Steve Gruber is a conservative talk show host with 25 affiliates in Michigan. “The Steve Gruber Show” launched in 2012 with just four affiliates and has grown into the most powerful name in talk radio across Michigan. Steve has been named “Best Morning Personality” by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters five years in a row. Here is his excellent review of Rating America’s Presidents: An America-First Look at Who Is Best, Who Is Overrated, and Who Was An Absolute Disaster.
“New Book Urgently Needed As Many Forget What Makes Us Great,” by Steve Gruber, Newsmax, September 12, 2020:
There’s an old song, “I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know About Her,” by Cecil A. Null.
It’s been covered by several recordings artist greats.
When it comes to American history, that’s the problem most Americans have today: we forgot, or never learned, far more than we know about where we have come from, and how we got here.
The general ignorance of our own nation’s history, and of what has made it great in the world, has made it easy for the Marxists of Antifa and Black Lives Matter (BLM) to target our statues and monuments — that is — our past.
And not only our past, but our heroes, and our true sense of ourself.
Antifa and BLM have found willing accomplices in elected officials who are happy to appease them and take down the offending monument or statue, while doing nothing to stop them.
In this atmosphere, remembering is all important.
As Marxists are trying to force us to forget who we are and why monuments to these supposedly offensive people were constructed in the first place, it’s all the more necessary and important for each and every American to make a concerted effort to become well-versed in American history.
This makes us ready with the truth whenever an Antifa thug or accomplice journalist declares that America is not worth defending, not worth preserving, and not worth saving.
The Antifa types (as well as the journalist) may be beyond redemption, but many of our fellow Americans who are confused amid this madness are not. That’s the principal reason why I found a new book, “Rating America’s Presidents: An America-First Look at Who Is Best, Who Is Overrated, and Who Was An Absolute Disaster,” so compelling.
“Rating America’s Presidents” is the latest from Robert Spencer, the prolific counter-jihad writer who has lately been somewhat diversifying his portfolio, writing frequently about American politics and history at PJ Media, FrontPage magazine, and the American Thinker.
The book is an examination of all 45 presidential administrations (that’s 44 presidents, with Grover Cleveland’s non-consecutive terms counted twice) from the standpoint of America First — not the racism and antisemitism with which this term has been unjustly associated, but employing the simple criterion of whether Americans were safer, more prosperous, and just as free or freer than they had been when the administration in question began as they were at its end.
This upends the conventional rankings of the presidents, virtually all of which are the work of left-leaning historians who value big government statism and strength-sapping internationalism above all things. It also provides an American history in its own way, tracing from one president to the other the things that made America stronger and greater, as well as the ongoing problems that began in some cases well over a century ago (think racism and its attendant ills) and still bedevil us.
As Spencer is a patriot who is firmly committed to Donald Trump’s proposition that an American president should be devoted to improving the lot of Americans, “Rating America’s Presidents” provides a useful resource to counter the prevailing and growing anti-Americanism of the left today.
One who reads this book will come away a fuller and deeper understanding of what made America great and why the nation is great. In these troubled times, few things could be more urgently needed….
There is more. Read the rest here.
mortimer says
Antifa and BLM want Americans to forget their past because it is filled with real heroes who repeatedly fought for human rights and freedoms.
By tarring all of them with the same brush and sweeping all history aside, they hope to create an emotional rush to their causes in the hopes of grabbing power and then controlling all news, information and education, so that no one may think a thought that they do not authorize.
BLM and Antifa are two fascist groups with a common agenda of censoring non-authorized thought and banning anyone who thinks independently.
gravenimage says
+1
J Morgan says
“BLM and Antifa are two fascist groups with a common agenda of censoring non-authorized thought and banning anyone who thinks independently.”
That’s why Sharia Muslims and Democrats are allies of both groups, they agree with that common agenda.
mtman2 says
And they’d end up killing each other just like all have.
FYI says
Notice how they attack the Police {while the likes of ilhan omar calls for defunding the police},yet who protects antifa/blm if they are in a situation where they may need protection?
The Police.
{Like those antifa idiots who went to the Sturgis bike rally this year and one idiot kicks a bike..and who has to come and rescue them?The Police}
The Police are not just limited to Law Enforcement and Crime detection and prevention:they are also necessary for traffic control,assisting in Road Traffic accidents,searching for missing persons etc.
The Police are necessary for Law and Order and for the many other useful services they provide.
If Police officers break the Law then let it be investigated and Due Process take place:it is in the interests of the Police forces to remove/discipline the bad apples who of course will exist as they do in every other profession.
Fund the Police.Give them resources.The Police are a necessity.
James Lincoln says
FYI,
All law enforcement departments in United States should have their funding *increased* by at least 5% going into fiscal year 2021.
And maybe I’m putting a little bit low…
FYI says
Good idea.
gravenimage says
Rating America’s Presidents: ‘A useful resource to counter the prevailing and growing anti-Americanism of the left’
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Good stuff from Steve Gruber.
tgusa says
Anti Americanism, bigotry, racism, All three define the left. It is a war to destroy even the best parts of our history. I want to bring back a popular phrase from the past, America, love it or leave it.
The University of Rhode Island has announced plans to remove two murals depicting the events of World War II due to their lack of diversity. The murals were painted to pay respect to the memories of those that lost their lives in World War II.
Well I suppose that when faced with a bunch of capable well armed mean and nasty white guys its best to send in another group of well armed and capable white guys to kill the bastards. Would that be racism, bigotry, white privilege, or all three?
The time is approaching where we will have to fight another intolerant vindictive invasive and bloodthirsty ideology once again only this time we wont need landing boats.
gravenimage says
Crazy to hear, tgusa.