Hey, Obama: Pilgrims Proved Socialism Doesn't Work

Perhaps it's because he grew up in Indonesia. Perhaps it's because his father wasn't American. Perhaps it's his association with communist revolutionary Bill Ayers. But whatever it was ...

Barack Obama just doesn't get it.

He has absolutely no understanding of our roots as a nation and what makes us, as a people, so unique in history.

If he were a true born-and-bred American, he would know ... and take to heart ... one very important fact about the foundations of our nation.

He would know that in 1620, the Pilgrims tried socialism - and utterly failed at it. For several years, the colony raised crops in "communal service." It didn't work. So Bradford instituted one historic change that was to ensure the flourishing success of the colony and change American history ever afterwards. Communal agriculture was abandoned and private planting was established. Here is Governor Bradford's own account from the original source documents:

"This was very successful. It made all hands very industrious, so that much more corn was planted than otherwise would have been by any means the Governor or any other could devise, and saved him a great deal of trouble, and gave far better satisfaction. The women now went willingly into the field, and took their little ones with them to plant corn, while before they would allege weakness and inability; and to have compelled them would have been thought great tyranny and oppression.

The failure of this experiment of communal service, which was tried for several years, and by good and honest men, proves the emptiness of the theory of Plato and other ancients, applauded by some of later times--that the taking away of private property, and the possession of it in community, by a commonwealth, would make a state happy and flourishing; as if they were wiser than God. For in this instance, community of property (so far as it went) was found to breed much confusion and discontent and retard much employment which would have been to the general benefit and comfort."

Of Plymouth Plantation: Bradford's History of the Plymouth Settlement 1608-1650 should be required reading for every American. But chances are, you've never seen it in the public school curriculum. Even most private, Christian schools don't use this incredible, original source document when teaching American history.

Why History Textbooks Don't Tell The Unvarnished Truth

Publishers of history books today have to remain "politically correct" in order to sell their textbooks to school systems. But textbooks merely interpret history, they don't report it objectively. That's why original source documents are crucial to understanding what really happened.

Of Plymouth Plantation is an original source document. It is Governor William Bradford's eyewitness account of the very foundations of what would later become the United States of America. This original source material, the history written as it actually unfolded, stands as a clear witness to our forefathers' true beliefs ... not the least of which was their faith in God and their desire to live as a testament to His glory and provision. Bradford's writings are an awe-inspiring legacy, which we must not take for granted.

A healthy, functioning government derives from a correct understanding of God's precepts. Since Barack Obama - and many others in leadership just like him - cannot or will not understand the very basis of our nation, rooted in the Christian faith, it falls to us to keep that understanding alive ... or our nation will perish.

This 350-page heirloom-quality edition, with its embossed, cloth-covered binding, will be a volume that any patriot, any student of American history, and any faithful believer will cherish forever. It makes an excellent addition to your home library, and is a thoughtful gift as well. I urge you to share this precious legacy with your loved ones.

To order one or more copies of Of Plymouth Plantation: Bradford's History of the Plymouth Settlement 1608-1650, click here now.

God bless,
Bill Heid, President
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