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To: naturalman1975; indcons; Chani; thefactor; blam; aculeus; ELS; Doctor Raoul; mainepatsfan; ...
Thanks for the post, natman75 and for the ping, thefactor.

A most appropriate subject as we approach the Fourth of July.

(As a Washingtonian it took a lot for me to post TJ's portrait, but he was the main author of the DoI)

The RevWar/Colonial History/General Washington ping list

Freepmail me to get on or off...and HAPPY FOURTH!

20 posted on 07/02/2009 7:00:22 AM PDT by Pharmboy (Who ever thought we would long for the days of the Clinton administration...)
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To: Pharmboy

BTTT!

Great find!


25 posted on 07/02/2009 7:46:48 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: Pharmboy

A great find on (or near) the Fourth!


26 posted on 07/02/2009 8:00:49 AM PDT by aculeus
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To: Pharmboy
Happy Independence Day to all ...

but on the eve minus 1 of this, the most Holy day of Freedom in the entire history of Man, it is sullied by our country, OUR COUNTRY!, supporting Zelaya's soft coup facilitated by Hugo Chavez while the legal and proper institutions of Honduras struggle against the weight of the whole insane world.

28 posted on 07/02/2009 11:36:28 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("I've conquered my goddam willpower." Don Marquis)
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To: Pharmboy

Thanks for the ping.

Hadn’t heard about this......


30 posted on 07/02/2009 12:27:26 PM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Pharmboy; naturalman1975

Awesome!!


31 posted on 07/02/2009 12:48:07 PM PDT by TenthAmendmentChampion (Be prepared for tough times. FReepmail me to learn about our survival thread!)
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To: Pharmboy; jan in Colorado
(As a Washingtonian it took a lot for me to post TJ's portrait, but he was the main author of the DoI)

How exceedingly thoughtful of you, honoring my man Tommy J! :-) I give George credit for winning a couple of battles, too. :-)

I suppose as a Washingtonian, you're going to celebrate in the Washington manner of a double ration of rum and an artillery salute?

If you do, mind if I join you? ;-)


One thing I find amusing about the story of the writing of the DoI is how Tommy J wanted to get out of the city, so he rented rooms at the Graff House that was on the outskirts of the city. Of course, in the 21st Century, the reconstruction of the Graff House (original torn down in late 19th Century) is about as thickly in the city as one could be, with miles and miles of city built out beyond it and the adjacent buildings looming above.

It's also sad how the beautiful lands of recreation southwest of Philly have now become some of the ugliest urban/industrial blight around. Poor agrarian Tommy J would be appalled. :`-(

How small the city--and America--was back then, yet how such a brilliant group could be found and put together this Republic....whilst we now have hundreds of millions of citizens, yet find only the dregs we call our representatives.

33 posted on 07/02/2009 4:30:25 PM PDT by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: Pharmboy

Yeah, he had some good ideas.

He just couldn’t always live up to them, or stand up for them.


36 posted on 07/02/2009 7:14:47 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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