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At least, it's correct as of about five minutes ago.

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Ben was something of a progressive, liberal, intellectual sort. You know, an elitist. It won't be long before the teatards start demanding that St. Reagan replace Ben on the $100 bill. Maybe with Jeebus on the back, if not the whole fucking last supper.

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You and your crazy socialist ideas. The regime change/Koch coup won't go well for you.

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History is winning the future. Just not the parts espousing enlightened thinking.

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Early to bed and early to cut entitlement spending makes a man healthy, wealthy, small government, tax cuts, job creators, small business, and growing our economy out of this Obama recession.

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Excellent quote! Jefferson was a big opponent of the law of entail - property would always be inherited by the first-born son. He didn't think previous generations should have such control of folks around today.

I have to think he would have been a huge opponent of the concept of a corporation as a person - all the rights, none of the responsibilities. The permanently living person would be anathema to him.

Jim Hightower is one of the handfull of national commentators consistenly pointing out the dangers we face making corporations people - with rights, say, to donate to political campaigns because that's "free speech."

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One of my favorite reactionary "positions" is "Hey - Fed X and UPS make money - why can't the Post Office?" Let those idiots fork over $14 to pay their AOL bill and the screams will start.

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