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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:21 PM Original message |
What do you think Mr. Jefferson would have to say about.. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. probably nothing |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. our Founding Fathers would be deeply disappointed in us |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. The tree of liberty must be watered from time to time |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. He might have loved them, to keep an eye on his slaves. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. That's why he and Madison understood tyranny so well.. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. He was a surveyor and a scientist also. He measured everything. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. It exists here in the US--there are sex slaves being held in captivity right here in America. NT |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Damn! Beat me to it. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. He would be dismissed today as some sort of crazy Egg-Head |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. Jefferson was widely reviled by the people benefitting from the status quo |
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bpj62 (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Slavery |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. So? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. This country was built on the backs of slaves and immigrants.. |
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bpj62 (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Slavery Continued |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Err... |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Well said.. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. The hell you can't. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I'm simply pointing out that slavery is a non-issue |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. Sure he would. He could keep up with all his slaves so much easier! |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Well, without them.. |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. And universal health care, apparently. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. There's always a silver lining....n/t |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. He'd challenge King George W. Bushler to a duel. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
24. Here's what Thomas Paine had to say about it. |
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bpj62 (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Thomas Jefferson |
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