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Once Upon A Time America Celebrated Its Diversity. Well, Sorta – Video

By Samuel Warde on March 24, 2016 'Most Hated Man In America' Is Raising The Price Of Another Drug, America celebrates it diversity, celebrating the diversity of the American experiment, Immigration from old world Europe to new world United states, Immigration in America, is America a melting pot or a salad bowl, People of diverse backgrounds and forced assimilation, Schoolhouse Rock Great American Melting Pot, United states ignores cultural differences and forces assimilation toward a white norm History, Human Interest, Immigration

There was a time when America celebrated its rich diversity. Well, sorta… Believe it or not, there once was a time when America welcomed immigrants, celebrated it’s diversity… Back in 1977, Schoolhouse Rock! – the animated musical educational program – aired “Great American Melting Pot,” which told the story of immigration from the Old World […]

Martin Luther King Jr. Discusses Military Defense Versus Social Uplift (Video)

By Samuel Warde on March 23, 2016 Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King and the modern Black Lives Matter Movement, Martin Luther King Jr., Military defense versus social uplift, Social Justice In America Today, spending money on social programs instead of the military History, Human Interest, Social Justice, Speeches, Videos, War, War and Peace

Martin Luther King, Jr. Discusses the Importance of Investing in Programs of Social Uplift Versus on Military Defense “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. By 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr. had become […]

Ted Cruz Steals Reagan Talking Point – Reagan ‘Would Have Been Appalled’ By His Campaign

By Samuel Warde on March 7, 2016 government can and must provide opportunity, government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem, Reagan and equal rights for LGBT community, Reagan and immigration and amnesty, Reagan supported deficit spending and raising the debt ceiling, Reagan supported expanding government, Reagan supported reasonable gun control, Reagan supported taxing the rich and closing tax loopholes, Reagan was pro-choice, Reagan would have supported Obamacare, Ronald Reagan and the modern Repubican party, Ted Cruz Steals Reagan Talking Point, Ted Cruz's entire campaign is based on a 1980s Reagan talking point Conservatives, Election 2016, History, Immigration, Republican Logic, Taxes, Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz’s entire campaign is based on a 1980s Reagan talking point. NBC News asked Ted to list his favorite presidents in observation of Presidents Day last year and, as expected, Ronald Reagan headed that list. Cruz spoke of his “moral clarity and vision” of how he “expanded freedom,” and how he “lifted millions to […]

4 Republican Myths About The Founding Fathers Debunked

By Samuel Warde on March 4, 2016 Alexander Hamilton Federalaist party believed in strong federal government powerful executive branch, Alexander Hamilton supported loose interpretation of the Constitution, Debunking Right-Wing Hysteria - Gun Violence Versus Terrorism, Fact-checking Republican Lies, George Washington supported strong federal government, Madison supported states' rights, Myths about the Founders debunked, Myths about the Founding Fathers, Republican lies about the founding fathers, Separation of Church and State, the Boston Tea Party was ultimately a protest against a corporate tax cut, the Government of the United States of America is not founded on the Christian religion, the modern Republican Party is in favor of tax cuts, The treaty of Tripoli, The United States was not created as a christian nation, Thomas Jefferson supported states' rights, Thomas Jefferson supported strict interpretation of Constitution Debunking Right Wing Lies, Fact-Checking Lies, History

Republicans love to lie about the nation’s Founding Fathers. Republican myths run strong. They are always ranting and raving on about the similarities between themselves and the Founding Fathers – which is interesting, as in most ways they could not be any different. Below are 4 examples of how the Republican Party puts out false […]

Ronald Reagan Agrees with Obama on Taxes Nearly Word-For-Word – Video

By Samuel Warde on January 4, 2016 closing the unproductive tax loopholes that have allowed some of the truly wealthy to avoid paying their fair share, Do you think the millionaire ought to pay more in taxes than the bus driver or less, hardworking families have to struggle under a growing tax burden, Hero of the GOP Ronald Reagan Agrees with Obama on Taxes, special interests get a free ride, tax reform was needed because it was wrong to let millionaires and corporations pay taxes at lower rates than working people, taxing the rich and closing tax loopholes, the spirit that is going on throughout America, the system is unfair, video footage of Presidents Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama agreeing on taxes, we’re not against big corporations—they provide many of the jobs goods and services that keep america strong, workers sometimes find themselves paying higher taxes than the giant corporations they work for History, Ronald Reagan, Speeches, Taxes, Videos

“If you look at my father […] today, the argument against him would come from the Right; not from the Left. He would have trouble getting his own nomination, but yet he ended up being the greatest president in our lifetimes.” ~Michael Reagan Think Progress has put together a video montage (below) comparing footage of […]

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