to her in the spring. and for autumn it was for her the mountain side was struck with crimson and gold. she died on her 39th birthday on march, 1885, five marches later calvin's younger sister, abigail, died.

he graduated from plymouth high school in 1996 and after marrying his high school sweetheart, that spring he enlisted in the army. he answered the call because of an uailing love of america and also the opportunity to make a life for his family in a career like no other. early on, he performed light-vehicle maintenance. in 2000, justin and his family moved to evans, georgia after he was assigned to fort gordon where he was strained as a satellite operator. he would go on to work in that capacity in south korea. last september, justin was assigned to the 16th signal company at fort hood. he had hoped to return to return to fort gordon. while at fort hood, he trained new soldiers and will be remembered by his fellow soldiers as a mentor with charm and quick witness and by -- quick witt and as a devoted father and husband. he is surveist by his wife of 14 years, 13-year-old daughter and two proud parents, daniel decrow and rhonda thompson. he will be missed by them and by a grateful nation forever debt to his deep heart and sense of service. joshua bimpfield died in afghanistan on february 1

plymouth, mass., chuck on the independent line. chuck, what do you think about the you cut program, a good idea or a gimmick? caller: it is a gimmick. anything that is not talking about jobs or trade at this time are just gimmicks. host: all right, and you have more? go ahead. caller: two things. if i buy something i pay 5% sales tax. if i do not i pay no tax. i want a 1% derivatives tax. second, get rid of the income tax. replace it with a net asset tax. i want to know what you are worth and i want 3% of it. if your a billionaire, you pay the most. if you are poor and over your head in debt, you pay nothing. host: let's leave it there. alec, a democrat, a cambridge, massachusetts. caller: at first i was confused by the boys are options. they did not seem to make any sense. but i wanted to vote anyway. the last issue seemed somewhat quickerable -- clickable so i seemed interested in that. it is a gimmick. it would be a good idea it was actually done for real. but that is probably not going to happen. i am a little disappointed at h

have just finished saying, when the immigrants began to come to the country, they first came to plymouth rock, massachusetts. in 1620, they were met by the natives, and tonight, we celebrate the traditional dinner. when they migrated out west, they found themselves in a great country, with a great people, and arizona was part of the state of mexico. and the united states was part of mexico. we are here today, to tell them, those forces that we want to have arizona and california back. that we want the state of texas back. that we're wanting to mexico returned. and that we what florida back. we are conquering those forces in this country as we concentrate on this rally, and we say this to the governor of arizona. tear up this bill, tear this up, because we're not going to stand any more of your racism. i have been marching for almost 50 years. i am is 73 years old. in 1955, they told me i could not swim at the beach. i started marching. a latino can swim there today. i was inspired by rosa parks and [unintelligible] and kennedy and two jewish americans who joined an african american young

don't see anything different in what they have done in the southwest, much less when we arrived on plymouthk. i like to know what makes you think you're so justified in what you're saying, and i'd like to know when the 370 treaties broken with the american indians, and when are they native people going to have their justice? and i would also like to know why they're trying to eliminate ethnic studies from the arizona curriculum. >> host: a lot to work with there, henry. >> guest: well, there's no doubt much of the treatment of the american -- native americans, american indians, is indefensible in terms terms of breaking treaties and in terms of conduct toward indian civilians and some of the mass keirs -- massacres that occurred, sam creek being one of the most' infamous ones. there were no doubt there were maybe -- many massacres of the settlers. hawaii, you're right there was a lot of duplicity there i think it's hard to justify how we came about with the annexation for hawaii. and as their puerto ricoan folks, i would give them -- their culture is different, their history and traditions

i see deep anxiety around and plymouth.eople are desperately concerned they're going to lose their jobs -- i see deep anxiety around unemployment. people are desperately concerned they're going to lose their jobs. people cannot go to college because their parents have lost their jobs. i see how tough it is for californians. in the end, that is why i am running for governor. i know california can be better than it is. we can create the california dream again. we can make sure everyone has a fair shot for a great education, the ability to greg -- get a great job, the ability to move up and out. what is true about california is -- it is not about where you have been, it is about where you're going. i think california can be better than it is. i see it every day on the campaign trail. i deeply understand the challenges that every californian phases. >> mr. poizner, how do you relate to the average californian? >> i started small businesses in silicon valley. i know what it is like to start and nothing in bill the new company fr