As I wrote previously, in mid-November I noticed that David Barton’s The Jefferson Lies was once again being sold by Amazon, despite having been pulled by its publisher, Thomas Nelson, back in August because of its inaccuracies. When the book reappeared on Amazon, however, the publisher for it was listed as Barton’s own WallBuilder Press, …
Monthly Archive: December 2012
Dec 27 2012
Pingback from a David Barton Wannabe
I usually ignore pingbacks when moderating the comments on my blog here, but thought people would get a kick out of this one that showed up last night. The blog that linked to my post from yesterday about Isaac Newton is a new one — American Christocrats — written by a guy named BJ Swearer …
Dec 26 2012
In Honor of Isaac Newton’s Birthday — A Debunking of a David Barton Lie About Him
OK, I’m actually a day late … Isaac Newton was born on Christmas Day … but I didn’t get around to posting this yesterday. In his book The Jefferson Lies, pseudo-historian David Barton claims that the reason Thomas Jefferson considered Isaac Newton to have been one of the three greatest men who ever lived was …
Dec 25 2012
Major Jonathan C. Dowty, the Christian Fighter Pilot, Finally Goes Too Far for the Air Force
For the first time, Air Force Major Jonathan C. Dowty, the Christian Fighter Pilot, has had to make a change to one of his egregiously offensive blog posts. For years, the Air Force has let Major Dowty get away with far more than what anyone would reasonably consider the First Amendment rights of an active …
Dec 24 2012
MRFF Gets Christmas Email
So, while taking a break from trying to figure out where the hell the batteries go in a toy I got for one of the kids I hang out with on Christmas, I decided to check my MRFF emails. As usual, December 24 is one of those days when I just have to shake my …
Dec 23 2012
Sunday Funnies
. . . . A rabbi and a priest get into a car accident and it’s a bad one. Both cars are totally demolished, but amazingly, neither of the clerics is hurt. After they crawl out of their cars, the rabbi sees the priest’s collar and says, “So you’re a priest. I’m a rabbi. Just …
Dec 18 2012
Mikey Weinstein Ranked as One of the “100 Most Influential People in U.S. Defense” by Defense News
#95 — Mikey Weinstein Founder of Military Religious Freedom Foundation A former Air Force officer and White House lawyer during the Reagan administration,Weinstein is today a one-issue whistle-blower who has driven real change in religious policy throughout the military.Advocating for secularism in the military through the Military Religious Freedom Foundation he founded in 2005, …
Dec 16 2012
No, Mr. Huckabee, It’s Not Because God Has Been Removed From Schools
Yeah, we could have guessed this was coming … the persecuted Christians are using the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut as an opportunity to promote their agenda, claiming that this tragedy happened because God has been removed from public schools. As reported by Media Matters, Mike Huckabee, answering the question “How could God let this …







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