popped straight in on seeing this .. ps: hope when you have time you enjoy the one above, and the bottom one .. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Alison Flood - guardian.co.uk, Monday 20 August 2012 14.38 BST - Jump to comments (20)
Defender of the faith? Rightwing US talkshow host may take over the publication of The Jefferson Lies after it was dropped by its Christian publisher. Photograph: Jose Luis Magana/AP
Barton's book, The Jefferson Lies, purports to "correct the distorted image of a once-beloved founding father", arguing that Jefferson was an orthodox Christian who did not believe that church and state should be separated .. http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/hard-truth-for-author-publisher-pulls-the-jefferson-lies/ . It was named the least credible history book in print last month by the History News Network .. http://hnn.us/articles/what-least-credible-history-book-print .., and two conservative Christian professors, Warren Throckmorton and Michael Coulter, even wrote a book criticising its claims, saying that "as Jefferson did with the Gospels, Barton chooses what he likes about Jefferson and leaves out the rest to create a result more in line with his ideology".
The Jefferson Lies was dropped by its publisher, Christian press Thomas Nelson .. http://www.worldmag.com/webextra/19840 .., last week, but now Barton has said that Beck's publishing .. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/publishing .. arm Mercury Ink .. http://www.mercuryink.com/ .. is negotiating to publish a new edition. The new version "will not include any substantive changes, but I will rephrase some things to remove any potential confusion," he told Publishers Weekly. The evangelical writer will also include content cut by Thomas Nelson, he said, adding: "I have actually run across more supporting documents that strengthen my case, not weaken it."
Beck, the rightwing US radio host who has written numerous bestselling titles himself, launched his own publishing imprint Mercury Ink last year .. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jun/02/glenn-beck-book-publisher .., in conjunction with Simon & Schuster. He wrote the introduction to Barton's book, saying that the title "takes on this long-held falsehood about the separation of church and state and proves once and for all that our Founding Father was no secularist", and that "the Left" know that "if they are able to discredit and dismiss Jefferson and our other Founders, then we are that much closer to surrendering our birthright and our natural freedoms".
F6 .. Rally 'Round the "True Constitution" .. not .. excerpt ..
Today, however, the tenthers tap into the same populist outrage that inspired a generation of working-class religious conservatives to enthusiastically vote against their own interests. Fox News star Glenn Beck exhorts his audience to "be a constitutional watchdog for America" by lining up against health-care reform, cap-and-trade legislation, and the stimulus package. Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, who enthusiastically backed a tenther "state sovereignty resolution," told a right-wing radio host that he is "willing and ready for the fight if this administration continues to try to force their very expansive government philosophy down our collective throats." Tenther-inspired claims that federal spending violates the Constitution are so common at "tea party" protests that it is impossible to tell where the tenthers end and the tea baggers begin.
In other words, it is all but certain that tenthers will play a significant role in selecting the GOP's presidential nominee in 2012. And if that nominee wins, the tenthers could even come to dominate the administration in the same way that the religious right set its hooks into George W. Bush. http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=41899243
Fox Calls for Repeal of the 20th Century .. excerpt ..
Beck's "Plan": Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security are "going away." On the April 12 edition of his Fox News program, promoting the next day's show about his "Plan" for entitlement spending, Beck said: "Tomorrow, we're going to roll up our sleeves and begin. We're going to cut health care. Right now, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are 40 percent of our budget. They're going away. It's going to be ugly, a lot of crying, but America needs a cure."
goldstandard, 1st time here for me .. firstly, to ALL .. i'm not here to stir, not at all .. goldstandard, fact is i just didn't resist your "Hope Lib's stay away, I like to deal in facts and reality" .. that's why i'm posting this .. because your words there cannot be the fact, since you admire Glenn Beck.
Aside: Most say 'couldn't resist', i prefer 'didn't resist' sometimes, because i like to deal with facts and reality, t __ .. oops, can't say, 'too', because repeat .. IF you do like "to deal etc", then you could not be a big fan of Beck's .. some evidence of Beck's failings, which he readily admits to ..
Glenn Beck "I'm not a reporter. I'm a commentator. I DON'T CHECK FACTS." source: http://webcastr.com/videos/entertainment/Whoopi Goldberg-to-Glenn... Note: please click on the little blue "Image", or you will miss Glenn Beck getting laid.
Ok .. more evidence that Beck does not deal with facts .. only a few of many more from 2009 .. all are excerpts only, much more on insides. .. [...] .. couple of ..