Pat: WELL, WELCOME,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO
THIS EDITION OF THE "THE 700
CLUB."
IT LOOKS LIKE THE CAMPAIGN
FOR PRESIDENT COMING UP NEXT
YEAR WILL BE BASED ON TAXES
AND SPENDING.
THE REPUBLICANS ARE STAKING
A BOLD CLAIM TO FAIR,
FLATTER TAXES, AND I THINK
THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF
IT.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE RICK
PERRY HAS ANNOUNCED HIS PLAN
TO KICK THE ECONOMY OFF, AND
HIS CAMPAIGN INTO HIGH
GEAR.
IT'S AN OPTIONAL FLAT TAX.
Terry: AND, PAT, THE
TEXAS GOVERNOR CALLS HIS
IDEA "CUT, BALANCE, AND
GROW."
PERRY IS HOPING TO TRANSFORM
AMERICA'S TAX SYSTEM.
[APPLAUSE]
Reporter: SPEAKING FROM
A PLASTICS MANUFACTURER IN
SOUTH CAROLINA, A KEY EARLY
PRIMARY STATE, TEXAS
GOVERNOR RICK PERRY
ANNOUNCED A PLAN THAT WOULD
LET TAXPAYERS THROW OUT THE
CURRENT TAX CODE AND REPLACE
IT WITH A 20% TAX.
THIS IS THE SIZE THAT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
TAXPAYERS WILL BE ABLE TO
FILL THIS OUT AND FILE THEIR
TAXES ON THAT.
Reporter: MORTGAGE
INTERESTS AND CHARITABLE
CONTRIBUTIONS WOULD STILL BE
DEDUCTIBLE IN HOUSEHOLDS
MAKING LESS THAN $500,000.
YOU'RE FIRST $12,500 OF
INCOME WOULD BE EXEMPT.
AND AMERICANS WHO WANT TO
STAY IN THE CURRENT TAX
SYSTEM CAN.
HE CALLS IT "CUT, BALANCE,
AND GROW."
AND SOME FISCAL
CONSERVATIVES SAY THE
FLAT-TAX PORTION OF TERRY'S
PLAN COULD HELP IGNITE THIS
STAGNANT ECONOMY.
IN A GROWING ECONOMY, YOU
HAVE TO HAVE CAPITAL
FORMATION.
GETTING TO A SIMPLE FLAT TAX
I THINK WOULD BE A GREAT
THING.
ROCKET FUEL FOR THIS
ECONOMY.
Reporter: PERRY SAYS HE
WOULD BALANCE THE FEDERAL
BUDGET IN EIGHT YEARS, AND
SUGGESTS THIS PLAN WILL
CREATE NEARLY THREE MILLION
JOBS.
HOW?
A ONE-TIME TAX OF 5.25% ON
OVERSEAS PROFITS THAT
AMERICAN BUSINESSES WANT TO
BRING HOME.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT IS THE
KIND OF ECONOMIC STIMULUS
THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA COULD
HAVE ACHIEVED IF HE WASN'T
SO HELL-BENT ON PASSING BIG
GOVERNMENT SCHEMES
THAT
HAVE
FAILED AMERICAN WORKERS.
Reporter: PERRY
HAS HAD
SUCCESS RAISING MONEY, BUT
HE IS LAGGING IN THE POLLS.
HE IS LOOKING TO REENERGIZE
THIS CAMPAIGN AFTER FACING
CRITICISM FOR NOT HAVING AN
ECONOMIC PLAN.
AND HE
IS ALSO
TAKING ON
ENTITLEMENT SPENDING.
ON SOCIAL SECURITY, HE WANTS
TO RAISE THE RETIREMENT
AGE.
HE WOULD LOCK UP THE SOCIAL
SECURITY TRUST FUND TO KEEP
CONGRESS FROM WRITING
I.O.U.s, AND ALLOW YOUNG
WORKERS TO INVEST A PORTION
OF THEIR BENEFITS.
TOWNHALTOWNHALL.COM
PRESIDENT CALLS TERRY'S PLAN
AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THE
CURRENT TAX CODE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
HAS BEEN ABUNDANTLY CLEAR
THROUGH THIS ECONOMIC MESS
IS PART OF THE CULPRIT IS
THE TAX CODE THAT IS SO CON
VU -- CONVOLUTED THAT THE
ONLY PEOPLE MAKING MONEY ARE
THE TAX MEN.
Reporter: AND THE
DEBATE WILL NOW DEEPEN AMONG
REPUBLICANS AS PERRY FINALLY
BUMPS PLANS WITH HERMAN
CAIN'S "9-9-9".
THE QUESTION IS IF HE CAN
SELL IT, AND IF HE CAN GET
THE SAME KIND OF BUZZ HERMAN
CAIN HAS ABOUT "9-9-9".
Pat: IT'S A WONDERFUL
PLAN.
MY ONLY CRITICISM RIGHT NOW
WOULD BE THE FACT THAT HE
STILL LEAVES MORTGAGE
INTEREST IN AS A DEDUCTION.
WE OUGHT TO STOP DEDUCTING.
THE CANADIANS DON'T HAVE
DEDUCTIONS FOR MORTGAGES AND
THEY DO VERY WELL.
AND THE REAL ESTATE LOBBY,
OF COURSE, WANTS IT.
IF YOU HAVE A LOW, FLAT TAX,
YOU REALLY DON'T NEED TO
WORRY ABOUT DEDUCTIONS.
IT IS BOLD.
HE IS TAKING A BOLD STEP BY
INCREASING THE AGE OF SOCIAL
SECURITY, WHICH IS LONG
OVERDUE.
THE IDEA OF BRINGING BACK OR
REPATRIATING THE PROFITS OF
MANUFACTURING OVERSEAS WITH
A 5% TAX IS A GOOD THING.
HE IS GOING TO ALLOW,
THOUGH, BUSINESSES WHO DO
BUSINESS OVERSEAS TO NOT BE
TAXED ON THE MONEY THAT THEY
MAKE FROM, LIKE, CHINA OR
INDONESIA OR WHEREVER
THEY'RE DOING BUSINESS.
ONLY WHAT'S -- IT WILL BE
TERRITORIAL.
WHATEVER IS MADE IN THE
UNITED STATES WILL BE TAXED
IN THE UNITED STATES.
WHICH MOST COUNTRIES DO.
IT'S A GREAT PLAN.
AND WHETHER RICK PERRY CAN
NOW SELL IT, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT WE SALUTE IT AND WISH
HIM WELL.
BUT THE WHOLE CONCEPT,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IS
THIS TAX CODE WE'VE GOT IS A
MONSTROSITY.
AND WE UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU
CONSIDER ALL OF THE
CALCULATION FOR THE A.M. T.,
YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY
$460 BILLION A YEAR OF
COMPLIANCE COSTS, JUST WHAT
IT COSTS TO FILL OUT THOSE
FORMS.
WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THIS.
AND A FLAT TAX IS PROBABLY
THE ANSWER TO -- A TIME THAT
HAS COME.
WHEN I WAS RUNNING, I
ADVOCATED A FLAT TAX WAY,
WAY BACK IN 1988.
I ADVOCATED A NUMBER OF
THINGS.
I WANTED THE DEDUCTIBILITY
OF DIVIDENDS, AND IT HAS
TAKEN THEM A WHILE TO CATCH
UP.
LEE WEBB HAS THE REST OF OUR
TOP STORIES FROM THE CBN
NEWSROOM.
Reporter: PAT,
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS UNVEILING
A NEW ECONOMIC PLAN TO HELP
COLLEGE GRADUATES TO REPAY
THEIR STUDENT LOANS.
HE SAYS IT WILL HELP
STUDENTS CONSOLIDATE LOANS
AND GET LOWER INTEREST RATES
AND LOWER THEIR MONTHLY
PAYMENTS.
HALF OF COLLEGE GRADUATES
FROM PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES HAD
ABOUT $22,000 IN DEBT.
COLLEGE STUDENTS WERE SOME
OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S MOST
FAITHFUL SUPPORTERS IN THE
2008 ELECTION.
EUROPEAN LEADERS ARE RACING
THE CLOCK TO FIND A SOLUTION
FOR THE CONTINENT'S MASSIVE
DEBT CRISIS.
OFFICIALS ARE MEETING IN
BELGIUM TO COME UP WITH A
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO KEEP
THE DISASTER FROM
SPREADING.
BEFORE THAT MEETING, ITALIAN
LEADERS CAME UP WITH CUT
BASEBALBACKS FOR THAT
COUNTRY, BUT EUROPEAN
LEADERS ARE STRUGGLING WITH
OTHER KEY ISSUES, LIKE
REDUCING GREECE'S DEBT.
FORMER CHAIRMAN ALAN
GREENSPAN SAYS THE MAJOR
PROBLEM IS THE DIVIDE
BETWEEN THE NORTHERN AND
SOUTHERN COUNTRIES IN THE
E.U., AND, PAT, HE TELLS
CNBC THAT THE EUROPEAN DEBT
IS DUMED TO FAIL.
Pat: I'M WITH HIM ON
THAT ONE.
WE HAVE BANKRUPTCY HERE IN
THE UNITED STATES, CHAPTER
11, YOU WORK OUT DEBTS.
GENERAL MOTORS DID IT.
GENERAL MOTORS WAS PROBABLY
BIGGER THAN GREECE.
AND I DON'T KNOW THE
NUMBERS, BUT I IMAGINE IT
WAS.
AND SO THEY OWE SOME MONEY.
SO WHAT DO YOU DO?
YOU SAY, WELL, THE DEBTORS
BROKE AND IF YOU WANT TO GET
PAID, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE A
SO-CALLED HAIRCUT, AND YOU
GET 25 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR,
30 CENTS, 50 CENTS ON THE
DOLLAR.
AND YOU DO A WORKOUT.
AND YOU HAVE SOMEBODY DO
DEBTOR FINANCING.
IT WILL BE BE VERY SIMPLE.
BUT THE EUROPEANS CAN'T SEEM
TO GET TOGETHER.
SO THEY TALK AND TALK AND
TALK AND TALK, AND THEY MADE
A BIG DEAL OUT OF SOMETHING
THAT IS RELATIVELY SIMPLE.
AND ALAN GREENSPAN SAYS YOU
HAVE TWO CULTURES.
YOU'VE GOT SOUTHERN EUROPE
THAT HAS SORT OF A LES SE
FAIR MENTALITY, AND THE
NORTHERN EUROPEANS, WHO ARE
VERY STRONG IN THE WAY THEY
DO BUSINESS, AND HE SAYS
THAT THE CULTURES ARE
CLASHING.
HE MAY BE RIGHT, BUT ALL WE
KNOW IS THAT IF EUROPEANS
KEEP ON DITHERING WITH A
RELATIVELY SIMPLE PROBLEM
WITH GREECE, AND THEN MAYBE
PORTUGAL AND SPAIN, THEY'RE
GOING TO BRING THE WHOLE
WORLD INTO SOME KIND OF
CHAOS, AND THEY DON'T HAVE
TO DO IT.
LEE?
Reporter: PAT, A
FEDERAL JUDGE HAS BLOCKED
PARTS OF NORTH CAROLINA'S
NEW ABORTION LAW.
IT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED
DOCTORS TO SHOW A WOMAN AN
ULTRASOUND BEFORE PERFORMING
AN ABORTION.
DOCTORS WOULD ALSO HAVE TO
DESCRIBE THE FETUS IN DETAIL
AND ALLOW THE MOTHER TO HEAR
THE BABY'S HEARTBEAT.
U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
CATHERINE EAGLE BLOCKED THAT
PART OF THE LAW.
SUPPORTERS SAY OFFERING AN
ULTRASOUND WOULD PROTECT
THOUSANDS OF BABIES AND SAVE
WOMEN FROM THE EMOTIONAL
EFFECTS OF ABORTION.
A PRO LIFE GROUP IS WAGEING
ITS WAR AGAINST ABORTION
WITH A DOCUMENTARY THAT HAS
GONE VIRAL.
IT USES HITLER AND THE
HOLOCAUST IN AN EFFORT TO
TURN PEOPLE AWAY FROM
ABORTION.
DO YOU KNOW ADOLPH
HITLER?
NO.
Reporter: RAY COMFORT
FOUND HE COULD TURN PRO
CHOICE PEOPLE AWAY FROM
SUPPORTING ABORTION WHEN HE
MADE THEM REALIZE THEY WERE
TREATING UNBORN BABIES LIKE
ADOLPH HITLER TREATED THE
JEWS.
IT HAD WAY MORE THAN A
MILLION VIEWS ON LINE.
NOW COMFORT'S FRIENDS AND
ALLIES ARE PASSING OUT A
D.V.D. VERSION AT COLLEGES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE'RE OUT HERE TO PASS
OUT THE 180 D.V.D.s TO
HOPEFULLY CHANGE STUDENTS'
MINDS ABOUT ABORTION.
Reporter: ERIC TAKES
THE BATTLE AGAINST ABORTION
PERSONALLY.
HE THINKS ABOUT IT AS HE
LOOKS AT HIS THREE ADOPTED
CHILDREN.
THEY CAME FROM WOMBS
WHERE ABORTION HAD TAKEN
PLACE PREVIOUSLY.
I LOOK AT MY KIDS AND SAY
THEY ARE THE ONES WHO MADE
IT.
Reporter: 180 ISN'T THE
ONLY ONE WHO USES ABORTION
IN UNITING PRO LIFE PEOPLE.
JASON WAS MET A MAN WHO
FASTS.
I'M GOING TO GIVE UP
COFFEE UNTIL ABORTION ENDS.
I SAID MISERY LOVES
COMPANY.
AND I ASKED PEOPLE TO
VIDEOTAPE THEMSELVES DOING
THEIR FAVORITE THING.
Reporter: THERE WAS A
VIDEO MOCKING PEOPLE WHO
SACRIFICE SOMETHING THEY
LOVE UNTIL ABORTION ENDS.
I'M IMPRESSED WITH THE
YOUNG MEN WHO THINK THEY CAN
SWAY WOMAN WITH THEIR BODIES
BY MEANINGLESS GESTURES.
Reporter: AND JENNY
ANSWERED AARON'S VIDEO POINT
BY POINT.
THE POINT ISN'T WHAT
WE'RE GIVING UP, BUT THE
FACT THAT WE'RE GIVING
SOMETHING UP.
EACH TIME WE FEEL THE DESIRE
TO HAVE WHAT WE GAVE UP, IT
REMINDS US TO ACT ON OUR
CONVICTIONS.
Reporter: PAUL STRAND,
CBN NEWS
REPORTING FROM
MONTGOMERY COLLEGE, AND
ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND.
Reporter: PAT, I THINK
THIS IS A GROWING SENTIMENT
AGAINST ABORTION.
Pat: NO QUESTION.
A FEW YEARS AGO THE
SENTIMENT WAS OVERWHELMING
IN FAVOR OF ABORTION.
BUT THIS YOUNGER GENERATION
SAYS, HEY, THAT'S A BABY AND
IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME.
THEY BEGIN TO REALIZE WHAT
IS THERE.
I THINK OVERWHELMING NOW, IN
AMERICA, THE SENTIMENT IS
AGAINST ABORTION ON DEMAND,
AND CERTAINLY SEX SELECTION
ABORTION.
I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE
SMOKING.
ONCE THE TIDE TURNED
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD LESS
THAN 50% PEOPLE WHO SMOKE,
ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU BEGAN TO
GET LAWS AND REGULATIONS AND
LAWSUITS AND ALL OF THE REST
TO BAN SMOKING.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE
SAME THING HERE ABOUT
ABORTION.
IT IS GOING TO BE CHIPPED
AWAY.
IT HAS BEEN A TERRIBLY LONG
TIME.
WE'VE SLAUGHTERED SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MILLION
UNBORN BABIES, WHO WILL NOT
BE WITH US.
NEVERTHELESSS, WE'RE FINALLY
WAKING UP, AND THAT'S A GOOD
THING.
LEE?
Reporter: PAT, THE
SITUATION IN TURKEY IS
GROWING DESPERATE NOW
FOLLOWING LAST WEEKEND'S
MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE.
THE DEATH TOLL CONTINUES TO
CLIMB, AND THOUSANDS ARE
BEING FORCED TO SLEEP
OUTSIDE IN NEAR ZERO
TEMPERATURES.
"OPERATION BLESSING,"
THOUGH, IS ON THE SCENE.
DAVID DARR REPORTS.
Reporter:
"OPERATION BLESSING" HAS
MADE IT TO THE TOWN OF
ERCHIEF.
AND I'M HERE AT A CAMP OF
ABOUT 170 FAMILIES.
AND THEY'RE STILL PUTTING UP
THEIR TENTS TODAY.
THE COLD IS SETTING IN.
YOU WANT TO HAVE A LOOK AT
THE LITTLE KIDS HERE.
THERE ARE KIDS ALL OVER THE
PLACE.
THE MOOD IS QUITE SOMBER.
THESE PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR
HOMES, HAVE BEEN DISPLACED
FROM THEIR HOMES.
THEY HAVE A VERY UNCERTAIN
FUTURE.
"OPERATION BLESSING" IS
ASSESSING THE NEEDS HERE AND
IN VILLAGES IN THE
SURROUNDING AREAS.
TOMORROW WE'LL BE PURCHASING
ITEMS LIKE BLANKETS AND FOOD
AND ALL OF THE THINGS TO
KEEP THEM WARM.
THIS IS A COUPLE OF WEEKS
THEY HAVE FACING THEM.
OUR GERMAN PARTNER, MEDICA,
ARE TREATING PEOPLE.
PEOPLE ARE STILL BEING
DRAGGED OUT OF THE RUBBLE
WITH HORRIFIC INJURIES.
"OPERATION BLESSING" IS
SUPPORTING THAT MEDICAL
EFFORT. WE'RE HAVING A BIG
IIMPACT HERE, DAY ONE, IN
THE TURKEY EARTHQUAKE.
Reporter: DAVID DARR IS
REPORTING.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
DAVID DARR, ALONG WITH
"OPERATION BLESSING" BILL
HORN, HAPPENED TO BE IN THE
REGION DURING THAT TIME.
DAVID HAS BEEN DISPATCHED UP
THERE.
HE HAS BEEN LIVING IN HAITI,
ADMINISTERING TAKEN CARING
FOR THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN
AFFECTED BY THAT MASSIVE
EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI.
Pat: THEY WERE BOTH IN
ISRAEL DOING HUMANITARIAN
WORK THERE, AND IT IS A
SHORT WORK FOR DAVID TO GO
UP TO TURKEY.
AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
IF YOU WANT TO HELP,
"OPERATION BLESSING"
DISASTER RELIEF FUND, CBN
CENTER, THAT'S THE ADDRESS.
1-800-759-0700, OR YOU CAN
LOG ON TO OUR WEBSITE AND
SEE ABOUT IT.
THE DISASTER RELIEF FUND, IF
YOU WANT TO HELP "OPERATION
BLESSING" HELP THOSE PEOPLE,
JUST MARK IT ON YOUR CHECK
OR WHATEVER YOU SEND IN.
BECAUSE WE WANT TO HELP
THEM.
OKAY, KRISTI?
DID YOU SEE THE STORY
YESTERDAY THAT A
TWO-WEEK-OLD BABY WAS
RESCUED FROM THE RUBBLE
YESTERDAY?
Pat: I MISSED THAT.
IT WARMED MY HEART.
I WAS PRAYING ALL NIGHT FOR
THAT LITTLE PUMPKIN.
THOSE ARE WONDERFUL THINGS
OF HOPE THAT WE CAN
CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR.
Pat: WHERE HAVE THE MEN
GONE?
WHERE ARE THE MEN?
THERE IS A BOOK THAT BILL
BENNETT HAS COMPILED CALLED
"THE BOOK OF MAN."
VERY INTERESTING.
BOYS NEED STRONG MALE ROLE
MODELS TO GROW UP TO BE
STRONG MEN.
THE POPULAR CULTURE IS
SENDING BOYS MIXED MESSAGES
ABOUT MANHOOD, AND ALL OF
SOCIETY IS PAYING THE
PRICE.
HERE IS LEE WEBB ABOUT THAT
STORY.
THAT'S NOT WHAT MY
HUSBAND WOULD TELL YOU IF HE
WERE HERE NOW.
YOU GIVE IT TO HIM.
HE CAN TAKE IT.
HE'S MY ON.
Reporter: IN THIS SCENE
FROM THE 1957 CLASSIC MOVIE
"THE D.I.," A MOTHER PLEADS
FOR HER SON'S MAN HAD
MANHOOD AND HIS REPUTATION
AS A MARINE.
GENERATIONS AGO, MASCULINITY
MAMAY HAVE BEEN EASIER TO
DEFINE.
MEN WERE MEN, AND VALOR AND
DUTY WAS EXPECTED.
FROM THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT
OF THE 1960s TO THE
CURRENT GENDER DEBATES, BOYS
ARE LEFT WITH A CONFUSING
CHOICE.
IN HIS NEW BOOK "THE BOOK OF
MAN, READINGS ON THE PATH TO
MANHOOD," WILLIAM BENNETT
SETS OUT TO RECLAIM MANHOOD.
WITH CONTEMPORARY PROFILES.
Pat: WELL, THE MAN WHO
PUT THIS BOOK TOGETHER, BILL
BENNETT, IS JOINING US NOW.
BILL, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU
BACK ON "THE 700 CLUB."
WE MISSED YOU.
WE MISSED YOU, TOO, PAT.
WONDERFUL TO BE BACK.
THANK YOU, SIR.
Pat: THIS IS QUITE A
WONDERFUL BOOK.
IT HAS GREAT SPEECHES, LIKE
CHURCHILL'S SPEECHES AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE WAR.
AND YOU HAVE REAGAN'S SPEECH
AT POINT THE HAWK.
AND YOU'VE GOT ALL OF THESE
PARACLICHES.
THIS IS LIKE HAVING A
LIBRARY OF THE CLASSICS.
IT'S EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU.
IN SOME WAYS, IT IS SIMILAR
TO THE BOOK OF VIRTUES BACK
IN THE '90s.
BUT I'VE GOT A NUMBER OF
PROFILES OF ACTUAL LIVING
MEN.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE CALL INTO
MY RADIO SHOW, A
HOME-SCHOOLED DAD IN
HOUSTON.
A SOLDIER, A MARINE, IN
FACT, OPENS THE BOOK.
THE POINT IS THOSE SIGNALS
HAVE GOTTEN BLURRED.
THAT WAS A VERY NICE LEAD-IN
BY LEE.
WE USED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
IT MEANS TO BE A MAN.
AND WHAT KRISTI SAID, I WANT
TO KNOW, TOO.
THE REACTION OF WOMEN HAS
BEEN VERY STRONG.
THEY SAY, YOU DON'T KNOW THE
HALF OF IT.
WOMEN TALK ABOUT THEIR
YOUNGER FRIENDS IN THEIR
20s AND 30s SAYING
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
DROP THEIR STANDARDS IN
ORDER TO GET MARRIED.
MEN HAVEN'T DISAPPEARED.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD MEN
IN THIS SOCIETY, BUT WE
DON'T HAVE AS MANY AS WE
SHOULD HAVE.
I THINK WE HAVE FORGOTTEN
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE BE A
MAN.
Pat: YOU HAVE ONE QUOTE
IN YOUR BOOK ABOUT SOMEBODY
INVADING AGAINST THE
FEMINIST MOVEMENT,
ESSENTIALLY THEY'VE NEUTERED
MEN.
WHAT HAS THE FEMINIST
MOVEMENT DOPE OVER THE
YEARS?
IT CERTAINLY HAS CHANGED
THE TERMS OF DISCUSSION.
IT FRIGHTENED A LOT OF MEN.
IT EN GURCHE ENCOURAGED
WOMEN.
WE SAID, YOU GO, GIRL, AND
THEY DID.
NOW FOR THE FIRST
GENERATION, WOMEN GRADUATE
FROM COLLEGE WITH MORE
ACHIEVEMENT AND MORE
AMBITION THAN MEN DO.
AND A LOT OF MEN ARE BACK ON
THEIR HEELS.
WHAT DO THE MEN DO?
UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OF THE
THINGS THEY DO IS PLAY VIDEO
GAMES.
I WAS SHOCKED TO FIND OUT 13
18 TO 25-YEAR-OLD MEN PLAY
MOR VIDEO GAMES THAN 12 TO
15.
AND GIRLS COMPLAIN ABOUT
THIS, BOYS WHO WILL NOT TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY.
I POINT TO THE FOUNDERS AS
WELL.
THEY THOUGHT THREE THINGS
WERE NECESSARY FOR A BOY TO
BECOME A MAN, IN DUSTRIUS
WORK.
AND SAYING THE EXPECTATIONS
WE HAVE AS BOYS, THE KINDS
OF RESPONSIBILITIES THEY
NEED TO TAKE UP AS MEN,
WE'RE NOT SURE WE NEED
THEM.
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SURE WE
NEED MEN ANYMORE.
WELL, WE DO NEED MEN.
Pat: IN THE NEWS, IT
WAS THE CHANGING OF THE
GUARD AT IBM, AND A WOMAN IS
TAKING HIS POSITION AS HEAD
OF THIS GREAT CORPORATION,
IBM.
THAT'S RIGHT.
AND THERE IS JUST A TON OF
THAT.
I WAS TALKING TO A DEAN OF
ADMISSIONS AT ONE OF THE IVY
LEAGUE SCHOOLS.
SHE LED ON IF THEY DID IT
JUST ON THE TEST SCORES,
JUST ON THE ACHIEVEMENT
LEVELS, IT WOULD BE 80%
FEMALE, 80% WOMEN.
THE GRADUATION RATES ARE
REFLECTING IT.
IT USED TO BE 65% MALE, AND
NOW IT IS 62% FEMALE.
SO IT IS SHIFTING.
ALL POWER TO THE WOMEN AS
LONG AS WE DON'T CONFUSE
GENDERS.
BUT THE BOYS HAVE TO MAKE
UP.
Pat: WHAT IS THIS GOING
TO DO TO SOCIETY IF MEN
DON'T TAKE THEIR PLACES AS
MEN.
AND SUDDENLY THERE IS A GAP
AND WE HAVE A WOMAN
MATRIARCH, WHAT DOES IT DO
TO SOCIETY?
I THINK IT HURTS
SOCIETY.
INTERESTINGLY, THE FEMINISTS
ARE NOT CELEBRATING.
THEY MAY WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THE STEREOTYPES OF MEN AND
MALE DOMINATION, BUT WOMEN
WANT MEN.
THEY WANT MEN FOR THE STRONG
ARM, THEY WANT MEN FOR
PROTECTION, AND THEY WANT
MEN FOR A PARTNER IN
MARRIAGE.
WHAT I TRY TO DO IN THIS
BOOK IS REMIND PEOPLE OF
THINGS THAT ARE TRUE.
AND TO THE BOYS, AS YOU VERY
WELL SAID, THE ARRAY OF
THINGS THEY'RE OFFERED ON TV
AND ELSEWHERE IS VERY
CONFUSING.
FROM MACHO STUFF TO GAY
CULTURE, TO ALL SORTS OF
THINGS.
WHAT I'VE GOT HERE IS A
POINT OF VIEW, WHICH I THINK
IS TIME-TESTED, BASED IN
TRADITION, THAT WILL GET
BOYS TO MANHOOD.
Pat: YOU REMEMBER
GLORIA STEINMAN SAID SHE
WANTS TO BRING DOWN MEN.
IT TURNS OUT WE DO, WE
NEED EACH OTHER.
THESE ENCOURAGEMENTS FOR
WOMEN, AND SO YOU HAVE THE
HEAD OF IBM AS A WOMAN, BUT
THE BOYS HAVE TO BE BROUGHT
ALONG.
WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THAT
THE STRUCTURES OF SOCIETY,
THE CRITICAL ONES, LIKE
MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY,
LIKE FAITH, REALLY MATTER
MORE FOR BOYS THAN FOR
GIRLS.
BOYS ARE MORE FRAGILE.
I THINK WOMEN KNOW THAT.
THEY SENSE THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE BREAKUP
OF THE FAMILY, WHICH HAS
BEEN DISASTEROUS -- WE HAVE
MORE FATHERLESSNESS.
AS A RESULT, WHO IS GUIDING
THE BOYS INTO MANHOOD.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO
WITH THIS BOOK.
Pat: IT IS A TERRIFIC
BOOK.
"THE BOOK OF MAN."
HAS IT BEEN RELEASED YET?
YES, SIR.
IT'S OUT.
IT IS IN BOOKSTORES AND IT
IS ON AMAZON.
I HOPE IT'S IN BOOKSTORES --
I'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH
BOOKSTORES.
Pat: BY THE WAY, MIKE,
I HAD AN ANIMATION COMPANY
THAT DID THE BOOK OF VIRTUES
IN ANIMATION.
I HOPE THAT HELPED SOME?
THEY SURE DID.
AND IT IS THOSE WONDERFUL
STORIES IN THE BOOK OF
VIRTUES.
YOU MISSED THE CAMPAIGN,
PAT?
DO YOU WANT TO BE OUT THERE,
GET THE JUICES FLOWING?
Pat: I'M KIND OF LIKE
ONE OF THOSE OLD WAR HORSES,
YOU HEAR THE TRUMPETS, AND
THEN YOU THINK BETTER OF IT
AND SAY, I'M BETTER WHERE I
AM.
WELL, THEY'RE TAKING YOUR
IDEAS.
I REMEMBER WHEN YOU TALKED
ABOUT FLAT TAX AND OTHER
THINGS.
I HAD THIS AND THE
DEDUCTIBILITY OF CORPORATE
DIVIDENDS E.
DIVIDENDS.
IT IS CALLED THE GREAT
RELEARNING.
Pat: ANYHOW, I'VE MADE
MY RUN, AND YOU AND I HAVE
CONTRIBUTED TO THE POLITICS,
AND I'M SURE YOU ARE STILL
DOING IT.
THANK YOU, PAT.
GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
Pat: WILLIAM
BENNETT, "THE BOOK OF MAN."
JUST AS I SAID, IF YOU
DIDN'T GET ANYTHING FROM THE
QUOTES FROM THE CHURCHILL
SPEECH, THE REAGAN SPEECH,
THESE OTHERS, IT IS WORTH
HAVING IN YOUR LIBRARY, SO
YOU LOOK AND REFER TO IT.
THERE YOU ARE.
FIND OUT WHAT A REAL MAN IS,
KRISTI.
I WANT TO KNOW.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
LAWMAKERS TAKE STEPS TO
REPEAL A LAW ALLOWING GAY
MARRIAGE.
THEY VOTED TUESDAY TO
REPLACE IT WITH CIVIL
UNIONS.
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE GAME LEGAL
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IN 2010,
BUT SINCE THEN REPUBLICANS
HAVE GAINED CONTROL OF THE
STATE LEGISLATURE, AND
CONSERVATIVES HAVE BEEN
WORKING TO RESTORE THE
TRADITIONAL DEFINITION OF
MARRIAGE.
THEY WILL NEED TWO-THIRDS OF
THE HOUSE, THOUGH, TO VOTE
FOR IT.
THAT'S BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR
HAS SAID HE WILL VETO THE
MEASURE IF IT PASSES.
A FREE LANCE PUBLIC RADIO
HOST HAS LOST HER JOB
BECAUSE OF HER INVOLVEMENT
WITH THE "OCCUPY WALL
STREET."
LISA SIMON HAS LOST HER
JOB.
SHE IS ALSO THE SPOKESWOMAN
FOR PROTESTORS.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY
WHO PRODUCES HER SHOW SAYS,
IT IS FINE IF YOU WANT TO BE
A LEADER OF A MOVEMENT, BUT
YOU CAN'T ALSO BE IN A
JOURNALISTIC ROLE."
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED,
CO-HOST MICHELLE NORIS SAYS
HER HUSBAND HAS TAKEN A JOB
WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
CAMPAIGN.
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