ArtVM - The 10 Big Lies About America: Combating Destructive Distortions About Our Nation

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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 9781934384305 Format: Audiobook ISBN: 1934384305 Label: Treasure Publishing Manufacturer: Treasure Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 5 Publication Date: 2009-05-30 Publisher: Treasure Publishing Studio: Treasure Publishing
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Interesting things they won't teach in public schools. Comment: This book presents a good perspective on issues that the media has led us to believe are "facts". Good historical background info. Definitely for those who want to have more than 1 perspective on where our country "is coming from". Customer Rating: Summary: Liked it, however Comment: The idea that America should get credit for ending slavery is simply not true. I did like the book overall. Mexico had ended slavery in the Americas first due to fighting the Spanairds who had in turn enslaved them. As a matter of fact that was one of the reasons Mexico sent troops to stop the revolts on Mexican soil (Texas) because the ex-American patriots wanted their RIGHT to own slaves which the Mexicans really didn't care for after having fought off the Spainards to end their own slavery. Customer Rating: Summary: Must READ!! Comment: This should be required reading in all venues. It is refreshing to read some actual facts and a good counterpoint to the hype the media loves to put out. Customer Rating: Summary: Ha ha ha! Comment: 10 Big Lies About America. This was whining but I liked it. To be honest, I'm having trouble finding really GREAT books to read since I switched to my Kindle. The most engrossing read so far has been "Diary of a Lost Girl," the memoir by Osama Bin Laden's mistress/sex slave Kola Boof and the fact that I originally didn't believe her story shocks me now that I read the book. I hated when that book ended, it was surprisingly thorough, very well written and fantastically entertaining, mainly because of the author's blunt candor. So if you want Medved's same political views but from an African immigrant who loves America with good reason in better detail as to WHY then you might want to sample that book. Anybody know any other really GREAT books they've read on their Kindle, post 'em! Customer Rating: Summary: Rant-O-Rama Comment: "The 10 Big Lies About America" taught as truth on Talk Radio and Fixed Noise is a grotesque, propagandistic distortion of the historical record. And how's this for a doozie of a distortion? "the U.S. deserves unique CREDIT for ending slavery." Yeah. Right Michael. How long again after Britain banned slavery did that happen in the US? Where does the 'credit' part come in? More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: It aint so much the things we dont know that get us into trouble, nineteenthcentury humorist Josh Billings remarked. Its the things we know that just aint so. In this bold and brilliantly argued book, acclaimed author and talkradio host Michael Medved zeroes in on ten of the biggest fallacies that millions of Americans believe about our countryin spite of incontrovertible facts to the contrary. In The 10 Big Lies About America, Medved pinpoints the most pernicious pieces of Americabashing disinformation that pollute current debates about the economy, race, religion in politics, the Iraq war and other contentious issues. The myths that Medved deftly debunks include Myth The United States is uniquely guilty for the crime of slavery and based its wealth on stolen African labor. Fact The colonies that became the United States accounted for, at most, 3 percent of the abominable international slave trade; the persistence of slavery in America slowed economic progress; and the U.S. deserves unique credit for ending slavery. Myth The alarming rise of big business hurts the United States and oppresses its people. Fact Corporations played an indispensable role in building America and corporate growth has brought progress that benefits all with cheaper goods and better jobs. Myth The Founders intended a secular, not Christian, nation. Fact Even after ratifying the Constitution, fully half the state governments endorsed specific Christian denominations. And just a day after approving the First Amendment, forbidding the establishment of religion, Congress called for a national day of public thanksgiving and prayer to acknowledge the many signal favors of Almighty God. Myth A war on the middle class means less comfort and opportunity for the average American. Fact Familiar campaign rhetoric about the victimized middle class ignores the overwhelming statistical evidence that the standard of living keeps rising for every segment of the population, as well as the reallife experience of tens of millions of middleclass Americans. Each of the ten lieswidely believed among elites and taught as truth in universities and public schoolsis a grotesque, propagandistic distortion of the historical record. For everyone who is tired of hearing America denigrated by people who dont know what theyre talking about, The 10 Big Lies About America supplies the ammunition necessary to fire back the next time somebody tries to recycle these baseless beliefs. Medveds witty, welldocumented rebuttal is a refreshing reminder that as Americans we should feel blessed, not burdened, by our heritage.