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The Declaration of Independence in American by H. L. Mencken (1921)
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Savor The Media’s Outrage At Being Held To The Same Standard As The Rest of Us
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Siege at Ruby Ridge: The Forgotten History of the ATF Shootout That Started a Militia Movement
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A.I. Bot Writes Hilarious Batman Movie Script
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Satan congratulates socialists for committing every deadly sin at once
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No doubt about it, the man has a way with words:
Never before have so many snobs had so little to be snobbish about. It’s not like the ruling caste that turns up its collective snout at the people who actually make this country work has a CV full of achievements to back up its arrogance. Our elite is anything but. It’s a collection of pedestrian mediocrities who inherited our civilization from the people who actually created it and fought for it, and like every spoiled child who was handed free stuff by his doting mommy and daddy, our elite is resentful and obnoxious.
We’re ruled by a bunch of Veruca Salts.
. . .
Yet, with a track record unbroken by success and unmarred by anything like competence, our elite still offers us a laundry list of tasks it demands we Normals undertake. And, astonishingly, it does so with a straight face, as if it could back up its arrogance with some sort of history of accomplishments beyond the level of, “Well, our generation of leaders is the very best us we can be!”
Thanks to James Madison’s notes, we are able to virtually attend the Constitutional Convention of 1787. He recorded the debates.
These guys were in a vast land with an ineffective government.
States had been making up their own rules as they went along. So did people. Shay’s Rebellion had just occurred, and that scared all of the state governments.
The rebellious people and states did not agree on what should be done next. Their “Articles of Confederation” weren’t getting any jobs done, and this committee was trying to rectify that.
What could you do, if you were a member of the convention/committee elected to consider reforming the Confederation, facing multiple opponents dead-set on retaining their rights — slavery, at that time, being a right?
The answer is: Negotiate.
It’s fascinating to hear them doing that, in real time.
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Sample:
Tuesday August 21. in Convention
Mr L. Martin [of Maryland], proposed to vary the Sect: 4. art VII so as to allow a prohibition or tax on the importation of slaves.
1. As five slaves are to be counted as 3 free men in the apportionment of Representatives; such a clause would leave an encouragement to this traffic.
2. Slaves weakened one part of the Union which the other parts were bound to protect; the privilege of importing them was therefore unreasonable.
3. It was inconsistent with the principles of the revolution and dishonorable to the American character to have such a feature in the Constitution.
Mr. Rutledge [of South Carolina] did not see how the importation of slaves could be encouraged by this section.
He was not apprehensive of insurrections and would readily exempt the other States from the obligation to protect the Southern states against them.
Religion & humanity had nothing to do with this question. Interest alone is the governing principle with nations.
The true question at present is whether the Southern States shall or shall not be parties to the Union.
If the Northern States consult their interest, they will not oppose the increase of slaves, which will increase the commodities of which they will become the carriers.
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Big Pharma manages to keep cure for cancer secret for another year
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Movie Villains in a Nutshell [Comic]
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U.N. Predicts Disaster if Global Warming Not Checked (1989 AP article)
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Guns Saved These Americans From Assault and Robbery in July
Maybe you don’t have to read them all, but I know that just skimming it warmed the 2nd Amendment cockles of my heart.
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CDC releases new list of vaccine side effects: old age, grey hair, top list
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State Gun Control in America: A Historic Guide to Major State Gun Control Laws and Acts
This one might be more skimming than reading, depending on your interest level. I’m just relieved to see Wisconsin isn’t on the list. However, I’m sorry that there’s a list at all.
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