Ten big lies

I've been watching Michael Medved on Book-TV talk about his newest book, Ten big lies about America in which he discussed the most pernicious persistent America-bashing that we hear almost daily from the media and the children and college students learn about the economy, race, religion in politics, the Iraq war, and other issues.

These 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. [America-bashers try to say slavery here was unique--it wasn't--it was universal. And still exists today in many countries.]

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 theestablishment 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 real-life experience of tens of millions of middle-class Americans."

He also reminds us that what made the Great Depression "great" was its unprecedented length, caused by the bumbling foolishness of our two presidents, Hoover and Roosevelt. No other recession/depression in our history had ever had such interference, nor had lasted as long. Medved has a great radio show--and if you can't get it in your area you can listen via the computer. The Book-TV program will be repeated tomorrow and next Sunday.

P.S. Bush never said, "Mission accomplished," but I don't think that was covered here. He did a radio show on that myth/lie which is constantly repeated.