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America is not Europe and hasn’t been since 1776.
That’s the whole friggin’ point of America.
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I love it when the mfcsMedia informs us that the Tea Party is dead!
/s/
not dead Tea Party Patriot
You’re not dead, Jerry, just a racist troglodyte. ;)
Buzz,
That is Lance Corporal troglodyte. My military occupational speciality is: Human Relations…….HumR, for short.
Thanks, Buzz. I’ve heard the word ‘troglodyte’ before,
but I wasn’t sure of the meaning. I looked it up at trusty
ol’ onelook.com & it is such a useful & descriptive word
in today’s world. I’ll have such fun using it on many of
the elite libtards all over town! Tanx! Hangin’ ’round
the KisPer Porch can be quite ed-ju-muck-aye-shun-al!
Bill should be mandatory viewing in school for all history and civics classes.
And if the school board complains, Doug’s Hitler vids.
Agreed, Tctsunami.
The public sector unions end up all being nothing more that field offices of the Democratic party. I am not against unions. I am against gross corruption and collusion as constantly demonstrated by the public sector unions, whose only retort to opposition is threats, name calling, vandalism, and so forth.
“You’re not dead, Jerry, just a racist troglodyte.;)”
I just smile when people say that; I’ve been called worse by people that like me.
“America is not Europe and hasn’t been since 1776.”
Doug and all y’all,
I would argue that the roots go back to the socio/political structuring of the early Colonies. If memory serves… Guv’ Bradford of the Plymouth Colony revoked the communal structure imposed by the Brits and had folks take responsibility for their own lives, health and fortune.
That basic structure was finally codified by the combined colonies within the Declaration of Independence.
We have been growing “ American Exceptionalism ” since then. The problem has roots that came with those, like Hamilton, who wanted to centralize and amass, Federal power beginning with the formation of a National Bank…putting the control over all transactions under a nationally recognized set of laws. Jefferson and his followers disagreed and fought against, and yet caved in at the end.
IMHO, we have been on a track has that led us to where we now stand as a nation since that time.
Sven, thanks for your interesting historical perspectives!
You touch upon some things that are not common understandings
about our history, IMHO. You also make some ‘connections’ with
our 20th & 21st century history & some of the ideological conflicts
surrounding the founding of our country.
Do you have or have you found more in depth information or
writings along the lines that you’ve commented about.
Getting better historical information & contexts is an interest
of mine. I’ve also learned that it takes approximately 50 years
for accurate history to ‘start’ being written.
JBM (7), Every thing you said, dubble, plus the
long history of commie & other socialist ideology totally permeating
the unions! When the word, ‘Unions’ comes up, I think of their part
in the demise of GM, Chrysler & Detroit! I’m going to add ‘Unions &
Detroit’ to my book research list. I’d like to know more about the
modern history of unions in this country plus Detroit’s demise.
One of these days I’ll figure out how I learned “real” history. Somehow I learned all that stuff Sven talked about, and things Glenn Beck’s put out there somewhere between jr high & high school (or throughout, I don’t actually remember) It’s not like I had superior schooling, I went to public school in a San Diego suburb and I graduated in ’93. I really want to narrow it down so I can give someone credit for it; a teacher, several teachers or myself for finding it out so early.
Sven (9)
Yeah, the Federalists vs Anti-Federalists saga is fascinating and instructive, as is the pre-Jacksonian era; and the American exceptionalism idea does, indeed, go back a century before the Revolutionary War; but it’s hard to work all that into a two-liner.