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Title: Have Americans Purposely Been Made Ignorant of Our Nation’s History and How Our Government Works?
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GFP.com
URL Source: http://godfatherpolitics.com/4809/h ... -and-how-our-government-works/
Published: Apr 20, 2012
Author: Gary DeMar
Post Date: 2012-04-20 19:55:27 by CZ82
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Views: 9220
Comments: 7
Have Americans Purposely Been Made Ignorant of Our Nation’s History and How Our Government Works? April 19, 2012 by Gary DeMar Pawn Stars is one of the History Channel’s most watched shows. Each 30-minute segment takes you behind the scenes of what happens at the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop located in Las Vegas, Nevada. It’s family-owned business run by three generations of the Harrison family: Rick, his son ‘Big Hoss,’ and Rick’s dad, affectionately known as the ‘Old Man.’ People bring in items to sell. The most interesting items, naturally, make it on the show. For me, the objects that get my attention are historical in nature – from campaign buttons going back 150 years to everyday items that made our modern world. If Rick doesn’t know something about an item, he brings in an outside expert. Rick loves history, and it shows in his enthusiasm for some of the bits and pieces of the past that people bring in. I’ve picked up quite a few historical tidbits when I watch the show. I made a comment on Facebook people can learn more history by watching Pawn Stars than from sitting in a public (government) school classroom. This is especially true when it comes to our nation’s history and how our government works. The reason our nation is a wreck is that people either don’t know our nation’s governing principles or they don’t care to honor them. Consider the latest statistics on people’s knowledge of the Supreme Court. Five votes on the Supreme Court can make a difference in the lives of 300 million Americans. To be ignorant of the Court and how it works can have disastrous results. A Pew Research Survey asked a series of questions about the Supreme Court. The results are embarrassing. Here are the results to the question “Who is the Chief Justice of the United States?” Don’t Know: 53% John Roberts 28% Thurgood Marshall: 8% John Paul Stevens: 6% Harry Reid: 4% Harry Reid is not and never has been a Supreme Court Justice, and Thurgood Marshall never served as Chief Justice and has been dead since 1993. This all means that when people are asked about Court decisions, there’s good evidence that they are reacting to talking points and not to the logic of the decisions or their long-term implications, whether good or bad. How did we get into this situation? The Constitution is not taught. It’s considered an evolving document, so why study something that could change tomorrow? A Washington Post article states, “Regular people are simply not engaged — they don’t know or care — about the intricacies of the government in a way that people who live inside the Beltway and spend their lives in politics are.” As a result, politicians take advantage of the ignorance of the electorate. Why not? It’s the way that many of them got elected, and they like it that way. This is why presidential elections are so important. Presidents nominate Supreme Court Justices and only on rare occasions does the Senate fail to give its consent. Getting the right justices depends on getting the right president and members of the Senate. In addition, Senators need to have the guts to say no.
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#1. To: CZ82 (#0)
Yeah right, Poppy Bush already disproved that "theory". And most people even politicians aren't able to predict future behavior of even their own children. But maybe you could find out more about it by watching Pawn Stars.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
Didn't Ronald Reagan appoint Sandra Dayo (Scottish Law) Conner? Picking supremes is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you'll get. ~Forest Funk I'm confident that Mitt and Obama are capable of equally bad choices. Anyway they can still get Borked by congress. "Advise and Consent". BTW. when are Boehner and Pelosi going to do their job and remove those justices whose "term of good behavior" have expired? Congress are a bunch of punks afraid to make waves. They've ceded most of their powers to the president, in the hopes that the voters will only punish him. Then they rig the game by making the presidential candidates even worse than the last. A truly amazing accomplishment. Lately they've had to resort to ineligible candidate with foreign fathers or foreign born. Mitt, Obama, and Marco Rubio are all ineligible! There really is a certain level of skulduggery to which Americans won't stoop, "Jobs that Americans won't do". I'm convinced that the secret to maintaining the one party D&R fraud is successively worse presidential candidates.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
Both of which have to be considered as good news. REALLY good news.
"It is impossible to talk reason with those who can only parrot Party Slogans." sneakypete Sept 2011 Stay Hungry...Stay Foolish --Steve Jobs Steve Jobs,life-long Dim,and major Barry Soetoro supporter.
Poppy Bush put Clarence Thomas on the Bench. Clinton put Ginsburg the clown on the Bench. Bush W put Roberts on the court. The shitface from Africa put pervert freak Kagan on the court. R's pick better judges. It isn't even close.
Harry Reid is not and never has been a Supreme Court Justice, and Thurgood Marshall never served as Chief Justice and has been dead since 1993. Both of which have to be considered as good news. REALLY good news. F! pete! You owe me a cup of coffee and a new keyboard! LOL!
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
Too true. Ignorance of the Court and how it works gives birth to conspiracy theories.
Anyone claiming to be an expert is selling something. I brandish my ignorance like a crucifix at vampires. Aaron Bady
You forgot that dipstick Sotomayor!!!
"If you voted for Obama in 2008 to prove you're not a racist, you'll need to vote for someone else in 2012 to prove you're not an idiot."
This is why presidential elections are so important. Presidents nominate Supreme Court Justices and only on rare occasions does the Senate fail to give its consent. Getting the right justices depends on getting the right president and members of the Senate. In addition, Senators need to have the guts to say no.
#2. To: CZ82, *The Two Parties ARE the Same* (#0)
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"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#3. To: CZ82 (#0)
Harry Reid is not and never has been a Supreme Court Justice, and Thurgood Marshall never served as Chief Justice and has been dead since 1993.
#4. To: mininggold (#1)
Yeah right, Poppy Bush already disproved that "theory"
#5. To: sneakypete, CZ82 (#3)
#6. To: CZ82 (#0)
To be ignorant of the Court and how it works can have disastrous results.
#7. To: A K A Stone (#4)
The shitface from Africa put pervert freak Kagan on the court.
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