SOmething EVERYONE of this forum should read
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Something that everyone needs to read is-not just the Holy Bible but the: Constitution,and the: Bill of Rights.
shouldazagged
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I agree 100%, Caj.
I know all the jokes: "What did the English major say on his last job? 'You want fries with that?'"
But for some years--probably since Sputnik in 1957--the trend has been to turn out countless thousands of high school and college graduates who are technically proficient but ignorant of history, literature, the power of the great thinkers, etc. They don't understand the social and economic factors, much less the nationalism and radical philosophies, that have taken us to war so many times in my own lifetime.
We have lost a lot that way. And the most important thing we've lost is an informed public made up of people who can put things in context and see the dangers we face if some of our history repeats itself.
It starts in high school and before, with kids not being taught civics, or how to communicate coherently without using
"lol" or "omg". History was taught very badly--dull and full of memorizing dates--when I was in high school in the early 1950's. Now it seems it's hardly taught at all in many schools.
If kids aren't taught how the balance of powers in our government is supposed to work, how will they know when it's jumped the track? How will they know enough to care?
Didn't mean to rant at such length, but this touches a nerve with me.
RULE OF THUMB (my thumb): No education is ever wasted, but some should never be omitted.
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Gary, you read a book? great news buddy. I might consider it, but does it have pictures? lee
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Such ideas have been the basis for revolution and civil war, some successful and some not. Bastiat is very explosive reading, but I have to agree with most of what he says. Certainly a book for every thinking man's library. Nice reference.
Dennis The B
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I thank my favorite political science professor for leading me to the font of our constitution. In high school none of the teachers taught the basics behind the Founders thoughts and writings. "Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, and Madison wrote the Constitution", and that's as deep as it went.
This professor was a dyed-in-the-wool Roosevelt Democrat, but she was completely fair, and opened our eyes to the source documents. I went out and bought Locke's treatises, read Sir Thomas More's "Utopia", Plato's "Republic" and many others. Our Founding Fathers stood on the shoulders of giants, and the more I read, the more I love the history of the Republic.
Just as an additional thought, read Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy In America". It's also a very interesting work from a Frenchman who toured the U.S. in the early 19th Century.
Caje, thanks as always, for a very interesting discussion!
This professor was a dyed-in-the-wool Roosevelt Democrat, but she was completely fair, and opened our eyes to the source documents. I went out and bought Locke's treatises, read Sir Thomas More's "Utopia", Plato's "Republic" and many others. Our Founding Fathers stood on the shoulders of giants, and the more I read, the more I love the history of the Republic.
Just as an additional thought, read Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy In America". It's also a very interesting work from a Frenchman who toured the U.S. in the early 19th Century.
Caje, thanks as always, for a very interesting discussion!
I see you can read it...
I see you can read it online for a buck and few cents.
I see you can read it online for a buck and few cents.
Abe Books: www.abebooks.com, has four copies: $7.50 to $12. One is a 2000 edition from the Fouundation for Economic Education.
Frank46
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Caj, how was the gun show. Wife had an accident with the pool. Frank
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If you're talking about that one in Lafayette, I don't go as the past 3-4 times it has been a TOTAL waste of time. I did something fun this weekend-Rebuilt some window casings and watched LSU punch their ticket to Omaha.
Actually, that is incorrect. That was the English majors first job. At his last job, he says, "Welcome to Walmart"
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