http://blog.oup.com/2010/01/empire-of-liberty/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Fri, 17 May 2013 12:26:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.oup.com/2010/01/empire-of-liberty/#comment-156868 Gordon S. Wood wins American History Book Prize for Empire of Liberty « Midnight Scrolling Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:08:44 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=7176#comment-156868 [...] Read an excerpt here: [OUP] [...] [...] Read an excerpt here: [OUP] [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2010/01/empire-of-liberty/#comment-156436 clay barham Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:05:49 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=7176#comment-156436 The American culture was fashioned almost 400 years ago when a small band of pilgrims settled in New England and each had no other choice but to do their own thing, watching out for not only their interests, but that of their families and close community. They formed local government close, within a day's horseback ride, as the county. They elected people to make proper laws, enforce them, judge and punish lawbreakers. They held town hall meetings to reshape it when needed, and even vigilantes if government became abusive. The Tea Party movement is just an extension of that. Obama wants to change America from that culture, saying community interests are more important than are individual interests, yet individual self-interest and pebble-dropping was what made America great and prosperous. See Save Pebble Droppers & Prosperity on calysamerica.com The American culture was fashioned almost 400 years ago when a small band of pilgrims settled in New England and each had no other choice but to do their own thing, watching out for not only their interests, but that of their families and close community. They formed local government close, within a day’s horseback ride, as the county. They elected people to make proper laws, enforce them, judge and punish lawbreakers. They held town hall meetings to reshape it when needed, and even vigilantes if government became abusive. The Tea Party movement is just an extension of that. Obama wants to change America from that culture, saying community interests are more important than are individual interests, yet individual self-interest and pebble-dropping was what made America great and prosperous. See Save Pebble Droppers & Prosperity on calysamerica.com

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