Last month, I wrote about Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122, the unit whose commander, in his infinite wisdom, had decided to change the unit’s nickname from the “Werewolves” to the “Crusaders,” a change that came complete with a nice big crusader shield and cross being painted on its planes. This unit, given the nickname Werewolves …
Monthly Archive: May 2012
May 28 2012
Southern Poverty Law Center Names David Barton as a Radical to Watch
Half the problem with fighting David Barton has always been that people just don’t recognize how dangerous he really is. Some think he’s just some typical nutty fundamentalist down in Texas, not realizing that his reach goes far beyond Texas. Others have just recently heard about him because of his new best selling book and appearance …
May 24 2012
Mikey Weinstein Responds to David Barton Calling Him “Secretary of the Air Force”
A little over five years ago, I wrote an article titled “The Department of Defense — Bringing Historical Revisionism to a High School Near You,” which was about a David Barton essay on the “myth” of separation of church and state being in the JROTC core curriculum American history textbook. That article caught the attention of a volunteer …
May 20 2012
Sunday Funnies
. . . . . And I have to add this one that one of my Facebook friends made and posted on my wall. It’s now my profile pic just because it cracks me up every time I sign onto Facebook. ;-)
May 13 2012
How Big of a Liar is David Barton? You Ain’t Even Gonna Believe This One!
So, the reason I’ve been AWOL from blogging again is because I’m scrambling to write a quick book specifically debunking all the lies in David Barton’s new best-seller about Jefferson. I hadn’t planned to post any excerpts of this until it was closer to being done, but I came across one particular lie from Barton …
May 06 2012
Sunday Funnies
. . . . OK … you guys also HAVE to go check out Greg’s “Sunday Funnies” over at The X Blog this week! Don’t be drinking anything when you get to the third one!
May 02 2012
“Revisionism: A Willing Accomplice” — The Remarkable Hypocrisy of David Barton (Part 1)
(Originally posted on Talk2Action.org, April 29, 2007) Because the portrayal of history so affects current policy, some groups have found it advantageous to their political agenda to distort historical facts intentionally. Those particularly adept at this are termed “revisionists.” Who wrote these words? David Barton, in the foreword to his book Original Intent. And, …
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