[COURAGE]

New History. It is past 1984 you know.

[Shenandoah]

This sh!t REALLY P!SSES ME OFF!

How many people these days truly appreciate what our forefathers accomplished?! How many people realize how tenuous our revolution was?!

George Washington led a rag-tag, under fed, under equipped army and defeated one of the world's great powers!

If we had lost, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, et. al., would have been hung as traitors and the American Revolution would be no more than a foot note in history, and chances are today's liberal bedwetters wouldn't have the freedom to whine.

The fact that the America-Haters of the great country these brilliant and brave men founded now seek to destroy their memory REALLY P!SSES ME OFF! The fact that they can actually accomplish their goals is a crime!

In the words of Benjamin Franklin, who was asked,"Mr. Franklin! What kind of a government have you given us?!"

"A Republic, madam, if you can hold on to it!"

[steve50]

We've been ignoring the Constitution for 100 years now, we deserve whats coming to us.

[tal hajus]

These guys were all straight, white, male property owners who did their best to make a country of, and for straight, white, male property owners. End of story.

Hey if O'Reilly couldn't refute it who can?

[FatherFig1o155]

I can't find the article/editorial on the Washington Times website. And there's nothing on the WBAL and NJ Dept. of Education sites either.

Can anyone help me out here?

[JenB]

It's really shocking to see what gov'ment schooled kids don't know. I was homeschooled all my life, and now in college I have a required world history course. These kids could not tell you who Alexander the Great was, what effect the Enlightenment had on Europe and other parts of the world, or why the Crusades really happened. Don't ask them to remember a list of monarchs - none of them could even put Henry VIII and his children in the right order. Yesterday one said Spain was a major empire during the beginnings of the 19th century...

I blame the schools, of course. If we do not learn history, we are doomed to repeat it. That said, I think it's positive that one of the top-selling nonfiction books last year was the excellent biography of John Adams. Shows people are interested, at least.

[George Frm Br00klyn Park]

C, THANKS for the post. The "Voice of Reason" at his best. Peace and love, George.