Let’s Take the Benjamin Franklin Challenge

MOTUS A.D. ^ | 1-16-19 | MOTUS

[NOBO2012]

I can’t believe I missed Benjamin Franklin’s birthday yesterday [ed. it’s been brought to my attention that I’m actually one day early – so unlike me] but it’s not too late to honor one of the country’s most influential founding fathers. The man who once wrote

“If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worthy of reading or do things worth the writing.”

in his own life did both.

As CDN notes though this truly Renaissance man has never been adequately recognized for his remarkable contributions to this great country. He was known as an entrepreneur and a businessman, a meteorologist,  scientist, inventor, musician, librarian, humorist, economist, philanthropist,  philosopher, diplomat, and statesman. He puts most of today’s government “leaders” and statesmen to shame as they are mostly nothing more than lawyers and fundraisers.

In an age where political midgets and other ignoramuses suggest the Constitution is outdated and no longer relevant we have more reason than usual to be concerned with Franklin’s warning to Mrs. Powel:

In honor of his birthday I propose we dedicate the year to taking the Benjamin Franklin challenge, and try our best to keep this Republic that was carefully crafted and designed – some say guided by the hand of God.This will be no meager challenge as we have to contend with the likes of Beto O’Rourke and his ilk who consider the U.S. an “empire” that has grown beyond the controls of the Constitution.

"Can an empire like ours with military presence in over 170 countries around the globe, with trading relationships...and security agreements in every continent, can it still be managed by the same principles that were set down 230-plus years ago?" - The Blaze

In many ways his comment is helpful; it solidifies the otherwise seemingly suicidal policies and positions of the new lot of Democrat-Socialists.

In order to preserve Franklin’s conclusion about the sun carved into George Washington’s chair at the Constitutional Convention we must be very diligent indeed.

“I have often… in the course of the session… looked at that sun behind the President without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting. But now at length, I have the happiness to know it is a rising and not a setting sun.” – Benjamin Franklin

Posted from: MOTUS A.D.

[gunnyg]

Hmmm.......
TRUMP.45!
IF? We Can Keep Him?????
GunnyG@PlanetWTF?
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[CTyank]

I should have read the post before I went outside and flew a kite to catch some electricity!

[sparklite2]

though this truly Renaissance man has never been adequately recognized for his remarkable contributions to this great country

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What else would you have us do?
Name a TV network after him?

[x]

[jeffersondem]

“As CDN notes though this truly Renaissance man has never been adequately recognized for his remarkable contributions to this great country.”

I hope our weak Republican politicians are not forced by the howling mobs to tear down the monuments recognizing Franklin.

[pepsi_junkie]

I am a huge fan of Ben Franklin. My favorite self-challenge he writes of pursuing was this: he collected a series of virtues which he though, when all mastered, would lead to a perfect gentleman. So he set about to master them all, in turn. He dedicated a week or two to each one, seeking to always make all of his behavior consistent with perfectly modeling that virtue. Then once he thought he had it nailed, he’d move on to the next. But the last one was humility. Here he decided that whenever he was able to be perfectly humble, it gave him great pride and thus canceled it out. So he could never master that one and he went back to being a normal person.

[real saxophonist]

Okay, I will bed as many women as possible.

8!)

[ro_dreaming]

But only older ladies, and widows at that.

Franklin begins by advising a young man that a cure for sexual urges is unknown, and the proper solution is to take a wife. Then, expressing doubts that the intended reader will actually marry, Franklin names several advantages of marriage. As supplementary advice in case the recipient rejects all previous arguments, Franklin lists seven reasons why an older mistress is preferable to a young one. Advantages include better conversation, less risk of unwanted pregnancy, and greater prudence in conducting an intrigue.

“Advice on choosing a mistress”.

[gnickgnack2]

I have often thought and said “Ben Franklin was the world’s first superstar.”