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From McClatchey, seemingly the only news service left in the country with a shred of regard for the truth, this story. It's well worth your time to click on the link and read the whole thing: "Not satisfied with U.S. history, some conservatives are rewriting it" And this doesn't extend only to the moronic Texas Board of Education, either. Here are a few of the lies, which are being spread by a concerted right wing effort: Jamestown: "Jamestown colony, when it was first founded as a socialist venture, dang near failed with everybody dead and dying in the snow," he said in a speech March 15 at the National Press Club. It was a good, strong story, helping Dick Armey, a former economics professor, illustrate the dangers of socialism...It was not, however, true. The Jamestown settlement was a capitalist venture financed by the Virginia Company of London — a joint stock corporation — to make a profit." Alexander Hamilton "A member of the audien...

Most all of us are familiar with the Sherlock Holmes story where the biggest clue was what the dog didn't do. Well...did you know that there was another great teabagger rally in Washington today? Yes, wingnuts have been promoting it for some time now- the last great chance before the health care vote to demonstrate the wrath of the American people. Here's a sample of the online promotion for this event: Now what would this have to do with Sherlock Holmes' non-barking dog? Here's a report from the great event, from Fox News: "Tea Party activists from across the country rallied outside Democratic congressional offices in Washington on Tuesday to protest the $875 billion health care bill and demand meetings with their respective members of Congress." Sounds impressive. Boy, these guys are on a roll. Now, remember the group Freedom Works, that organizes these tea parties? Yeah, they were the ones who claimed that the 70,000 people who showed up in Washington f...