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To: Tax-chick

We Americans like to build mythologies around our historical heroes, the Brits seem to relish the eccentricities, so it’s a tough thing to compare.

Look at Jefferson with Sally or editing the Bible. What the hell was editing the Bible about?

Franklin, of course, had his illegitimate son — nobody knew who the mother was.

48 posted on 03/03/2009 5:48:12 AM PST by durasell

To: durasell

“Tell me, why did they arrest the little bastard?” And Franklin wasn’t even really married to his “wife.” Interesting times.

51 posted on 03/03/2009 5:50:03 AM PST by Tax-chick ("There are more enjoyable ways of going to Hell." ~ St. Bernard)

To: durasell

What the hell was editing the Bible about?

To get at the moral views without the supernatural.

56 posted on 03/03/2009 5:53:43 AM PST by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)

To: durasell

Franklin, of course, had his illegitimate son — nobody knew who the mother was.

Reminds me of a joke:
A girl goes to her mother and tells her she's pregnant.
The mother asks "are you sure it's yours?"

64 posted on 03/03/2009 5:58:30 AM PST by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)

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