If Founding Fathers could see us now

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com ^ | Thursday, July 4, 2002 | By JON HAHN

[cgbg]

If Thomas Jefferson were here right now he would be so impressed with air conditioning he would be celebrating that such a wonderful technology had developed in his country.

Then when I told him what the liberals had done to the Constitution he would be in such a furor that there wouldn't be an air conditioning unit big enough to cool him down. :-(

[palo verde]

thanks for ping christine
we beat back slickwilly's attempt to slick us out of our democracy altogether
so we did good
Love, Palo

[E Rocc]

How, for example, might Thomas Jefferson view the circumstances under which grown men might be drafted to serve indeterminate lengths of time and paid outlandish amounts of money to play games of baseball and football? What would he think of the fact that they serve variable and insecure tenures at the whim of filthy-rich owners who might sever their relationships by trading them, as one might trade a manservant, to another owner in a far-off province such as Cleveland?

Jefferson would have noted that these voluntary transactions (the players, after all, may retire rather than accept the trade) are absolutely none of the business of the government or any other civil authority.

He'd also consider Seattle much more of a "far-off" province than Cleveland. >:)

-Eric

[E Rocc]

Might the same Founding Fathers have been a tad more specific about a citizen's right to bear arms?

How much more specific than "shall not be infringed" can you get?

-Eric

[Canadian Outrage]

Hi Palo sweetie. I want to thank Chrissy also for the Ping!! How true. How sad - *tears*

[Libertarianize the GOP]

I think what the founders would note is the paucity of views in the mainstream media other than one-sided left wing distortions. The Internet on the other hand with its wide variety of ideas including wacky conspiracies and outright lies along with excellent discussion of the truth would be much admired.

[Twodees]

The Seattle Pseudo-Intellegencia strikes again.

[foreverfree]

The Seattle PI is so far off the Socialist deep end

Ok, how about the Seattle Times? Doesn't it have a JOA with the PI?

foreverfree

[Libertarianize the GOP]

The Seattle Times does have a JOA with the PI but they keep their editorial page to a mainstream Democrat level. The most Conservative paper in the area is the Tacoma News Tribune which has an editorial page with views closer to that of Jumpin Jim Jeffords, the ex-RHINO from Vermont.

[Protagoras]

They would be apalled that the people who claim to defend our freedoms are more tyrannical than their worst nightmares. It's a given that the commie Democrats try to take away our freedoms, but when they saw what the other party had degenerated into, they would have to conclude that they designed it poorly. They changes they would likely make would preclude any group from screwing this up so quickly.

They would concider Clinton and Gore to be criminals, and Bush and company to be two bit tyrants.

[Tauzero]

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