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[niimki]

Good words....maybe they will come around again.

"I have sworn upon the altar of Almighty God - hostility against every form of tyranny" Thomas Jefferson

I wonder if he were alive today if the Patriot Act would have him in trouble for saying such things...hmmmmm

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[ex_amayos553]

A very interesting point.

[niimki]

I thought so...

[nishar]

Our founding fathers would be busy leading a rebellion if they were alive today.

[niimki]

Perhaps we should start doing more then talk. How does one start a revolution anyway? Do we jump right into ceding from the union? Do we take up arms and assemble? Ok...somebody see if the VFW is available and somebody grab some coffee and some donuts. I mean it was easy to spot the enemy then. They wore red coats and everything. They were on the other side of the ocean (which generally gave them a lot of lead time). I think we should dive right into writing a new Constitution. We could sell the current one to Iraq. Nobody is using it anyhow. Slightly used.
Heh...Patriot Act....maybe its time we should....Patriots acting I mean. Keep those muskets close at hand.

[mentalageof_4]

Hmmm....I admire Thomas J. for a lot of reasons, but like most humans, he had flaws too, including owning slaves

[mentalageof_4]

You can see from my previous post that I believe the answer to the famous question, "Am I my brother's keeper?" is "HELLYES (Sir