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In his latest attacks on Trump, Jeb compared Trump to members of the American Party of the 1850s, who are referred to by their opponents as "Know-Nothings" http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/15/politics/jeb-bush-trashes-donald-trump-on-eve-of-republican-convention/?sr=google_news Most of you who may be aware of the so-called Know-Nothings of the 1850s, have been brain-washed by liberal biased accounts, which slander a group of American patriots who are the fathers of the immigration reform movement. The members of this movement never called themselves Know Nothings. They called themselves the American Party. While they have been called anti-Catholic, we often read about them being critical of German and Irish Catholics. But...

An interesting glimpse at Paul Ryan’s wife, from the Washington Post: Janna Ryan, wife of Republican vice presidential pick Rep. Paul Ryan, is the poster girl for Generation X women who wanted to have it all.Ryan, 43, like many of her 40-something peers, is a stay-at-home mother with an impressive resume. She prefers her husband’s hometown, Janesville, Wis., to Washington and remains out of the political limelight.But Janna Christine Little Ryan hails from Oklahoma, a state known for its Will Rogers’s common-sense ideals mixed with a smidgen of Wild West attitude.She grew up Madill, Okla., in the southern part of...

The Carson City, Nevada, school administrators are attempting to fire an award-winning history teacher, Joe Enge. Why should that matter to you? I’ll combine his story with that of my 11th grade history teacher. Maybe you’ll agree this matters to everyone who cares about the future of America. In Carson City schools, administrators insist that history teachers begin teaching American history with the Civil War. Joe Enge, an 11th grade teacher there who’s written two history books and has served on a statewide board on history teaching, disagrees. He begins at the beginning, teaching his students about the American Revolution,...

To All: The latest version of the Global American Revolution Flash videowas just released. Click o the picture to review the new movie! Best regards to all, Robert Teesdale

To All: This thread is from a discussion that began from an announcement on the Colorado chapter page. LiteKeeper properly requested we move to a thread, as it was becoming an actual discussion there. Accordingly, here is the latest post. And the Colorado Announcements page is here, where you can review the beginnings of this discussion. Best regards to all, Robert TeesdaleChairmanAmerican Party of Coloradowww.theamericanparty.uschairman@theamericanparty.us-------- Patriotic American: Personal attacks merely demonstrate, Sir, that your arguments are more emotional than rational. I am neither an idiot, a propagandist, and certainly not a skinhead. To suggest so is both pointlessly insulting and...