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Javaman

(64,652 posts)
6. I agree with what you are saying...
Wed May 16, 2012, 10:24 AM
May 2012

I'm just cranky this morning. LOL

And I get really tired of the propaganda from the right wing and their attempts to rewrite recent history.

I know better and most thinking people know better, but it's the average slob who feeds on sound bites to "educate themselves" who don't. And while historians will keep the record straight, sadly, they are also rarely sighted as sources for information.

Many people have tried to label the age we are currently living in, but in my opinion, they have wildly missed the mark; I have my own. I call it the age when stupidity became profitable. And until it has passed (which can't be soon enough for me), we will all be subject (except to those who pay attention) to an ever evolving state of what is perceived as history and how it's presented by the various news outlets.

So, as for which side? I thought for a while that I would be Ottoman. After all the Light Brigade didn't work out very well for the Brits. But then again, the Brits did have some nice looking uniforms.

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I recall hearing that lynne cheney had written a 'history' book, elleng May 2012 #1
That is an excellent example SoutherDem May 2012 #2
Depends what you mean by history... ellisonz May 2012 #3
History doesn't matter anymore... Javaman May 2012 #4
Really? On which side? malthaussen May 2012 #5
I agree with what you are saying... Javaman May 2012 #6
Yeah, the Light Brigade wasn't too successful... malthaussen May 2012 #7
Yeah, I thought it a bit clunky too. Javaman May 2012 #8
Or maybe "Vested Stupidity," or "Vested Ignorance..." malthaussen May 2012 #9
I think you are on to something. That's closer. Javaman May 2012 #13
The Age of Profiting From Ignorance malthaussen May 2012 #14
It's going to be a tough phrase to come up with that Javaman May 2012 #16
Hee-hee: The Age of Honesty malthaussen May 2012 #17
Cheers! :) nt Javaman May 2012 #20
It can .. ananda May 2012 #10
"it is often difficult to know what really happen" -- no professional coalition_unwilling May 2012 #11
That's a good question. EFerrari May 2012 #12
yes. HiPointDem May 2012 #15
Historic Revisionism from our friends in the Reich Wing Taverner May 2012 #18
Well I will admit SoutherDem May 2012 #19
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