so he has gone and convinced the british that there is going to be an attack on staten island. and then, the eventual result is the fact that his army and the french army are able to move across new jersey without being attacked and as i am sure most of you are aware, make it down to virginia and cornwallis surrenders at yorktown. that gives you pretty much of a run through on the spycraft that was used during the american revolution. there are many more codes and ciphers that are in the book, and at this point, i would like to open it up to some questions. hopefully i will have some answers. we have won back their. wait for the mic please. >> could you comment on nathan hale? >> nathan hale was absolutely a very poor spy. i don't know if you are familiar with what has been found out. british general, the scottish general by the name of grant, his papers were found images become recently available. in there he identifies that robert rogers actually got hail to tell him that he was a spy and what the mission was, and hale should have kept his mouth shut. what he told rogers who

he operated mostly from staten island town and across from the creek and he would hide their rowboats right next to perth amboy. >> car and eight of the ciphers still used today by the government and if not what other types of technology has hidden? >> computers. [laughter] you can use your computer and in code messages far superior than was used with the american revolution. computers today who designed the croats were i talk about the one letter shift, that is one transaction. they would then take the one better shift can use different combinations and make multiple shifts. if you get into reading about the enigma machine and the japanese purple coat you will see they go into multiple layers of transcription and the only way to decoded is to use a computer. if you really needed mathematician today too do codes and ciphers at that level. one thing we used in the york was called the language of flowers. are a young girl at the putnam headquarters and on the top of broadway was a widow's watch should go up and observe the american troops then come down and draw paintings of flowers. th

one of my favorite examples of that era is, that's in the book, is in 1838, the staten island ferry ownerordered his captain of his fairies to ram a rival very. and i found these court accounts of people who are on that ferry, and is unbelievable. >> and and he almost did. >> and a passenger on the other very when they got to staten island, they ripped down at their house and nearly murdered to get into the present that unbelievable. it was good for the railroad era. and what's different about railroads? they are fixed piece of infrastructure so you have a price war but what could happen at the end? you have to come to some sort of terms because the other guy is still there. and due to the nature of railroads, because they were so capital intensive and larger workforce, that even if you had no business at all, you're running hardly any trade, your fixed expenses from just maintain and having a railroad were nervously high. they didn't go up very much when you start to run more and more trains. to a railroad that was in bad shape would cut prices, even if they were losing money, it is bett

i did not realize when you start fooling with this, you better stay as far away from staten island as you possibly can because there are people living there who did not appreciate interference with their income levels. we do create a government which can have problems because there are regulations that are tough to review. i think that is the worst the eagles. i suggest that this sort of neo- orthodoxy that i am suggesting is preferable to the new conservative orthodoxy of just saying no when any regulation of economic activity is suggested. third, i think government has an obligation to see to it that the social costs of private production and consumption that those decisions are internalized. that is, if gasoline costs $3 per gallon but does not include the cost of global warming or the health consequences of these emissions, those costs should be internalized. the consumer bears the full cost and less this audience which is increasingly selling begins moving its lips to chant "no new taxes," let me make two points. if you have regulation, you give permanent self sustaining bureaucr

host: staten island. caller: my comments to the host. -- complement to the host. [unintelligible] you have been so clear and concise in providing information. you should be in congress. my question, real quick. as far as the health insurance companies are concerned, is there any information on the breakdown as far as what they get and the services they provide? you have answered most of my questions. guest: i think your question is what of the insurance companies. to be required to do and pay. there are a number of things that affect them. they will not be able to reject you anymore in 2014. this year, they cannot cancel your policy which is a fairly rare occurrence it can be a big deal if you are in that 1%. that is going to be a change. they have to report how much they are spending on direct medical care such as administrative costs. some of it is disease management. there are salaries and profits. they will have to tell this secretary how much they are spending on each of those things. starting next year, if they do not reach a certain targets, they have to gi

. >> host: here's staten island, new york.here's david -- excuse me, katherine an independent line. i'm sorry about that. go ahead. >> caller: good morning. >> host: good morning. >> caller: jason, you are right on the money with your book. i was calling those people in the beginning. and they were going to be zombies because they don't see. they don't hear. nothing like it. these american people have to understand that obama is spending this money that he doesn't own. >> host: katherine we're going to let you go. and we're going to wrap up with jason. some final thoughts from our caller and our viewers. >> guest: i appreciate her support. she's from staten island, new york. i grew up in brooklyn, new york. to many americans buyers remorse have been set in. they may have been former zombies and they've been slapped back to reality because of policies or direct aim at their futures. and obama has what he promised has not materialized. and i just hope that many young people wake up or else their futures are in jeopardy. but also

we talked to one staten island realtor about what she was seeing. >> there are signs of improvement muchre showing a 3.5% increase in values, so we're showing a nice increase. hopefully it will climb more but that's where we're at. >> of course you need to understand that as of april 30th, the tax deduction for home buyers went way. people were trying to get in on that. >> shepard: one thing about the housing market that escapes us is that when housing sales are going well, it spreads to so many other industries. >> it's a domino effect. it goes to home depot and every home store. when consumers are happy, the economy really takes off. we're two-thirds of economic spending. >> shepard: you think of kitchen designers and landscapers. on and own the growth it creates and downturn when it's not going well. i wonder if there's so much moving in the houses, price are going up. >> you could hope but it's not happening yet. >> shepard: unless you're buying. >> they're up 3/10 of a%. some markets are doing better than others but you have to wait to see real improvement in price. >> shepard: i he

took the ferry to staten island. went to the classroom and had my opera binoculars on and that was not what i thought it was going to be. >> greg: you were escorted out, weren't you? >> i was. >> greg: it wasn't a real escort. >> either way, direquest it. >> greg: you are going to the hampton this is weekend. >> good times. >> all right. >> greg: do you have a comment on the show? email us. we have a direct voicemail line. still to come, the half-time report from the troubled andy leavy. >> the half-time report is sponsored by awesometown, fun things for a low price, but the streets of made of cheese. thanks awesometown usa. caller: welcome back. let's find out if we have gotten anything wrong. not a good game for the new york metros. but the bat swingers fail fod get the gig in the 3-1 anti-win. not a good time for the metros at all. as expected, the throwing rods or tossing hasn't been that good. >> subpar for the course. >> it won't matter unless the metros swat the steroids with more voltage. >> greg: i agree. th

she is from staten island i grew up in brooklyn. many americans buyer's remorse have said in. they may have been former zombies but now slop back to reality because policies are at a direct aim of their futures and what he has promised has not materialized. i hope many young people like up, -- wake up to realize a futures are in jeopardy but the g.o.p. has a conservative outreach to young people because they cannot conceive they don't -- the use of any longer. >> host: of 39 author of "obama zombies" how the liberal machine brainwashed my generation" thank you for being with us today. jason mattera >> it is early april we're at the organization of american historians are meeting we're in the book publishing section and goolsbee 21 of the authors were featured here. having in a book come out called books as weapons. what is an interesting concept to tell the story of what? >> guest: it tells the story of a joint effort of the american government and the book publishers to help win the piece as lynette -- as well as the war but to provide the opportunity for publishers to get th

host: staten island, go ahead. caller: these nuclear weapons have kept us say for a long time, and the money we waste in this country, we should keep them up to par. i think that is a good thing. the chinese are updating their nukes every day, and we have done nothing with ours. as far as an accidental war, it has not happened yet. i am a veteran, and they say in the service, if it is not broken, do not fix it. thank you. guest: on the cost issue, you are right, that is not the issue. on the issue of china possible nuclear arsenal, somewhere around 150 weapons -- the u.s. has 1500 deployed after this agreement goes into effect. it will be decades before china gets to a point where we feel they are any nuclear competitor. as for whether it is necessary to keep a nuclear arsenal for our safety or whether it is a risk, it is both. nuclear deterrence has a strategy, but it is a limited role. host: how important was bid for the president to have that new start treaty stunnesigned befors nuclear summit? guest: very good.

staten island. caller: first of all, these nuclear weapons have kept us safe. the money we are wasting in this country should be spent keeping these things up to par. the chinese are updating their nukes every day. as far as an act of war, and has not happened yet. as they say in the service, if it ain't broke, do not fix it. guest: on the cost issue, you are right, that is not the issue. on the issue of china possible nuclear arsenal, somewhere around 150 weapons -- the u.s. has 1500 deployed after this agreement goes into effect. it will be decades before china gets to a point where we feel they are any nuclear competitor. as for whether it is necessary to keep a nuclear arsenal for our safety or whether it is a risk, it is both. nuclear deterrence has a strategy, but it is a limited role. host: how important was bid for the president to have that new start treaty stunnesigned befors nuclear summit? guest: very good. these sorts of agreements take a long time. the fact is, this allows them to get both documents done. this is crucial for the obama administrati