{"id":51705,"date":"2015-07-09T06:02:41","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T12:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/09\/an-historical-foundation-of-sand.html"},"modified":"2015-07-09T06:02:41","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T12:02:41","slug":"an-historical-foundation-of-sand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/09\/an-historical-foundation-of-sand.html","title":{"rendered":"An historical foundation of sand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems trivial, but it&#39;s not. When you tell bad history, even to what you think are good ends, you are, in essence, lying. Most people don&#39;t think that&#39;s a good thing to do, but Glenn Beck apparently didn&#39;t get that memo, as he spins a legend about the first Bible printed in the independent United States, complete with a guest appearance by George Washington, and how it&#39;s part of the proof that we were founded as a &quot;Christian Nation.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>(Oh, and, by the way, Glenn &#8212; if that really is a 240-year old Bible, one of seven of its edition in existence, might I ask, as someone with a love of history, that you not wave it around in the air as a cheap prop?)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/warrenthrockmorton\/2015\/07\/07\/message-to-glenn-beck-congress-didnt-print-the-aitken-bible'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/O5gHWJO7LlXn3DE9S6BwqJ9FkDSRFLX6rlJRX_Uo3oYPLZo9oeRKeQphW0_1Rd33Z9SQdmdOwKz5OLKAkik7GhgNPlx-NOMuxo_6MwODHdZqe24uJVc1-FH9_vvX2gUbufFhm9bZPld9=w506-h303-p' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/warrenthrockmorton\/2015\/07\/07\/message-to-glenn-beck-congress-didnt-print-the-aitken-bible'>Message to Glenn Beck and Fellowship Church: Congress Didn&rsquo;t Print the Aitken Bible<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/7VTpqiWzfFL'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems trivial, but it&#39;s not. When you tell bad history, even to what you think are good ends, you are, in essence, lying. Most people don&#39;t think that&#39;s a good thing to do, but Glenn Beck apparently didn&#39;t get that memo, as he spins a legend about the first Bible printed in the independent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/09\/an-historical-foundation-of-sand.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;An historical foundation of sand&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":129552,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/23\/in-a-sane-world-glenn-becks-endorsement-would-be-an-automatic-disqualification-for-president.html","url_meta":{"origin":51705,"position":0},"title":"Why is this not the political touch of death?","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 23-Jan-16 10:34pm","format":false,"excerpt":"In a sane world, Glenn Beck's endorsement would be an automatic disqualification for president.\"I have prayed for the next George Washington,\" Beck said of Cruz. \"I believe I have found him.\"Yes, that would be George Washington, the hyper-religious, hyper-partisan, pro-foreign-intervention, deep-seated supporter of militia movements. Just like Ted Cruz.Yeesh. As\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":132186,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/08\/rip-john-glenn.html","url_meta":{"origin":51705,"position":1},"title":"RIP, John Glenn","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 8-Dec-16 1:57pm","format":false,"excerpt":"While his work as US Senator was tarnished by the Keating Five scandal, Glenn's career in politics was a reasonably good one. But he will be remembered more (and with reason) for his earlier work as a test pilot and then one of the original Mercury astronauts, and being the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17540,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/06\/04\/unblogged-bits-fri-4-jun-10-2001.html","url_meta":{"origin":51705,"position":2},"title":"Unblogged Bits (Fri.  4-Jun-10 2001)","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 4-Jun-10 6:01pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... Don't Rinse With This Contact Lens Solution Unless You Want Burned Corneas - I ... think I'll just stick to glasses. Forbidden Art Imitates Life Imitating Art - Heh. Life After Death, in Digital\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Potpourri&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Potpourri","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/potpourri"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17375,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/05\/13\/lewis-black-on-glenn-beck.html","url_meta":{"origin":51705,"position":3},"title":"Lewis Black on Glenn Beck","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 13-May-10 10:34pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Lewis Black on The Daily Show discusses Glenn \"Nazi Tourette's\" Beck. The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p \/ 10c","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fourth Estate&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Fourth Estate","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/fourth-estate"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24472,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/12\/not-that-i-ever-listen-to-anything-glenn-beck-says.html","url_meta":{"origin":51705,"position":4},"title":"Not that I ever listen to anything Glenn Beck says","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 12-Dec-11 2:22pm","format":false,"excerpt":"But it's sometimes kind of interesting, as Beck claims (inexplicably) that Gingrich and Obama are both \"big government progressives\" (um, definitely not and sadly not) and therefore if the Tea Partiers are supporting Gingrich, it must be a racist thing on their part.Yeah, it's more than a bit goofy, but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":37802,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/13\/i-dont-know-if-i-would-ghost-write-for-glenn-beck.html","url_meta":{"origin":51705,"position":5},"title":"I don&#39;t know if I would ghost write for Glenn Beck","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 13-Jun-13 6:12pm","format":false,"excerpt":"But if I did, I can guarantee you, with all due humility and honesty, that it would be better than this. \u00a0Or, put another way, If I ever wrote a paragraph -- let alone the several quoted here -- as ... um ... bad ... well, I hope my friends\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}