society or funding it or whatever one of the founders of the john birch society and back in the fifty's and after nine hundred fifty four when when the earl warren court said oh it we've got to integrate the schools to comply with the constitution the koch brothers went crazy and you see these saw these impeach roll war and billboards all over the country the other are the other one that they talk about judicial activism which you know is in their mind because making laws is roe v wade and there's actually an argument that could be made because the court in roe v wade said well there's three trimesters of pregnancy and it kind of arbitrarily are somewhat arbitrary what science has changed over the years defined these three periods and came up with specific rules for each of those three periods now if the court was not activist and this is the conservative argument but as i said i think that there's an element of truth and not just for roe v wade very across the board for all of these if the court was not engaging in judicial activism they would have either said this law is no good we're

got it the old fashioned way, from his dad, the head of the john birch society. you could say he got it the old fashioned way. he is a billionaire in oklahoma, taking 12 bucks a week or something from stanley anne mattingly. we know the answer, because we had his executive or top guys wired, talking about his conversation with coke about -- because he asked him why? and coke said, according to the wire, i want what's coming to me, and that's all of it. and that's why we occupy.

people like the john birch society and barry goldwater. i wanted on get more into that later. and the second book which i'm writing about the '65 to '72 period, it's what to make of these crazy hippies an anti-war activists. took on a very fascinating voice, one that was quite sympathetic actually. and "time" magazine took on its role in a confusing time of great cultural change as basically domesticating these strange things and how they came out of american vernacular. for example the idea that woodstock -- "time" magazine, "life" magazine loved woodstock. they considered it an excellent development. probably was a lot better than people burning down campuses. but they quoted someone saying the use of lsd is almost like a religious sacrament. so it kind of bundled it with america's religious traditions. and lo and behold, very soon campaigners against sex ed in the late '60s and early '70s were waving around the special issue of "life" magazine as an example of how america's liberal elites have led us astray. so there's a long history there, but i just want to conclude by di

stalin for you know the old soviet union back in the forty's and fifty's and and then funded the john birch society didn't and it was. exactly is that material i mean this was the really it was in the mid twentieth century when there was a gigantic push by a lot of industrialists and sort of billionaires and they saw what happened in the new deal they're saying we've got to stop. otherwise we'll keep going until we have prosperous someone a god fearing place in society or we can't have that. so if you were so basically you know we had this massive movement and the way that they impact state legislators is the alec alec ships legislation written mostly by its corporate members and it's more than ninety eight percent funded by corporations very little grass roots funding and they ship that legislation to different state legislatures and those voters they just passed that corporate funded legislation and they never let you know that it was legislation so it's all been very secretive very surrounded the table it's quite remarkable you guys have done some really good great reporting on this to t

one moment in particular, there was a man who was saying he was a member of the john birch society. he was saying, we asked the opening question. he said i first became aware of the problem -- and then he stopped, and then he said i love foreigners, and changed the subject. [laughter] [laughter] >> obviously, you are being careful. you know you're talking to harvard academics coming to your town. people were being very careful. but i do think that concerns about mexican-americans, there is an assumption that they really lie in the category of illegal immigrants. there are not well distinguished categories. they are very deeply concerned about sharia law. also, islamic takeover. it is a very large idea in tea party circles. those were sort of the visceral feelers that i recall hearing. >> yes, my name is brad bolton. my interest is in the religious composition of the tea party movement and the rule religion plays. he made a distinction between social conservatives and fiscal conservatives, implying that there is more social conservatives in the midst. when i look at the priorities, t

having been born and raised in wisconsin, it is fluorodated, and despite some criticism from the john birch society. there's a tradition in wisconsin that wisconsinize are very proud of, and it is a tradition that we talk about going back to the progressive of a century ago. it goes back much deeper. it goes back to the civil war. and it goes back to when wisconsinites rose up, not against the position of the southerners that believed the united states -- wisconsinites rose up in opposition to the original sin of the american experiment, which was to allow human bondage. they fought against slavery. and many of the great rallies that took place in february of 2011 were held outside the state capitol, on king street, and the statue that stands there of hans christian hague, a norwegian immigrant who called his fellow scandinavians into battle and said, we will fight as a unit so if anyone is speaking english, tell them to retreat or surrender, we will not understand the orders and we will march on. [applause] >> that's the wisconsin tradition, and that statue was reverendded against and agai

he was a member of the john birch society, and so he was saying, so we asked that opening question, you know, what brought you to the tea party, and he said, well, i first became aware of the problem -- and then he stopped, and then he said, i love foreigners and changed the subject. [laughter] and, um, and, you know, obviously, people weren't -- you're being careful, right? you know you're talking to, you know, harvard academics coming down to your town, and people were being very careful. but i do think that, i just to stress theda's point, particularly about mexican-americans, they really ally that with illegal immigrant. they're not well-distinguished categories, and the very deep concern about sharia law and, you know, sort of some sort of islamic takeover of the united states was a very popular idea in tea party circles. and those were really the most sort of visceral fears that i recall hearing. >> so at the top this. >> yes. my name is brad fulton, i'm in the sociology department. my interest is in the religious composition of the tea party movement and the role religion plays.

he was head of the john birch society. i guess you could say he got it the old fascist way. [laughter] he's a billionaire, what's he doing in oklahoma taking 30 bucks, 12 bucks a week or something from mattingly? we know the answer because we had his executive, one of his top guys wired, talking with koch about -- because he asked him why. and koch said, according to the wire, i want what's coming to me. and that's all of it.