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Rick Perry's Revolutionary War "History"

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The Right's immense media infrastructure -- print, radio, TV and the Internet -- simply repeats the propaganda so often than many weak-minded Americans succumb to it.

So, American history gets turned inside-out. The Revolution was fought in the 1500s with the first shots fired in Lexington, New Hampshire. And the Founders replaced the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution because they wanted to assure the supremacy of the states over the federal government.

Cross-posted from Consortium News

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Robert Parry broke many of the Iran-Contra stories in the 1980s for the Associated Press and Newsweek. His latest book, Secrecy & Privilege: Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq, can be ordered at more...)
 
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16th Century?! by Michael Hayes on Friday, Oct 14, 2011 at 7:49:32 AM