Something to Stand for with Mike Rowe

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My name is Mike Rowe and this is my office,

Thanks, Martha,

Or one of them anyway,

For the last 20 years,

I've spent a lot of time in greasy spoons like this one,

drinking bottomless cups of coffee,

soaking up the local color,

and writing short stories about the people I've met,

while filming a TV show called "Dirty Jobs,"

If you saw "Dirty Jobs,"

you know that it took me to all 50 states,

and allowed me to work alongside hundreds

of hard working Americans,

Men and women who do the kinds of jobs

that make civilized life possible for the rest of us,

Well, this movie is not about those Americans,

at least not entirely,

This movie is about some other Americans

I've been writing about lately,

Americans I've never met but always admired,

Americans who risked everything

to build the country we call home,

-Shouldn't you be at work, Tony? -Technically,

-Forget about that $20 you owe me,

-Oh, thanks, You're real generous,

I'm a giver,

Barb, how are you? -How was everything?

Oh, as always,

I'd give it two, maybe two and a half stars,

Oh, on a scale of three,

Oh, I'm glad you're happy,

-I'm always happy, -Just come back,

I always come back,

Keep the change, -Oh, thank you,

-Dave, Behave yourself, brother,

Full disclosure,

I'm not an expert or a historian,

I'm just the son of a social studies teacher

with an appreciation for the people who built our country,

So I thought it might be fun to share a few of the stories

I've written over the years

about some of the most impressive Americans

I've ever read about,

And along the way, I thought I'd take a trip

to our nation's capital,

not too far from where I grew up,

to reacquaint myself with the memorials and the monuments

that have been built to honor the people in the stories

you're about to hear,

In other words, it's a field trip,

and I'm glad you're along for the ride,

Assuming the old truck makes it,

It's going to be fine,

Just a quick word about these stories before we dive in --

They're actually short mysteries

written in the style of an old radio program

I used to love called "The Rest of the Story"

by Paul Harvey,

With Paul Harvey's mysteries, you got to hear a story

that you had never heard before about somebody famous

that you already know,

Your job as a listener was to try

and figure out who he was talking about

before he got to the end of the mystery,

These stories are a lot like that, too,

Each one starts with me on the stage in an empty theater

and quickly turns into something altogether different,

Probably easiest just to show you what I'm talking about,

but do me a favor,

If you figure out who it is I'm talking about

before we get to the end, don't yell out the answer,

Studies show that people sitting around you hate that,

Anyway, this is "Something to Stand For,"

A US merchant ship was missing,

21 crewmen were being held hostage,

and now the Libyan consulate had been attacked

by Islamic terrorists,

The president was a patient man,

but his patience was running out,

There was a sharp knock on the door,

The president looked up from his desk

as two men entered the Oval Office,

"Mr, President," said the Secretary,

"You need to see this right away,"

The Secretary of State placed the intelligence report

on the president's desk,

The commander-in-chief read the first sentence and said,

"Is this confirmed? Are we sure?"

"It is," said the Secretary of State,

"We found them, They're dug in, but vulnerable,

We'll need O'Bannon and his team,

and we'll need to move fast,"

The Attorney General objected, "Mr, President,

what the Secretary is proposing is completely unconstitutional,"

The president looked at his AG

with a mix of curiosity and exasperation,

"What would you have me do? Keep negotiating?

Ask them nicely to 'Please stop kidnapping

and killing our people?'"

"But, sir," said the AG,

"The terrorists are now on foreign soil,

You have no congressional approval,

This would be an act of war,"

Now it was the Secretary of State who objected,

"We're already at war with an enemy

who doesn't have the decency to declare it,"

And then to the president, he added,

"Mr, President, you are absolutely within your rights,

The terrorists have made their bed,

It's time they were made to lie in it,"

"No," said the Attorney General,

"He's a president, not a dictator,

It's the Congress who must decide,

Have you not read the Constitution?"

The Secretary of State bristled,

"Yeah, I've read the Constitution several times,"

In fact,

as his Attorney General and his Secretary of State

continued to bicker, the President considered

the portraits of George Washington

hanging on the wall across the room,

Congress had offered him a crown,

once upon a time,

The chance to be a king

after his final term as President,

And Washington had refused,

How, then, would the father of our country

fight state-sponsored terrorism today?

How would he engage with Islamic extremists who had no code,

who followed no rules,

and attacked our people overseas?

"Gentlemen, Enough,

James, are you absolutely certain of their location?"

"Yes, sir, They're dug in on the coast,

It's a fortress, like I said,

Well-defended but vulnerable, O'Bannon's been briefed,

His team is ready,

Just sign the order

and we'll put the terrorists down once and for all,"

"But, sir," said the AG, "What about the Congress?"

"Levi,

You're a good man and a fine attorney general,

But you're dismissed,"

"But, sir --" "You can let yourself out,"

The AG huffed and left the Oval Office,

slamming the door so hard it caused the portrait

of Washington to shudder on the wall,

The President glanced again at the face of Washington

and saw what he always saw, staring back at him,

Resolve,

Turning back to his Secretary of State,

he asked one more question,

"James, How confident is O'Bannon?"

"Supremely confident, sir,"

"And how large is his team?"

"Eight men, sir,"

"So few," said the President,

"All handpicked," said the Secretary,

"All trained for land and sea operations,

They are the best of the best,"

The President considered the situation one more time,

A US merchant ship was missing,

21 crewmen were being held hostage,

and the Libyan consulate had been brazenly attacked,

Enough was enough,

"Do it, James, Send in O'Bannon,

Do it fast, Do it right and keep it quiet,"

And with that,

the president of the United States

launched one of the most famous top secret operations

in naval history,

It was a controversial decision, but when the dust settled,

the President's actions were deemed constitutional,

just as his Secretary of State predicted,

and his Secretary of State would know,

He had not only read the Constitution several times,

he had written it not too long after the president,,,

had written the Declaration of Independence,

Few people today remember Levi Lincoln,

the Attorney General who opposed the covert mission,

But you might recall President Thomas Jefferson

and his Secretary of State, James Madison,

The two elected officials

who finally decided to stop negotiating with terrorists

and start fighting back,

Which is precisely what they did,

With a little help from an intrepid lieutenant

named Presley O'Bannon

and the small team of elite fighters

under his command,

Eight handpicked warriors

who prevailed in their first engagement on foreign soil,

leading an assault force across a sprawling African desert

to the shores of Tripoli,

where they breached the walls of a mighty fortress