[PJ-Comix]

Declaring yourself a Yellow Dog Democrat is the same thing as declaring yourself incapable of rational thought. But hey, he "inherited" his politics from his family so no choice in the matter.

[FreeperCell]

Maybe he could do “an intimate history” of the Bushes?

[VanDeKoik]

It’s a shame.

Those early documentaries of his were masterpieces. But he just couldn’t shut-up and make films that people genuinely liked.

[Genoa]

I’m looking forward to a well-crafted miniseries that will show us all (in spite of Burns’ bias) the unmaking of the American dream during the Roosevelt century. Will be taking notes.

[Tijeras_Slim]

He should be beaten just for that idiotic haircut.

[x]

You're firing a machine gun at a gnat. Over and over again.

Pointing out that Ken goes on and on about race, but lives in one of the Whitest states in America ought to be enough.

Recommend by passing all this "What Ken Burns said in the last century and what he thinks of his parents" stuff and going directly to the Reason review for something of substance about the series.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

He’s not bias says the guy who made an entire documentary declaring rapists innocent solely because of their race.

[mjp]

Even if you end up agreeing with your parents in the long term, at some point, a rational human being questions and tests the assertions of truth laid out before them. You come to your own conclusions, even if they were biased by your upbringing, a rational person comes to those conclusions on their own terms, not just because their parents saw the world the same way.

Intellectual dependence is the acceptance of ideas,beliefs,concepts,and conclusions of other men without understanding the steps that led to them.Such men attempt to function on the higher levels of a complex structure of knowledge without having established the requisite base of knowledge.Their mental activity consists in building confusion on confusion, instead of knowledge on knowledge.Their beliefs and opinions are detached from facts and from cognition.

[Pontiac]

Just think of it. We live in the freest, richest, least taxed country on earth, and still to them the best government ever invented is somehow not good enough. There is, of course, a honorable tradition throughout the two centuries of our history to rein our government, to ask tough questions of our elected representatives, to demand a more accurate accounting of its finances and affairs, to insure the power of states and individuals in exquisite tension with the Federal Government

Wow!

He certainly can’t say any of that any more.

[skeeter]

Self Proclaimed Yellow Dog Democrat Ken Burns Denies Political Bias in His Documentaries

Read: everyone watch my new documentary.

BTW Burn's claim is laughable. Everyone says they're unbiased, yet everyone is.

What matters is the reason behind their bias.

[who knows what evil?]

Burns? Flaming liberal...

[Chode]

a Self Proclaimed Yellow Dog saying it's not bias... the fool might want to look up the term yellow dog then

[Mike Darancette]

Theodore and his children are what made America great.

[driftless2]

Burns is sort of typical liberal....half interesting, half pretty stupid. Take for instance his recent documentary on America’s national parks. Burns made the incredibly stupid assertion that national parks was America’s best idea. No, not the U.S. being a democratic republic, or freedom from kings and queens, or no inherited rights. Yes, national parks (which I love to visit) is America’s best idea according to Burns. Even a number of liberal historians in the doc. disagreed with Burns about that.

[Flintlock]

Does he mention the fifteen-to-FIFTY THOUSAND American POWs held by the Germans, ‘liberated’ by the Reds and then SENT TO THE GULAG—never to be heard from again after WWII??
Thanks to FDR and the ‘uncle Joe’ he could ‘handle’?

Just asking.

[Dr. Sivana]

I tried watching the baseball documentary for a little bit. Who do they get for “experts”? Mario Cuomo and Billy Crystal. Heck, I am from Connecticut, and I CANNOT do the New York-centric view of the world. Surely he can do better than a failed radio host and a guy who played a pathetic pervert on a soap opera.

[LS]

On a better note, it looks very good that we will get full funding for “A Patriot’s History” Episode 1, “Titans of Prosperity”. Go to www.rockinthewallstudios.com under Projects for the trailers.

[Disambiguator]

The Best Ken Burns documentary ever (that he didn't make)

[Missouri gal]

Is this “Intimate history” going to reveal Roosevelt's betrayal of giving half of Europe into Communist slavery? What about Eleanor's sexual deviancy? They were almost more Clinton/Obama than the Clintons and Obamas. The whole world suffered from their pathetic deviancy.

[Lizavetta]

I met him once a few years ago. He has dead eyes.

[krunkygirl]

I’m not supposed to hate anyone, but I hate Dems/Libs!