[gobucks]

You'll not find a more cluelessly condescending article on this fine day.

You are mistaken, in the sense this man's ideas are dead on target regarding the spirit of this group of people. Need proof? Look here:

America's Founding Secret: What the Scottish Enlightenment Taught Our Founding Fathers

and here:

How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It.

So, true, the intent of the article can be seen as not so good; but look deeper, and he trumpets some truth. These two books trumpet some political history truths too many overlook (esp. us Freepers).

[Servant of the 9]

The French Enlightenment was an offshoot of the English Enlightenment.
The English Enlightenment was an offshoot of the Scottish Enlightenment.

Modern thought and the modern world from Economic and Political Theory to the invention of the steam engine, the Railroad and the ironclad ship all came from the Scottish Lowlands.

SO9

[dead]

As I said in Post #37, the author of this article doesn't contribute any insightful or accurate analysis of the contributions of these people.

He merely repeats the accurate and insightful analysis of other people, then misinterprets and miscontrues their insights in an attempt to validate his own erronous and condescending theory.

His overall point is quite different from that of the people he cites to support it.

[campfollower]

I have no doubt there's some truth to what he says about the scot immigrants(frankly, my ancestry is English and Norwegian but I'm just an AMERICAN period). But the TONE of the piece was off kilter. Is it just that he's a bad writer? I think not.

The snide 'we know everything about these Bush voters' attitude is just a set-up for more America-bashing. Thank God Australia still has the warrior spirit as well. We need them as an ally.

(I might have to look for the books you posted, thanks!)

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!