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To: americanophile

Wow. They just declared the likes of Thomas Jefferson a rightwing extremist...


Precisely.


"You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in their struggle for independence."

-- Charles A. Beard, Historian (1874-1948)



317 posted on 04/14/2009 10:29:05 AM PDT by EdReform (The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed *NRA*JPFO*SAF*GOA*SAS*CCRKBA)
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To: EdReform

Beard was a progressive historian who helped revise the history of Wrold War 1 soon after the fact, setting up the post-war isolationism, which paved the way for WW2.


469 posted on 04/14/2009 6:27:40 PM PDT by rmlew ( The SAVE and GIVE acts are institutioning Corvee. Where's the outtrage!)
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"You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in their struggle for independence."

-- Charles A. Beard, Historian (1874-1948)

No argument coming from here:

In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act

~ George Orwell

524 posted on 04/15/2009 8:42:17 PM PDT by SloopJohnB (It it wasn't for Double Standards, the Left would have No Standards.)
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