If Thomas Jefferson thought American liberty was such a great idea, why didn’t he serve in the military?
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It gets worse, he sent our Navy to fight the Barbary states without serving–making him an obvious chickenhawk. [Let’s not use pointless ad hominems like “chickenhawk.” I’m just asking a question. -Ed.]
Maybe it’s better to serve in roles better suited to your natural abilities? Oh, wait, nevermind. We’re all “equal.”
Now excuse me while I push for asian quotas in sports. Because I strongly believe it will be disastrous to our country if I don’t.
So the answer to your question is, Mr. Jefferson didn’t have a desire to go into the military. As hard to believe as it is, he had more fun inventing brilliant ways of bringing wine up from his cellars directly into his living room, without exposing his “hired help” to his guests.
Did he design any cool weapons? That might exhonorate him. I hear he was quite the diplomat as well, for what that’s worth.
Humorously enough, this was an actual issue when he was running for President and when he was President. Just goes to show that politics never changes.
He didn’t serve in the military because the continental congress decided that the military shall be composed of uneducated boobs and red-necks. Jefferson was fairly literate (he could read and write) and therefore was unqualified for service. The same standards for service exist to this very day. Ask any democRAT or member of the media!
He’s the real architect behind the North American Union!
What’s wrong with the North American Union? What’s wrong with Washington, DC, ruling from the North Pole to the Panama Canal? A true American empire! Hooah!
Had he and Washington not put it on the line and created the Continental Army, there wouldn’t be a US Army, or a US, for anyone to serve in.
Remember, the Founding Fathers were rich and landed, top of the game in British America, and knew very well they were destined for the end of a noose if it all went south. They had everything to lose, and all they had to gain was the esoteric little concept of Freedom.
No, he didn’t serve in the military, but he served America more than some entire states of today.
A fatwa on all of you for forgetting that. “I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent and of human knowledge that has ever been gathered together at the White House–with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.” – John F. Kennedy, addressing 49 Nobel Prize winners in the White House in 1962
It gets worse, he sent our Navy to fight the Barbary states without serving–making him an obvious chickenhawk.
[Let’s not use pointless ad hominems like “chickenhawk.” I’m just asking a question. -Ed.]
Maybe he just had flat feet.
Thou art naught but a chickenhawk Tom Jefferson.
He was in Congress; they’re exempt. Duh.
Maybe it’s better to serve in roles better suited to your natural abilities? Oh, wait, nevermind. We’re all “equal.”
Now excuse me while I push for asian quotas in sports. Because I strongly believe it will be disastrous to our country if I don’t.
So the answer to your question is, Mr. Jefferson didn’t have a desire to go into the military. As hard to believe as it is, he had more fun inventing brilliant ways of bringing wine up from his cellars directly into his living room, without exposing his “hired help” to his guests.
Did he design any cool weapons? That might exhonorate him. I hear he was quite the diplomat as well, for what that’s worth.
Because he was one of those damned Zionist Neocon Chickenhawks!
He’s the real architect behind the North American Union!
Global warming; it seems to be the cause for just about everything.
Humorously enough, this was an actual issue when he was running for President and when he was President. Just goes to show that politics never changes.
He didn’t serve in the military because the continental congress decided that the military shall be composed of uneducated boobs and red-necks. Jefferson was fairly literate (he could read and write) and therefore was unqualified for service. The same standards for service exist to this very day. Ask any democRAT or member of the media!
Mr. Jefferson never served in the Military because he had a Dry Cleaning business to run. Duh.
Mr. Jefferson never served in the Military because he had a Dry Cleaning business to run. Duh.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!! Iced cappuccino everywhere!!
He’s the real architect behind the North American Union!
What’s wrong with the North American Union? What’s wrong with Washington, DC, ruling from the North Pole to the Panama Canal? A true American empire! Hooah!
Had he and Washington not put it on the line and created the Continental Army, there wouldn’t be a US Army, or a US, for anyone to serve in.
Remember, the Founding Fathers were rich and landed, top of the game in British America, and knew very well they were destined for the end of a noose if it all went south. They had everything to lose, and all they had to gain was the esoteric little concept of Freedom.
No, he didn’t serve in the military, but he served America more than some entire states of today.
A fatwa on all of you for forgetting that.
“I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent and of human knowledge that has ever been gathered together at the White House–with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.” – John F. Kennedy, addressing 49 Nobel Prize winners in the White House in 1962