Harvard professor Jill Lepore, the author of The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party’s Revolution and the Battle over American History, has a brilliant op-ed in today’s New York Times on the life of Benjamin Franklin’s sister, Jane Mecom. It should be required reading for anyone who ever attended a Tea Party rally and […]
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The life of Jane Mecom…. Suggested reading for all Tea Partiers
Posted in Economics, History, Other, Politics, Rants Also tagged American history, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franlin, Catherine Ferguson Academy for Young Women, fetishes, founding father fetish, founding fathers, Harvard, Jane Mecom, Jill Lepore, misunderstanding American history, Path to Prosperity, Paul Ryan, Poor Law, poverty, public education, rewriting history, tea party, women's rights 34 Comments
Keep Fear Alive – October 30, 2010
Well, it looks like we’d better order those tricorne hats and colonial wigs, and charter that bus for DC. It’s now official. Colbert accepted the bribe, and the Restoring Truthiness rally is going to happen on the Mall, in front of the Lincoln Memorial. It’s not going to be called the Restoring Truthiness rally, though. […]
Posted in Media, Other, Politics, Special Projects Also tagged colonial wig, DonorsChoose, fear, fear mongering, feces throwing, FOX News, Gathering of the Juggalos, Glenn Beck, Jon Stewart, Keep Fear Alive, Million Man March, rallies, Rally to Restore Sanity, Reddit, Restoring Truthiness, sanity, satire, Stephen Colbert, Tila Tequila 29 Comments