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In the PDF file (download here) for the 1776 Commission, a refutation of the 1619 Project, it says the following: (page 12) Senator John C. Calhoun of South Carolina famously rejected the Declaration’s principle of equality as “the most dangerous of all political error” and a “self-evident lie.” He never doubted that the founders meant what they said. To this rejection, Calhoun added a new theory in which rights inhere not in every individual by “the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God” but in groups or races according to historical evolution.This isn't usually what is said about leaders from...

So if we use the same logic used in regards to Confederate figures and icons in the South, Yale should change its name. Why don't we hear that demand from the "historians" in the blogosphere? That's simple. It does not serve the purpose of their agenda, at least not yet. And maybe, in this instance, the administration at Yale realized that Calhoun was the low-hanging fruit and once he had been vanquished, the offended would aim higher - at Elihu Yale. And what might alumni benefactors have to say about that? All that there moral reformin' could get expensive. Virtue-signaling...

The Debt Crisis: Why There Is a Stalemate By Jean F. Drew Ask just about any person on the street nowadays what the U.S. “debt crisis” is all about, and he’ll probably tell you it’s about “raising the debt limit.” He has had it drilled into his head — by the Obama Administration, the Democrat Party, the labor unions, and their various enablers in the “official” media — that the international credit reporting agencies threaten to downgrade sovereign U.S. debt from Triple A to a lesser — and costlier — grade because Congress has failed to increase the debt ceiling...

The 17th Amendment is stupid: The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years…. But let me start at the beginning.  Article I § 3 cl. 1 of the Constitution originally established the election of Senators through the state legislatures.  The Federalist #62 laid out numerous arguments for the Constitutional framework of the Senate and its method of selection. The senatorial trust, which, requiring greater extent of information and stability of character, requires at the same time that the senator should have reached a period of...

<p>A CBS news report that suggested President Bush did not fulfill his military commitment 30 years ago fell under a growing cloud of skepticism Friday. But Democrats insisted that they have plenty of evidence to continue their campaign to show that Bush got breaks that other young men did not get during the Vietnam War.</p>

Former Guardsman: Bush served with me in AlabamaBy the Associated Press A retired Alabama Air National Guard officer said Friday that he remembers George Bush showing up for duty in Alabama in 1972, reading safety magazines and flight manuals in an office as he performed his weekend obligations. "I saw him each drill period," retired Lt. Col. John "Bill" Calhoun said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press from Daytona Beach, Fla., where he is preparing to watch this weekend's big NASCAR race. "He was very aggressive about doing his duty there. He never complained about it. ......

Retired general: Enough on Bush William R. Turnipseed, who has been at the center of the Bush military service case, did not donate to Edwards, and he says Alzheimer's remark was a joke 02/22/04 By EDDIE CURRAN Staff Reporter MONTGOMERY -- Four years ago, a reporter from the Boston Globe called retired Brig. Gen. William R. Turnipseed to ask whether he remembered George W. Bush reporting for duty with the Air National Guard unit in Montgomery then commanded by Turnipseed. He responded: "Had he reported in, I would have had some recall, and I do not. I had been in...

Didn't catch the intro so don't know who he is except name (LTC Calhoun) which was flashed across the screen...but he clearly said he knew Bush during the NG days in question and verified that he was there.

BRING IT ON Feb 14 2004 Kerry: I'm not worried about claims of affair From Anthony Harwood, US Editor PRESIDENTAL hopeful John Kerry yesterday rubbished claims he had an affair with an intern - and vowed to "fight back" against smears. And he accused the Bush campaign of doing "anything" it could to deflect from the president's poor showing in the polls. Kerry, 60, was accused on a right-wing website of a relationship with journalist Alex Polier. NOTHING TO HIDE: Kerry There is no evidence they had an affair but her father, Terry, 56, has branded Kerry, dubbed the new...

<p>February 15, 2004 -- Serious doubts have been raised about the stories of two key Alabama National Guard figures who questioned whether President Bush showed up for weekend duty there in the early 1970s.</p> <p>Retired Brig. Gen. William Turnipseed, the 187th's Tactical Reconnaissance Group's former commander, recanted his statement that he couldn't remember if Bush reported for duty, now saying his memory is faulty because he's in the beginning stages of Alzheimer's disease.</p>

<p>The White House yesterday released President Bush's full personnel file from his service in the Texas Air National Guard, including his medical records, an attempt to defuse repeated claims by Democrats that he failed to complete his duty.</p> <p>The documents show Mr. Bush reported to duty at Dannelly Air National Guard Base in Alabama at least eight times between October 1972 and May 1973 — a time frame Democrats have questioned whether Mr. Bush fulfilled his temporary duty obligation.</p>

Memories place Bush in Alabama if records don't By DAVE HIRSCHMAN in Montgomery , MONI BASU in Atlanta The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 02/13/04 The search for proof that young Lt. George W. Bush worked weekends at an Air Force base in Montgomery, 32 years ago has taken on a strange, forensic quality.  Family photo (ENLARGE) Lt. Col. John "Bill" Calhoun said he saw the future president each drill period when both men were serving in the National Guard in Montgomery.  EMAIL THISPRINT THISMOST POPULAR Dusty dental records and copies of old pay stubs provided by the White House are...

<p>A retired Alabama Air National Guard officer said Friday that he remembers George Bush showing up for duty in Alabama in 1972, reading safety magazines and flight manuals in an office as he performed his weekend obligations. "I saw him each drill period," retired Lt. Col. John "Bill" Calhoun said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press from Daytona Beach, Fla., where he is preparing to watch this weekend's big NASCAR race.</p>

  Bush recalled in Guard unit Ex-officer says Texan read training manuals 02/14/04STAN BAILEY and TOM GORDONNews staff writers MONTGOMERY - President Bush released all of his Vietnam-era military records Friday, the same day a former member of an Alabama Air National Guard unit said Bush reported to him and spent time in his office during drill weekends in 1972. John B. "Bill" Calhoun, a former member of the 187th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, said Bush, a pilot with the Texas Air National Guard, spent his time reading flight safety reports and training manuals because the 187th did not have...

Bush records fail to disprove charges By Bob Dart and Bob Deans COX NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON - President Bush released a stack of his Air National Guard records Friday evening, but there appeared to be no new documentation to blunt Democratic charges that he shirked his duty while on temporary assignment in Alabama in 1972. Meanwhile, a retired Alabama Air National Guard officer said he remembers Bush showing up for duty in Alabama in 1972, reading safety magazines and flight manuals in an office as he performed his weekend obligations. However, the time John Calhoun says Bush was in the...

<p>February 14, 2004 -- A retired lieutenant colonel in the Alabama Air National Guard yesterday said he clearly remembers President Bush showing up for duty in 1972, adding that he was a "very dedicated Guardsman." Retired Lt. Col. John "Bill" Calhoun, 69, is the first Alabama Guardsman to speak out and confirm Bush's statements that he honorably fulfilled his service requirements - rebutting Democratic claims that Bush was "AWOL."</p>

A retired Alabama Air National Guard officer said Friday that he remembers George W. Bush showing up for duty in Alabama in 1972, reading safety magazines and flight manuals in an office as he performed his weekend obligations. “I saw him each drill period,” retired Lt. Col. John “Bill” Calhoun said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press from Daytona Beach, Fla., where he is preparing to watch this weekend’s big NASCAR race. “He was very aggressive about doing his duty there. He never complained about it. ... He was very dedicated to what he was doing in the...

A retired Alabama Air National Guard officer said Friday that he remembers George W. Bush showing up for duty in Alabama in 1972, reading safety magazines and flight manuals in an office as he performed his weekend obligations. ``I saw him each drill period,'' retired Lt. Col. John ``Bill'' Calhoun said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press from Daytona Beach, Fla., where he is preparing to watch this weekend's big NASCAR race. ``He was very aggressive about doing his duty there. He never complained about it. ... He was very dedicated to what he was doing in the...