During the Presidential debates I wanted the various moderators to ask both Obama and Romney this question: How would have President Andrew Jackson responded in Benghazi?
Obama’s persecution of the press appears to repeat the
mistake the British made with the Stamp Act. They taxed the press and their
editorials retaliated, partly leading to the American Revolution. Obama should
have known this, but apparently the American history curriculum was lacking in
the Indonesian madrassah where he studied.
In 1790 Alexander Hamilton sent his proposal for the
Treasury Department to James Madison for review. Madison replied that if we sell bonds into
international markets, foreigners may buy them and try to control us. You are
probably more likely to learn this studying American History in Beijing than Washington.
Read history answered Winston Churchill when asked how he learned leadership.
Harry Truman answered a similar question with read biography. Every form of
government throughout history was examined and debated by the Founding Fathers.
Some say that our Constitution of limited government is
outmoded. Have the Ten Commandments lost relevance over the last 3200 years?
Far too many people today view the world around them through the blinders of a
preconceived ideology. An ahistorial attitude best describes the circus in
today’s Washington.
Recalling the vernacular of my youth I ask: Do you know what is really real?
Copyright 2013, Mark
L. Bennett
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