Glenn Beck's keynote speech at the CPAC this afternoon was amazing. Even though I had heard some of it before on his regular show on Fox News, the fact that he was willing to stand and deliver this no-holds-barred message to CPAC was inspiring, as was how it was received by the audience. He pandered to no person, no political party, no special interest. He just told it like it is. Just Glenn and his chalkboard and some infrequently consulted notes, and a refreshing absence of teleprompters.
The transcript does not really do it justice, so if you are interested in the delivery, you can see it here: http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/36618/.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Recommended Reading: The PIG to American History
I've been reading an interesting book - "The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History". I recommend it to anybody who thinks they know American history. My guess is that you don't. Not really. I keep hearing how the textbooks have been changed over the years, to hide or even pervert the truth about our history, but I figured it wasn't happening when I was in JHS, and that I probably had been taught the truth.
Turns out, even back then, I was not. If you have the intellectual honesty to face it, I recommend this read. If you are up to have some of your long-held beliefs challenged, give it a go. It kept me up until 2am this morning. If you have kids studying history, I think you should get them to read this. It isn't all good, but it is the truth.
The Civil War wasn't about what you probably think it was about. Andrew Johnson, Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge were probably much better presidents, in terms of being good for the country, than they get credit for, and FDR and Woodrow Wilson were probably much worse than they get credit for. It was actually Abraham Lincoln who put us on the course of bigger, more controlling and invasive centralized government that our founders tried so hard to prevent. Stuff like that, and much more. A lot of what has happened to our country in the last 100 years is exactly what was discussed and feared by our founding fathers. It ain't all pretty by a long shot, but it is better to know the truth than a sanitized and twisted version of the truth. This isn't from the book, but it is my growing opinion that the most powerful people in America should probably be the 50 governors and their respective state legislatures, and not the President, the Speaker of the House, the Senate Majority Leader, or even the U.S. Congress.
Turns out, even back then, I was not. If you have the intellectual honesty to face it, I recommend this read. If you are up to have some of your long-held beliefs challenged, give it a go. It kept me up until 2am this morning. If you have kids studying history, I think you should get them to read this. It isn't all good, but it is the truth.
The Civil War wasn't about what you probably think it was about. Andrew Johnson, Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge were probably much better presidents, in terms of being good for the country, than they get credit for, and FDR and Woodrow Wilson were probably much worse than they get credit for. It was actually Abraham Lincoln who put us on the course of bigger, more controlling and invasive centralized government that our founders tried so hard to prevent. Stuff like that, and much more. A lot of what has happened to our country in the last 100 years is exactly what was discussed and feared by our founding fathers. It ain't all pretty by a long shot, but it is better to know the truth than a sanitized and twisted version of the truth. This isn't from the book, but it is my growing opinion that the most powerful people in America should probably be the 50 governors and their respective state legislatures, and not the President, the Speaker of the House, the Senate Majority Leader, or even the U.S. Congress.
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