The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History

Jan 27, 2005

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Mr. Woods talked about his book The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History, published by Regnery. In the book he argued that liberal teachers and professors at the high school and university level have misinformed America's youth about what really occurred during famous events in history. He wrote that often these teachers .. Read More
Mr. Woods talked about his book The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History, published by Regnery. In the book he argued that liberal teachers and professors at the high school and university level have misinformed America's youth about what really occurred during famous events in history. He wrote that often these teachers presented opinion or myth as fact, giving the wrong impression to students of history. An example he cited how the 1980s is often referred to as the decade of greed but during that same period, charitable giving grew faster than it had at any time during the previous 25 years. Following his remarks he answered questions from the audience.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:33 none GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO BARNES & NOBLE. SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW AMERICAN HISTORY. TONIGHT, I HAVE...
00:00:57 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I SHOULD SAY AT THE OUTSET THAT I HAD NO IDEA C-SPAN WAS GOING TO BE HERE TODAY....
00:43:13 Unidentified Speaker I AM TAKING AMERICAN HISTORY.
00:43:14 Unidentified Speaker OH, FINE. OK.
00:43:16 Unidentified Speaker EXACTLY WHAT THE BOOK BASICALLY TRIES TO REFUTE, AND I HAVE FOUND MYSELF ARGUING WITH MY TEACHER A...
00:43:36 Unidentified Speaker OH, MY GOODNESS, SO SHE IS JUST A LIAR. SAY THAT ON TELEVISION.
00:43:40 Unidentified Speaker I TRY TO REFUTE EVERYTHING SHE SAYS. SHE GAVE US ONE ARTICLE ON THE GREAT SOCIETY, HOW THE GREAT ...
00:43:56 Unidentified Speaker IT'S FUNNY MY BOOK, ALTERNATIVELY, HAS BEEN CALLED REVISIONIST HISTORY, AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID,...
00:44:34 Unidentified Speaker NOBODY BUYS THAT. BUT BASICALLY EVEN TODAY, FERGUSON WROTE A BOOK, PITY OF WAR, IN WHICH HE SAYS THE...
00:49:00 Unidentified Speaker SURE.
00:49:02 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SEE IN THE BOOK WOULD HAVE BEEN, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU HAD LIMIT ON WHAT...
00:49:33 Unidentified Speaker YEAH. RIGHT. THIS ONE IS A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH THAN THE GENERAL WELFARE, BUT EVEN THERE,...
00:51:52 Unidentified Speaker WITHIN ALL YOUR THINKING LIKE THAT, IS THAT HINDSIGHT? IS THIS LIKE -- I MEAN, YEAR 2000, AND NOW...
00:52:14 Unidentified Speaker OK. CAN YOU GIVE ME -- I AM NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT THE QUESTION IS.
00:52:19 Unidentified Speaker WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY IS WHAT THEY DID THEN, IT WAS WHAT THEY KNEW TO DO.
00:52:24 Unidentified Speaker OK.
00:52:28 Unidentified Speaker AND THEY WANTED TO BRING UP, BETTER OURSELVES, OUR GOVERNMENT. THE PREDECESSOR, JEFFERSON, THEY WERE...
00:52:39 Unidentified Speaker RIGHT, RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT.
00:52:42 Unidentified Speaker SO NOW, WITHIN WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN HERE, IS THIS WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN ON WHAT THEY SAID OR WHAT...
00:52:52 Unidentified Speaker OK. I THINK I SEE. WELL, BASICALLY THE ANSWER IS THAT THE BOOK IS FILLED WITH QUOTATIONS, IN FACT,...
00:54:04 Unidentified Speaker ACTUALLY.
00:54:06 Unidentified Speaker I AM A STUDENT OF THEIRS.
00:54:11 Unidentified Speaker WITHIN YOUR TEXT, IT'S TRYING TO TELL US, LOOK INTO IT. SEE WHAT THEY SAID AT THAT TIME, SO WE CAN...
00:54:23 Unidentified Speaker RIGHT, YEAH, I WOULD SAY LOOK AT WHAT THEY SAID, AND HOLD IT UP AS A COMPARISON AGAINST WHAT EXISTS...
00:55:59 Unidentified Speaker ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR -- YOU ARE SORT OF ACCUSING WILSON. WHAT ABOUT OTHERS?
00:56:05 Unidentified Speaker ABSOLUTELY. YOU COULDN'T GET MORE VINDICTIVE I THINK, DURING THE TREATY NEGOTIATION. BY NO MEANS...
01:00:01 Unidentified Speaker HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT PRESIDENT BUSH DECLARING WAR ON IRAQ? DID HE HAVE THE AUTHORITY THAT HE REALLY...
01:00:10 Unidentified Speaker OH, GOOD HEAVENS. OH, MY GOODNESS. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. SORRY THE BOOK ONLY GOES UP TO...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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