These words were part of Thomas Jefferson's rough draft of the Declaration of Independence. Meant to be part of a scathing inditement of King George III, these words were removed during the two days of debate over the document by a group of representatives from southern states who used slaves, and northern ones who delivered them:
"[The King of England] has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating it's most sacred rights of life & liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating & carrying them to slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportations thither. this piratical warfare, the opprobrium of infidel powers, is the warfare of the Christian king of Great Britain. determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought & sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable commerce and that this assemblage of horrors might want no fact of distiguished die, he is now exciting those very people to rise in arms against us, and to purchase that liberty of which he has deprived them, by murdering the people upon whom he also obtruded them; thus paying off former crimes which he urges them to commit against the lives of another."
- Thomas Jefferson (accepted with minor clarifying edits by Benjamin Franklin), July 2, 1776
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
They're willing to raise your taxes, but not pay theirs.
How could someone so smart be so stupid? The answer is out there...
"Daschle's stunning statement came less than three hours after another Obama nominee also withdrew from consideration, and also over tax problems. Nancy Killefer, nominated by Obama to be the government's first chief performance officer, said she didn't want her bungling of payroll taxes on her household help to be a distraction.
Daschle was the third high-profile Obama nominee to bow out. Obama initially had tapped Bill Richardson to be Commerce secretary, but the New Mexico governor withdrew amid a grand jury investigation into a state contract awarded to his political donors.
Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Daschle's former Democratic colleagues had rallied to his defense in the wake of questions about his failure to fully pay his taxes from 2005 through 2007. Last month, Daschle paid $128,203 in back taxes and $11,964 in interest."
"Daschle's stunning statement came less than three hours after another Obama nominee also withdrew from consideration, and also over tax problems. Nancy Killefer, nominated by Obama to be the government's first chief performance officer, said she didn't want her bungling of payroll taxes on her household help to be a distraction.
Daschle was the third high-profile Obama nominee to bow out. Obama initially had tapped Bill Richardson to be Commerce secretary, but the New Mexico governor withdrew amid a grand jury investigation into a state contract awarded to his political donors.
Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Daschle's former Democratic colleagues had rallied to his defense in the wake of questions about his failure to fully pay his taxes from 2005 through 2007. Last month, Daschle paid $128,203 in back taxes and $11,964 in interest."
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Drudge wins again!
One day after Drudge reported that Citigroup was purchasing a $50M jet, the Obama administration puts a stop to it with a phone call.
Drudge wins again!
One day after Drudge reported that Citigroup was purchasing a $50M jet, the Obama administration puts a stop to it with a phone call.
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Politics/story?id=6740011&page=1
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Politics/story?id=6740011&page=1
Friday, January 02, 2009
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Kids say the darndest things!
"There is no such thing as a person that is not a creature. So be nice to everyone."
- C (age seven)
- C (age seven)
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Kids say the darndest things!
"It's time to open presents! ! ! Everyone goes first! ! !"
C - age seven
C - age seven
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Kids say the darndest things...
"Daddy, if you want to get married but don't want to have a baby, how do you do that?"
- C (age seven)
- C (age seven)
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Kids say the darndest things!
"Excuse me. My hands are sweaty and the gun just fell on my toe."
- C (age seven) during a hot nurf gun firefight
- C (age seven) during a hot nurf gun firefight
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Kids say the darndest things!
Daddy: "That mom sure is pretty smart isn't she?"
C: "Yes, she's a LOT smarter than I used to be."
- C (age seven)
C: "Yes, she's a LOT smarter than I used to be."
- C (age seven)
Monday, November 10, 2008
Kids say the darndest things!
"I know how to work at a job, Daddy. You just type stuff into a computer and then you get money."
- C (age seven)
- C (age seven)
Monday, November 03, 2008
Kids say the darndest things...
Daddy to Mommy: "Well, I think our best hope for the possibility that our child has no vices is that you secretly had her fathered by another man."
Mommy: Hmmm.
C (age seven): "Daddy, I don't really think that's a very good sentence....because I don't understand a word you just said."
Mommy: Hmmm.
C (age seven): "Daddy, I don't really think that's a very good sentence....because I don't understand a word you just said."
Sunday, November 02, 2008
Kids say the darndest things!
"Daddy, did you know that ten 10's is equal to 100 and one hundred 10's is equal to 1000? I just figured that second part out using my fingers."
- C (age seven)
- C (age seven)
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Kids say the darndest things!
At a Halloween party:
C (age seven): "Daddy, look! An angel and a devil!"
Daddy: "Cool! Which one do you like better?"
C: "I like the devil best."
C (age seven): "Daddy, look! An angel and a devil!"
Daddy: "Cool! Which one do you like better?"
C: "I like the devil best."
Friday, October 10, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
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