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| 60% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Crown Forum Catalog: Book Release date: 2008-11-18 Media: Hardcover Number of pages: 288 Ean: 9780307394064 Book Isbn: 0307394069  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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“It ain’t so much the things we don’t know that get us into trouble,nineteenth-century humorist Josh Billings remarked. “It’s the things we know that just ain’t so.” In this bold and brilliantly argued book, acclaimed author and talk-radio host Michael Medved zeroes in on ten of the biggest fallacies that millions of Americans believe about our country—in spite of incontrovertible facts to the contrary. In The 10 Big Lies About America, Medved pinpoints the most pernicious pieces of America-bashing disinformation that pollute current debates about the economy, race, religion in politics, the Iraq war, and other contentious issues. The myths that Medved deftly debunks include: Myth: The United States is uniquely guilty for the crime of slavery and based its wealth on stolen African labor. Fact: The colonies that became the United States accounted for, at most, 3 percent of the abominable international slave trade; the persistence of slavery in America slowed economic progress; and the U.S. deserves unique credit for ending slavery. Myth: The alarming rise of big business hurts the United States and oppresses its people. Fact: Corporations played an indispensable role in building America, and corporate growth has brought progress that benefits all with cheaper goods and better jobs. Myth: The Founders intended a secular, not Christian, nation. Fact: Even after ratifying the Constitution, fully half the state governments endorsed specific Christian denominations. And just a day after approving the First Amendment, forbidding the establishment of religion, Congress called for a national “day of public thanksgiving and prayer” to acknowledge “the many signal favors of Almighty God.” Myth: A war on the middle class means less comfort and opportunity for the average American. Fact: Familiar campaign rhetoric about the victimized middle class ignores the overwhelming statistical evidence that the standard of living keeps rising for every segment of the population, as well as the real-life experience of tens of millions of middle-class Americans. Each of the ten lies—widely believed among elites and taught as truth in universities and public schools—is a grotesque, propagandistic distortion of the historical record. For everyone who is tired of hearing America denigrated by people who don’t know what they’re talking about, The 10 Big Lies About America supplies the ammunition necessary to fire back the next time somebody tries to recycle these baseless beliefs. Medved’s witty, well-documented rebuttal is a refreshing reminder that as Americans we should feel blessed, not burdened, by our heritage. |
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 Written on December 20, 2008 Summary: This was on a Christmas wish list This book was on a Christmas wish list for my brother in-law. I doubt he will complain about the book. Written on December 16, 2008 Summary: Medved tackles the lies the liberal media wants you to believe Conservative Commentator Michael Medved's new book TEN BIG LIES ABOUT AMERICA isn't a hard hitting attack piece on all that liberals are doing to destroy our nation. Instead, he takes a look at ten "lies" or distortions that have basically become accepted truth. First he examines the origins of these lies, then takes the reader back through the history of the USA to prove why these perceived facts are in reality not true. The lies are, in order of chapter: American was founded on genocide against Native Americans, the USA is uniquely guilty for the crime of slavery and its wealth is based on stolen african labor, the founders intended a secular, not a Christian nation, America has always been a multiculteral society strengthened by diversity, the power of big business hurts the country and oppresses the people, government programs offer the only remedy for economic downturn and poverty, America is an imperialist nation and threat to world peace, the two party system is broken and in need of a viable third party, a war on the middle class means less comfort and opportunity for the average American, and America is in thet midst of an irreversible moral decline. None of the statements covered by Medved directly affect my life right now, but they are part of the mindset of a majority of Americans (at least Medved thinks so.) What should we make of this book? Most likely, Medved fans and conservatives will enjoy it, and liberals will hate it. The truth is, Medved provides citations of all the facts he provides. The research makes this book a quality research tool. Medved says that "America was founded on genocide against Native Americans" is a lie, and then he proves it. The same with the other nine "facts." Medved proves they are wrong with his research, and a little bit of opinion thrown in. I've always liked Michael Medved and of course I enjoyed this book. It won't enrage you or motivate you to take action, but it will educate about the perceptions that the liberal media and politicians want you to believe are the truth. Written on December 15, 2008 Summary: Setting American history in proper perspective Having long been suspicious of the constant stream of negative commentary about our country and its history, I was eager to see this book and what it had to say. With a conversational style and constant references to source materials, Mr. Medved tears down many of the silly revisionist history for which we are all supposed to be ashamed to be Americans. I appreciate how he is not dismissive of the wrong-doings in our history, but instead sets the facts in their proper perspective, sometimes even giving credit where it is due. As an example, he addresses the history of slavery in America by first acknowledging the obvious wrongs there, then by explaining the broader historical context of slavery in the world. Finally setting our history in proper perspective, the true and horrible evil of slavery came late to our country, did not benefit us excessively, and we can take some pride as a nation in bringing a relatively swift end to this awful institution. While not lessening the wrongness of slavery, it is relevant to note that our country played a small role in the institution (meaning, received a small percentage of slaves brought to the Americas) but a substantial role in the ending of it (long before Brazil, Africa, or many Arab nations). Far from being a bunch of rhetoric, this is a presentation of facts and the story that they so clearly tell. Overall, pretty readable and well grounded in original sources.  Written on December 15, 2008 Summary: Hi, I'm Michael Medved and my book is number one on Amazon for 'Conservatism'... Michael Medved: Hi, I'm Michael Medved and my book is number one on Amazon for 'Conservatism'. I think you should buy it because I bring up very important points about everything. Caller: Hello, I'm a fan of yours and I just love your show, and I can't wait to read your book. Wow, you are so smart. Michael Medved: Why thank you. That just shows how intelligent you are. Caller: Gee, thank you, I'm so flattered. Goodbye. Michael Medved: Nice caller. Now let's go to Reasonville, USA. Hello. Next Caller: Hi. I've got a few things to say to you. Number one, I think it's interesting listening to you, but your show would be a lot better if you stopped talking about yourself. You're beginning to sound like Rush 'I-never-talk-about-myself-so-let's-spend-the-next-five-minutes-talking-about-not-talking-about-myself' Limbaugh. Michael Medved: Thank you for your opinion. I don't think I spend that much time talking about myself. In fact, I rarely talk about myself. But if I do, well, I'm a talk show host, so everything I talk about is, in some way, talking about myself. What else would you like to talk about? Next Caller: Well, I think you have a very simple view of religion, and for some reason you side with every Christian issue, whether it is the Ten Commandments or Jesuscamp, which you said was a horrible movie. What I think is horrible is to have Commandments in public spaces that say it is a sin to 'take the Lord's name in vain' or 'worship false religion', namely worship other religions. Buddhists, Hindu, and athiests have a right to be free from religion with any connection to government. Jesuscamp showed a true side of Christianity, and while it was one-sided, it definitely deserved an open-minded review. The Ted Haggard sequence was great, and I think you should condemn Haggard, not the movie for showing what an arrogant narcisstic Haggard is. But what really get's me is when you talk about religion and bring up Pascal's Wager. If there is anything that shows the illogic of the religious mind, it is those who ascribe to Pascal's Wager as a reason to believe, as they figure they have nothing to lose. As if God, if He did exist, would not see through that. Michael Medved: Well, I respect your opinion, and I thank you for your call, but I think it's time we go to a commercial break. And that reminds me, my book, 'The 10 Big Lies...'  Written on December 14, 2008 Summary: medved's "maginot's line" Medved's "Maginot's Line" of modern political rationalizations for the privledged classes. He over-literalizes banner-cries and dismisses modern legacies of the injustice he would peddle absolution for in the form of this useless book. |
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| Release date | 2008-11-18 | 2008-11-29 | 2008-06-24 | 2008-09-23 | 2008-09-04 | 2008-11-11 |
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