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Guess what? The Indians didn’t save the Pilgrims from starvation by
teaching them to grow corn. Thomas Jefferson thought states’ rights—an
idea reviled today—were even more important than the Constitution’s
checks and balances. The “Wild” West was more peaceful and a lot safer
than most modern cities. And the biggest scandal of the Clinton years
didn’t involve an intern in a blue dress.

Surprised?
Don’t be. In America, where history is riddled with misrepresentations,
misunderstandings, and flat-out lies about the people and events that
have shaped the nation, there’s the history you know and then there’s
the truth.

In 33 Questions About American History You’re Not Supposed to Ask, Thomas E. Woods Jr., the New York Times bestselling author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History,
sets the record straight with a provocative look at the hidden truths
about our nation’s history—the ones that have been buried because
they’re too politically incorrect to discuss. Woods draws on real
scholarship—as opposed to the myths, platitudes, and slogans so many
other “history” books are based on—to ask and answer tough questions
about American history, including:

- Did the Founding Fathers support immigration?
- Was the Civil War all about slavery?
- Did the Framers really look to the American Indians as the model for the U.S. political system?
-
Was the U.S. Constitution meant to be a “living, breathing”
document—and does it grant the federal government wide latitude to
operateas it pleases?
- Did Bill Clinton actually stop a genocide, as we’re told?

You’d never know it from the history that’s been handed down to us, but the answer to all those questions is no.

Woods’s
eye-opening exploration reveals how much has been whitewashed from the
historical record, overlooked, and skewed beyond recognition. More
informative than your last U.S. history class, 33 Questions About American History You’re Not Supposed to Ask will have you wondering just how much about your nation’s past you haven’t been told.

The Fix Is In

On August 2, Democrats fixed a House vote in order to overturn a motion that would prevent undocumented immigrants from receiving federal housing funds.  The House voted 215 to 213 to deny housing and employment to illegal immigrants on the annual agriculture spending bill.  The votes were counted, but the Speaker closed the vote with his gavel.  The Democrats then unilaterally and imperially overturned this result—defying 218 years of precedent.  The Speaker reopened the vote to ensure that the motion was then defeated by a vote of 212 to 216, disenfranchising the American people and paving the way for illegal immigrants to receive federal housing and employment benefits.

Personal Story by a Lawyer from a Previous Asset Bubble

Hard to believe and even conceptualize a time when prudence and financial discipline were esteemed. This is the sad account of many folks being demoralized and unable to recuperate a substantial nest egg to retire. Their main concern shifted to providing the basic necessities for their family. Keep in mind that the majority of Americans store their wealth in home equity. Many people that grew up during the depression seem frugal and downright strict with their budgets and lifestyles. It left a visual scar on their psyche. How could it not? We look at our current culture and hear prominent financial gurus telling people to walk away from their home if they have no equity. Just leave. Don’t try to fight to keep it. Default and declare bankruptcy if necessary. My main question is who will pay the eventual bill? If you say the government then that means you will be paying back for the mass irresponsibility of financial institutions, imprudent government policy, and the mass greed of many. Unfortunately, this bubble will affect everyone in some form since all of us need shelter and this credit bubble was built on the over appraisal of a shingled laden roof over your head.

So I was looking for the recent Dell Inspirion commercial’s song, because it’s sweet, and off to Google I go.

At FatMixx.com I found just was I was looking for:

950. socalrider Says:
July 13th, 2007 at 1:10 am

New Dell Commercial:
The Wand by The Flaming Lips

Aw yeah.

The Flaming Lips - The W.A.N.D.

THE FLAMING LIPS lyrics - “The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)”

(You’ve got the power in there)
(Waving your wand in the air)

Time after time those fanatical minds try to rule all the world
Telling us all it’s them who’s in charge of it all
I’ve got a tricked out magic stick that will make them all fall
We’ve got the power now, motherfuckers; that’s where it belongs

You’ve got that right
(Power in there)
You know that it’s…
(Wand in the air)

They’ve got their weapons to solve all their questions, they don’t know what it’s for
(Cause they don’t know what it’s for)
Why can’t they see it’s not power, just greed, to just want more and more?
(Just want more and more)
I got a plan and it’s here in my hand but it’s all made of rights
We’re the enforcers, the sorcerer’s orphans, and we know why we fight
(And we know why we fight)

You’ve got that right
(You’ve got the power in there)
(Waving your wand in the air)

(You’ve got the power in there)
(You’ve got the power in there)
(You’ve got the power in there)
(Waving your wand in the air)

You’ve got that right
You know that it’s…

I’ve been thinking about this for about two decades now, and I’ve not heard of a single comprehensive plan to deal with this major issue.  Anything that comes along is piecemeal and doesn’t account for other parts of the infrastructure.

Daily Pundit

Minneapolis I-35 Bridge Collapse - Expert Op-Ed - America’s Weak Infrastructure - Popular Mechanics

The fact is that Americans have been squandering the
infrastructure legacy bequeathed to us by earlier generations. Like the
spoiled offspring of well-off parents, we behave as though we have no
idea what is required to sustain the quality of our daily lives. Our
electricity comes to us via a decades-old system of power generators,
transformers and transmission lines—a system that has utility
executives holding their collective breath on every hot day in July and
August. We once had a transportation system that was the envy of the
world. Now we are better known for our congested highways, second-rate
ports, third-rate passenger trains and a primitive air traffic control
system. Many of the great public works projects of the 20th
century—dams and canal locks, bridges and tunnels, aquifers and
aqueducts, and even the Eisenhower interstate highway system—are at or
beyond their designed life span.

The reason for this is quite simple: It is the utter corruption of
our political system. Our system has become a single machine designed
to raise huge amounts of money for a few people through a system of
institutionalized bribery by special interests, and public payment
wealth transfers in exchange for votes.

Bridges and other infrastructures don’t vote, and it has already
been calculated that it is cheaper to pay off the aggrieved after a New
Orleans drowns, or a Minneapolis’ primary bridge falls into the river,
than to actually fix our ancient infrastructure systems - since doing
so would divert too much money from the more politically attractive
system of direct bribes to voter segments.