A Patriot's History....

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I have ordered it, I shall read it...

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How about reading a real history book instead of a piece of conservative propaganda? You're brain has been infected with conservatism damo. It's sad. You need to take the antidote: reason.
 
America is great! America is great! The Indians gave up there land and happily sang songs with us! The war on terror was a glorious war that will certainly be sung in the history books as the greatest decision America ever made!

History shouldn't be told from a partisan viewpoint. This is drivel.
 
SmarterThanYou said:
I eagerly look forward to the review
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Here's one:

"I am a history teacher and have just returned from a seminar where Dr. Schweikart was the featured speaker. His book, "A Patriot's History...." was the required reading. I found the book to be incredibly biased toward all things "Republican", to the point of absurdity. For example: Schweikart devotes considerable space to Whitewater, Monica, "Travelgate", and other Clinton scandals, but Does Not Even Make Mention Of IRAN-CONTRA! How could this be even remotely "Fair and Balanced?
During the seminar with Dr. Schweikart I was allowed to question him and I asked about this conspicuous omission and was told that he didn't think IRAN-CONTRA was significant enough to make it into print. Also, I asked Dr. Schweikart for a definition of just what a CONSERVATIVE is? After stuttering and stammering, Dr. Schweikart came up with an answer that left me and my collegues scratching our heads. Something about a downtrodden man in a ditch and what a Conservative would tell him as opposed to what a "Liberal" would say? Anyway, this book is useful. I plan on using it when I next teach my unit on "Detecting Bias".
 
christiefan915 said:
Here's one:

"I am a history teacher and have just returned from a seminar where Dr. Schweikart was the featured speaker. His book, "A Patriot's History...." was the required reading. I found the book to be incredibly biased toward all things "Republican", to the point of absurdity. For example: Schweikart devotes considerable space to Whitewater, Monica, "Travelgate", and other Clinton scandals, but Does Not Even Make Mention Of IRAN-CONTRA! How could this be even remotely "Fair and Balanced?
During the seminar with Dr. Schweikart I was allowed to question him and I asked about this conspicuous omission and was told that he didn't think IRAN-CONTRA was significant enough to make it into print. Also, I asked Dr. Schweikart for a definition of just what a CONSERVATIVE is? After stuttering and stammering, Dr. Schweikart came up with an answer that left me and my collegues scratching our heads. Something about a downtrodden man in a ditch and what a Conservative would tell him as opposed to what a "Liberal" would say? Anyway, this book is useful. I plan on using it when I next teach my unit on "Detecting Bias".
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I would that a better read is Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present.

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tom prendergast said:
I would that a better read is Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present.

A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present Perennial Classics: Amazon.co.uk: Howard Zinn: Books
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Watermark, this is the book you want. I actually received it from my sister for a Christmas present (before last) and read a little bit into it. One day I shall finish it, but certainly not before I finish my Paul Johnson A History of the American People...
 
HUGO STIGLITZ said:
How about reading a real history book instead of a piece of conservative propaganda? You're brain has been infected with conservatism damo. It's sad. You need to take the antidote: reason.
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Dink... I add to my propaganda lists regularly, it includes movies like Al Gore's "Inconvenient Truth" and books like this one and "A People's History" (biased in the other direction).
 
Ohhhh

I thought you were saying he made a book.

Gore got a Nobel prize for an alright powerpoint presentation. Pretty good, eh? Better pick than Obama though. Obama literally made world peace worse off.
 
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