| The First Presidents intended for the United States to be isolationist -- The Mexican and Spanish-American Wars were imperialist efforts drummed up by "corporate interests" -- FDR knew in advance about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor -- Harry Truman ordered the atomic bombing of Japan to intimidate the Soviets with "atomic diplomacy" -- John F. Kennedy was killed by LBJ and a secret team to prevent him from getting us out of Vietnam -- Richard Nixon expanded the Vietnam War -- The "Peace Movement" activists were not dupes of the KGB -- Ronald Reagan knew "Star Wars" wouldn't work but wanted to provoke a war with the USSR -- Mikhail Gorbachev, not Ronald Reagan, was responsible for ending the Cold War -- September 11 was not the work of terrorists: it was a government conspiracy -- Not terrorists or weapons of mass destruction were hiding in Iraq -- The Founders envisioned a "Wall of Separation" between Church and State, keeping religious influence out of government -- Thomas Jefferson favored "small government" and was a Pacifist -- Women had no rights in Early America -- Restrictions on the right to vote kept voter participation law -- Prohibition was unpopular from the beginning and failed in all its objectives -- Sacco and Vanzetti were innocent and wrongly executed -- Senator Joseph McCarthy concocted the "Red Scare," and there was nothing to fear from Communist subversives -- The Rosenbergs were not spies and were wrongfully executed -- Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK because he was a deranged Marine, not because he was a Communist -- Columbus was responsible for killing millions of Indians -- The early colonies were intolerant and racist -- Early America was home to few guns or gun owners -- Abraham Lincoln only freed the slaves to beef up his troop strength -- The Scopes trial proved that Darwin was correct and Christians were backward -- The 1950s were dull and boring and created a generation of Conformists in the workplace and home -- Richard Nixon sent burglars into the Watergate office complex -- Neither Ronald Reagan's election nor the "contract with America" proved the triumph of conservative ideas -- Bill Clinton was impeached over sex -- George W. Bush was selected, not elected, in 2000, and votes were stolen on his behalf -- Muslim terrorists are poor and uneducated and hate us because we support Israel -- The news media is objective, fair, and balanced--and always has been -- Native Americans were great environmentalists, while white settlers destoryed the buffalo -- The First Thanksgiving took place because the Indians saved the Puritans from their own ineptitude -- The "Robber Barons" pillaged the land and destroyed the environment -- Federal regulators have protected the public's health by identifying harmful products -- Global warming is a fact, and it's a man-made, American-driven problem -- The Constitution was the creation of "Elites" protecting their financial interests -- Northern Capitalist greed--not slavery-- drove the Civil War -- The Sherman Anti-Trust Act protected the "little guy" and reined in "big business" abuses -- The Transcontinental Railroads never would have been built without government -- The robber barons were only assuaging their guilt with their philanthropy -- The Income Tax was created to make the rich pay their fair sharee, and tax cuts only benefit upper-income Americans -- Business failures and tax cuts combined to cause the Great Depression -- LBJ's great society had a positive impact on the poor -- The decline of American autos and steel was caused by insufficient government support for the industries -- The Reagan tax cuts caused massive deficits and the National Debt -- Alger was innocent --History textbooks used in schools are unbiased and not politically correct. |
