{"id":7633,"date":"2014-12-03T19:48:38","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T19:48:38","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-02-05T11:13:55","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T16:13:55","slug":"north_dakota_teaches_american_greatness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/12\/03\/north_dakota_teaches_american_greatness\/","title":{"rendered":"North Dakota Teaches American Greatness"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: This is from the Independent Journalism Review. You know, there\u2019s a lot of young bubbling up there effervescent conservative websites out there. There are a lot of them and they are disdainful of the Drive-By Media, and some of them are even disdainful of the so-called existing conservative media, guys like James O\u2019Keefe<\/a> and Jason Mattera<\/a>, but there are a bunch of others, the Campus Reform<\/a> guys, GotNews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are a bunch of really pedal-to-the-metal young conservative — Conservative Review<\/a> is one — websites out there, and they are take no prisoners. Independent Journalism Review<\/a> is one of them and there\u2019s a story here about North Dakota is taking a new approach to ensure that its youths learn the value of the greatness of the United States. <\/p>\n

“In an effort to ensure that high school graduates are aware how the U.S. government operates, the state legislature in North Dakota is considering a new bill, which would impose one more requirement on seniors prior to graduation. From the Jamestown Sun newspaper: ‘A bipartisan bill being introduced in the North Dakota Legislature would require high school students to pass the same civics test as new Americans seeking citizenship before they could graduate.\u2019<\/p>\n

“The proposed bill has many backers, including the Civics Education Initiative, whose goal is to have similar laws enacted in every state by September 17, 2017 — the 230th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution. Some of the questions from the civics test that would be embodied by the new legislation involve American government, history, and integrated civics.”<\/line><\/p>\n

You want to hear some of these questions? Okay, here we go. <\/p>\n

Number one: “What is the supreme law of the land?” (interruption) See, now, Snerdley, there you go arrogantly, condescendingly answering the question as though everybody knows. Not everybody can answer that question. How many people — I gotta be very careful here. What is your answer to that question, what is the supreme law of the land? (interruption) That\u2019s right, okay, you get a gold star. It\u2019s the Constitution, 1787. <\/p>\n

Now, you understand there are a lot of communities in this country you can go to, they\u2019d be clueless, wouldn\u2019t even know what you\u2019re talking about. What do you mean, supreme law of the land? You mean cops can kill anybody they want? What do you mean, supreme law of the land? Understand there are a lot of people that wouldn\u2019t even comprehend what\u2019s being asked. <\/p>\n

Next question: “What is freedom of religion?” Answer: It doesn\u2019t mean belief in global warming. (interruption) Right, okay, okay, I know you can answer it. Right. You can answer it. The point is, they want to put these questions on a test in North Dakota that you can\u2019t graduate \u2019til you know these things. <\/p>\n

Number three: “What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?” The answer today is “nothing.” If you\u2019re the executive branch, nothing. But the answer, of course, is… (interruption) Separation of powers. Exactly right. <\/p>\n

Number four: “What are two cabinet-level positions?” Okay, now, you answer those easily, but not everybody else could. Secretary of state, secretary of Treasury, you know, police chief. <\/p>\n

“Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?” Taxation. Okay, cool. <\/p>\n

“Name one right only for United States citizens.” You say it used to be voting? What about life and liberty? What about pursuit of happiness? Name one right only for US citizens. The right to carry arms. It could be a trick question. Some people say a trick question. <\/p>\n

“What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?” Ah, this is a trick question. (interruption) Right. It did nothing at the time, but it is perceived to have freed black people, so that\u2019s true. <\/p>\n

“Who was president during World War I?” Predecessor Barack Obama, that\u2019s right, Woodrow Wilson. <\/p>\n

“Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States?” Okay, Mississippi. What is the next longest, or what is another longest river? (interruption) No. Not the Rio Grande. The Missouri River. The Missouri River is huge. There\u2019s a Missouri River, it bisects the state of Missouri north to south. Missouri River, oh, yeah. <\/p>\n

“Why does the flag have 13 stripes?” Do you know how few people know that? I mean, that question befuddles people like you can\u2019t believe. Anyway, there are people that oppose doing this, do you understand this? There are people in North Dakota who oppose this, and those people should be voted out of office as soon as possible. This is just a baseline requirement. What can there possibly be to object to in this? <\/p>\n

You can\u2019t say it\u2019s too hard. You can\u2019t say it\u2019s discriminatory. You can\u2019t say it\u2019s racist. You can\u2019t say it\u2019s sexist. You can\u2019t say it\u2019s bigoted. How is it discriminatory? (interruption) Oh, it\u2019s discriminatory because it discriminates against people who don\u2019t know. Right. They don\u2019t have white privilege and haven\u2019t been taught this stuff. Right, right, right. Okay, anyway. Here again, folks, if I may… (interruption) Well, look, these are not all the questions. It stops here at number 10. <\/p>\n

The question on when did the United States steal Mexico is not here. It\u2019s just not here. They only had space to publish 10 of the questions. So when the United States stole Mexico is probably, I don\u2019t know, question 18. <\/p>\n

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When I started these Rush Revere and these children\u2019s books<\/a>, I mean, there was a mission. It was to teach the truth of American history because, ego-wise, I love America. I wish everybody did. And I hope everybody will. <\/p>\n

You know, I\u2019m naive. I will admit that I\u2019m naive. There\u2019s a part of me, honestly, to the depths of my soul, that doesn\u2019t understand why people hate this country. Intellectually, I understand it. I understand the politics of grievance, and I understand the way people have been taught, but compared to every other place human beings have lived before this country and since it was founded, it makes no common sense to hate this place, and yet people do. <\/p>\n

Kids are never gonna listen to this program, so how to reach them? The children\u2019s books idea came up, and they just took off. Now we\u2019re up to three of them. The latest one is Rush Revere and the American Revolution<\/a>. Our talking horse, time-traveling Liberty, can take students anywhere. They\u2019re just so much fun to do. Our military tie-in with this latest one. So I love seeing stories like this, taking a new approach to ensure young people learn the value of the greatness of this country. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. Hi, Betty. Welcome to the EIB Network. Welcome.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, I\u2019m glad to be with you. You\u2019re one of my idols. I\u2019ve been listening to you since way back when you were able to look in Gimbels window.<\/p>\n

RUSH: (laughing) That\u2019s Pittsburgh!<\/p>\n

CALLER: I lived in Pittsburgh at that time.<\/p>\n

RUSH: That\u2019s KQV! That\u2019s 1972, 1971. That\u2019s incredible, that you would remember Gimbels window?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, I remember you. When I moved here to Lehigh Valley, I moved here in May of \u201988, and I couldn\u2019t find a radio — I\u2019m a radio person rather than TV.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah, me, too.<\/p>\n

CALLER: And I couldn\u2019t find a radio person that appealed to me, and, lo and behold, in August I found you.<\/p>\n

RUSH: That\u2019s great. That\u2019s great. I appreciate that.<\/p>\n

CALLER: And the great part of it is I called my brother to tell him in Pittsburgh that I found you here, and shortly after that you started your Limbaugh Letter<\/a>. I sent him the Limbaugh Letter for Christmas, and the same Christmas he sent me the Limbaugh Letter. (laughing)<\/p>\n

RUSH: Wow.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I already had it and so did he, so we each had two copies of the Limbaugh Letter.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I really appreciate you guys. That\u2019s a dual subscription. Had I known, I would have comped you, but I\u2019m just now finding out about it. You\u2019ve been subscribing all that time?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes, sir.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Wow.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Now, my call will tie in what you\u2019re talking about, the history lessons in North Dakota —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah.<\/p>\n

CALLER: — and the value of children learning the history through your books. I have a new great-grandson. He\u2019s six months old and he lives in North Dakota. He received so many gifts when he was born, gifts of clothing, toys, equipment and so forth, that I didn\u2019t know what to buy him for Christmas until I heard you talking about the books, and then it hit me. I could buy him these books, wrap them up in a beautiful Christmas paper, put a sticker on them saying, “Do not open until Christmas, dash, 2018.”<\/p>\n

RUSH: (laughing)<\/p>\n

CALLER: I don\u2019t know whether to put 2018 or 19.<\/p>\n

RUSH: He\u2019s six months old now?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I\u2019d say 2018 is cool.<\/p>\n

CALLER: That\u2019s what I thought.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah, because at that point his parents and even you could read to him. He would be old enough to comprehend being read to. Absolutely.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Now, the baby\u2019s name is Bradley.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You know what, Betty, hang on here, because you know what would be ideal even before then, is the CDs, the audio versions of all three of those books, of course performed by me. I\u2019m gonna send \u2019em to you. If you\u2019ll hang on, Mr. Snerdley will get your address and we\u2019ll get those out. You can add those to the list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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