tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56810412011-07-08T03:03:47.690-07:00Personal bias and spinning of information are responsible for a great deal of our misstated history. An inordinate sum of the de facto account of our past was imparted by individuals with special motives aimed at shaping historical literature to enhance someone's image, perpetuate a faith or promote patriotism. With the advent of the World Wide Web, the Freedom of Information Act and other up-to-date sources, contemporary essayist are capable of presenting a more candid depiction of our history.Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06493931428487318561noreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681041.post-80403646833023121812009-02-17T07:13:00.000-08:002009-02-21T06:27:59.902-08:00

Why Intelligent People Make Flawed DecisionsFor What Reasons Do World Leaders,Politicians and CEO’s Make So Many Mistakes? Throughout history learned men in leadership positions have repeatedly been called upon to make decisions affecting the fate of their country, a business or their personal lives. Unfortunately and too frequently, a wrong course of action was determined. Even when given good

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Redneck America, the Core of the Republican Party Any delineation as to the characterization of a socially provincial Redneck has to be considered a subjective opinion as there are no concurring definitions or standards regarding their cultural habits. Despite such fact, this commentary is not designedly an expression of ideas or feeling attributed to its originator. The author

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Prejudice AmericaA Renascence of Xenophobia and Bigotry The history of discrimination in the impending Thirteen Colonies originated with the arrival of its initial inhabitants. When the first Europeans dropped anchor in the New World’s colonial territory during the 17th and 18th Centuries, they were, in most instances, greeted affably by Native Americans. Nonetheless, conflicts

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Did Our Founding Fathers Really Get It Right?The Constitution has been augmented with 27 amendments:including perhaps, its most relevant component, the Bill of Rights The prevailing U.S. Constitution, the supreme law of the United States of America, is a model for global government. It’s the oldest governing document in use in the world today. It took the work of many great minds and

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Nikola Tesla- Enigmatical Genius A pragmatic portrayal of Tesla’s veritable accomplishments,confluent with a definitive synopsis of his exile to obscurityClick on images to enlarge"The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention. It is the most important product of his creative brain. Its ultimate purpose is the complete mastery of mind over the material world, the

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Americans Hate Paying Taxes As an alternative to judicious taxation and spending our elected officials have chosen to borrow trillions of dollars, laying the foundation for a national debt crisis Historically, it seems Americans have always hated paying taxes. Moreover, most feel their taxes are too high. In contrast, most seem to be insistent on a strong national defense,

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Click on images to enlargeWho Actually Discovered the AmericasColumbus, Amerigo Vespucci, the Vikings, Chinese,Africans, Maybe the Israelites or the MuslimsUndoubtedly we will never know who originally discovered the continents referred to as the Americas (North, South and Central America, the Caribbean islands and perhaps Greenland). There are just too many possibilities and two little evidence

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Was Japan Defeated Prior toUsing the Atomic Bomb? Stalwart opinions exist for both scenarios Following the employment of the atomic bombs which resulted in the razing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki three days later, Japan surrendered officially ending World War II on September 2nd.Since these seemingly controvertible events there's been considerable disputation as to whether or not

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Click on images to enlargAnomalistic History A Re-examination of Historical Interpretations as well as Underscoring Imperfections Concerning Various Presupposed Axioms and Accepted Cultural Traditions It 's not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language. <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0

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There's Never Been a Communist RegimeMarxist Communism vs. Leninism/StalinismClick on images to enlargeIt's widely accepted that the ideological type socialism developed in the minds of two German political philosophers was the blueprint for the commonly known theoretical social system perceived as Communism. In 1848 the Communist League comprised principally of utopian socialists and Christian

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Three Different Sets of "Ten" CommandmentsSome of Which May be Considered Spiritually Offensive"But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty." (Ten Commandments, Exodus 34:20) [Since the time of the Passover, all the firstborn belonged to

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70 CE, The Birth ofContemporary Judaism and ChristianityThe distruction of Jerusalem and its HolyTemple remarkably transmuted both religionsIn 70 CE the Romans decimated the population of Jerusalem. They destroyed the city and permanently demolished Judaism’s Sacred Temple. The destruction of Jerusalem was the culmination of the successful campaign, by the Roman general Titus, against the

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Voters’ Knowledge about Both Democratic andRepublican Party is Remarkably LimitedClick on images to enlarge"In religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination."-------Mark TwainMost people believe they have a fair understanding why they personally favor a particular political party; however, few truly know the history

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Our Ancestors and Cultural Traditions Shape and OftenDistort What Most Believe are Fundamental TruthsClick on images to enlarge"We are, perhaps more than we suspect, shaped in our habits of thought and action, by our Western heritage. Our roots lie in Greece, Rome, and Israel, and our knowledge of who we are depends in large part on our knowledge of those forces which have helped form us."The

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Gouverneur Morris, TheFounding Father Time Forgot Attributed with giving final form to the U.S. Constitution of 1789 Although the U.S. Constitution preamble is not a source of power for any department of the federal government, the Supreme Court has often referred to it as evidence of the origin, scope, and purpose of the Constitution.“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a

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Christians Impassioned by Cinema How Christians world wide assimilated Biblical insightthrough the mental imagery of the illusional world of theatricsSubsequent to its opening ceremony in February 2004, various religious organizations prompted literally millions of people to attend Mel Gibson’s Biblical epic, “The Passion of Christ,” and view it as though it were a realistic depiction of actual

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Mohammad’s Social ReformationA Humanistic Perspective of Mohammadand Today’s Islamic WorldIt is somewhat perplexing that it's more of a formidable task to locate authoritative information on Mohammed and the Qur'an than it is to ferret out nonpartisan eruditions concerning Christianity. There is an endless array of Christian scholarly sources that report in great detail about academically

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John HansonAmerica’s First President?First Chief of State Under the Union's Inceptive ConstitutionThe purpose of this article is not to diminish the importance of George Washington’s role as “Father of Our Country” but to point out how popular history is quite often fragmentary. Time and again history was reported subjectively by emphasizing the ideas, thoughts, and feelings of a given author or

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Don’t Call Me a ConservativeThere are numerous connotations associated withthe term conservative , albeit many are unfavorableOne of the first things you learn when becoming a ardent student of history is that age-old literature is usually interpreted and perceived considerably different to an informed scholar as opposed to a layman who usually reads literature of the past and perceives it in

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America Founded onthe Right Not to VoteTwo hundred years ago you had to be white,male and a property owner in order to voteClick on images to enlargeAlthough voting is considered to be one of the more fundamental rights Americans have, it's a liberality too many citizens in contemporary America take for granted. Since 1960 the number of balloter's voting in consequential elections has declined

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Oldest Cities in the United States Acoma New Mexico is regarded by some as the oldest continuously inhabited urbandevelopment in the U.S. but the communities actual history is too obsure to validateTen Oldest U.S. Cities1) St. Augustine, Florida, 15652) Santa Fe, New Mexico, 16093) Hampton, Virginia, 16104) Newport News, Virginia, 1611/215) Albany, New York, 1614/246) New York, New York, 16247)

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Few Societies Rival the Germansfor the Impact They've Had onWorld Culture and HistoryClick on images to enlargeIt’s generally accepted by a copious sum of scholars that ancient Greek influence on the sociological perspectives of humanity and world history was and arguably still is unrivaled. In Fourth Century BCE, Macedonian King Alexander the Great systematically disseminated Hellenistic culture

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Evolution of a ReligionFrom Jesus' Jewish Reform MovementTo Paul's, The Gospel of John andThe Roman Emperor Constantine's ChristianityClick on images to enlargeAcquired information for redacted religious narratives is usually derived from a divergence of both traditional and contemporary scriptural translations and commentaries. Therefore, when spiritual texts are reinterpreted, it’s the

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