Comments for The Other Half of History http://historyhalf.com American History They Don't Teach in College Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:36:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Slavery and American Capitalism by Judy http://historyhalf.com/slavery-and-american-capitalism/comment-page-1/#comment-7103 Judy Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:36:15 +0000 http://historyhalf.com/?p=480#comment-7103 I was going to comment on this column until I checked out your link to another of your columns here: http://historyhalf.com/american-capitalism-the-engine-of-progress/ Where you say: "The human race did very little to improve standards of living during the four or five thousand years of recorded history leading up to 1776." I would take what you have to say much more seriously if you hadn't posited that the human race accomplished very little in the 5000 years or so prior to the the American Declaration of Independence, our Revolution, and our exercises in capitalism. I was going to comment on this column until I checked out your link to another of your columns here:

http://historyhalf.com/american-capitalism-the-engine-of-progress/

Where you say:

“The human race did very little to improve standards of living during the four or five thousand years of recorded history leading up to 1776.”

I would take what you have to say much more seriously if you hadn’t posited that the human race accomplished very little in the 5000 years or so prior to the the American Declaration of Independence, our Revolution, and our exercises in capitalism.

]]> Comment on Media Lies about Romney’s Taxes by Al Fuller http://historyhalf.com/media-lies-about-romneys-taxes/comment-page-1/#comment-6908 Al Fuller Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:15:56 +0000 http://historyhalf.com/?p=2346#comment-6908 Thanks for the question Freddie. I'll run some numbers and post them soon. Al Fuller Thanks for the question Freddie. I’ll run some numbers and post them soon.

Al Fuller

]]> Comment on Media Lies about Romney’s Taxes by Freddie http://historyhalf.com/media-lies-about-romneys-taxes/comment-page-1/#comment-6906 Freddie Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:39:12 +0000 http://historyhalf.com/?p=2346#comment-6906 Fuller accuses the media of "lying" when they say that most middle class pay more than 15%, but he doesn't prove his point. I get the point about low income people getting tax credits, but I wonder how much you have to earn to pay more than 15%. Fuller accuses the media of “lying” when they say that most middle class pay more than 15%, but he doesn’t prove his point.

I get the point about low income people getting tax credits, but I wonder how much you have to earn to pay more than 15%.

]]> Comment on Supreme Court Upholds Churchs’ Rights by Proton http://historyhalf.com/supreme-court-upholds-churchs-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-6886 Proton Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:45:59 +0000 http://historyhalf.com/?p=2309#comment-6886 Post piqued my curiosity. More details about the case itself would have been helpful and interesting. Post piqued my curiosity. More details about the case itself would have been helpful and interesting.

]]> Comment on Academia and The Second Amendment by David E. Young http://historyhalf.com/academia-and-the-second-amendment/comment-page-1/#comment-6726 David E. Young Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:50:48 +0000 http://historyhalf.com/?p=653#comment-6726 The brief filed by professional academic historians in the Washington DC vs Heller case contained an amazing number of historical errors and extensive omissions of essential information. These errors and omissions have been documented at ON SECOND OPINION BLOG in a 24 part series, Root Causes of Never-Ending Second Amendment Dispute, which commenced on January 25, 2009. The most recent Second Amendment article directly contradicting the academic historians is The American Revolutionary Era Origin of the Second Amendment's Clauses, which was published in the JOURNAL ON FIREARMS & PUBLIC POLICY (Vol. 23, 2011). It is available online at: http://www.secondamendmentinfo.com/Journal/index.html The brief filed by professional academic historians in the Washington DC vs Heller case contained an amazing number of historical errors and extensive omissions of essential information. These errors and omissions have been documented at ON SECOND OPINION BLOG in a 24 part series, Root Causes of Never-Ending Second Amendment Dispute, which commenced on January 25, 2009.

The most recent Second Amendment article directly contradicting the academic historians is The American Revolutionary Era Origin of the Second Amendment’s Clauses, which was published in the JOURNAL ON FIREARMS & PUBLIC POLICY (Vol. 23, 2011). It is available online at:
http://www.secondamendmentinfo.com/Journal/index.html

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