Okay I have done my rant for the week. I have picked on the
democratic and republican parties…I picked horribly on the “Tea Party” which of
course I think is a joke. Speaking of Tea Parties—I like that term—it denotes
historically a club of smugglers.
Let us walk down history lane for a minute.
The Boston Tea Party really was not about taxes because the British
Tea Act was a colonial reduction measure of the imported tea. It was about John
Hancock’s illegal tea trade. That wasn’t the only illegal smuggling act.
Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! One of our framers ran an illegal business?
I have one better than that!
Warren Delano, grandfather to
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, help China get addicted to opium. When it became
complicated they decided other methods of trade; but, they sure made a lot of
money off the wonderfully euphoric narcotic. (Warren Delano's daughter was FDR's mother.)
The midnight ride of Paul Revere …well not exactly. He and
Mr. Dawes were detained after they had already warned some of the sons of liberty.
It was Dr. Samuel Prescott who actually made that midnight ride to Concord because
when Revere was detained, they took his horse. He was on foot.
Earlier today, I was really ranting about “Rush Limbaugh”
getting an award for a historical children’s book he had written. I am
conservative in my own way. I am not affiliated with any part I am affiliated
with truth. Period! I have already read too many reviews of this book.
I will quote Vicky Smith, a teen editor, in a comment dated
May 2, 2014:
“The illustrations comprise
semi-relevant photos, archival images and thoroughly amateurish digital
collages that look starkly out of place against the faux parchment backgrounds.
(One is a gratuitous image of Rush holding up a bottle of his Two If by Tea
iced tea.) The writing is just as rough. Take for instance this scene, in which
Principal Sherman preps Ms. Borrington’s honors history class for their
substitute teacher, Rush Revere, who waits outside the door… I don’t hold Limbaugh accountable for these poor excuses
for literature. He has a point of view and the right to express it, and he is
not a professional writer…But to convey those politics and that history with
such disdain for even the most rudimentary standards of storytelling is a wrong
just as staggering as the awfulness of Limbaugh’s books—though not nearly so
laughable.” This critic also placed a
responsibility on the managing publisher/editor for all the misspelled words. She
also mentions that there seems to be a trend with media personalities writing
really bad children’s books and she was very surprised that Rush Limbaugh
received an award for this poorly written material.
It was not only a shock to
her but to many in the literary community that Rush Limbaugh received this type
of award; I was able to find at least five critics who were shocked!
Note to future authors of
children’s books: if you are going to write about history—get it right. If you
are going to write about make believe make outlandish enjoyable.
There are many who are not well this evening. Please
keep them in prayer. Pray for each other.
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer,
believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
And when you stand praying,
if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven
may forgive you your sins. Mark 11:24-25
Remember what I said, if you don’t believe me not a
problem. Find out for yourself.
God bless you all and keep you safely in His arms.
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