Capitalist Pig
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BTW Mogur, I happened to notice that you are from Whidbey Island. Are you by chance in the navy? If so, might you also be in the CT field? If so, that would be an interesting coincidence.
So Mr Pig, it sounds like you don't have an issue with quotes being wrongly attributed.
What’s up with all the founding father (especially Thomas Jefferson) misquotes in signature lines? It’s invariably right wingnuts propping up their wacko, cornball ideas by shrouding themselves in the righteous trappings of founding ideas, yet they almost always turn out to be complete fabrications. I already beat down little-acorn about his Jefferson misquote, but two more have ‘pooped’ up since:
Capitalist Pig– "My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." Thomas Jefferson
This quote has not been found in any of the writings of Thomas Jefferson. It bears some slight resemblance to a statement he made in a letter to John Norvell of 14 June 1807, "History, in general, only informs us what bad government is." However, the quotation as it appears above can definitely be attributed to John Sharp Williams in a speech about Jefferson in 1913. The first time the Williams quote was attributed to Jefferson was in a 1950 Forbes article by Bertie Charles Forbes.
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/j/jefferson-quotes.htm
http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Bad_government_results_from_too_much_government
http://thinkexist.com/quotation/my_reading_of_history_convinces_me_that_most_bad/195448.html
Gipper– “The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first.” Thomas Jefferson
Again, the Jefferson Encyclopedia cannot find this quote in any of Thomas Jefferson’s writings. He did write, in the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798, the following: “...in questions of power then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution.”
http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php...s_of_the_people_are_criminals_and_government/
http://www.guncite.com/gc2ndbog.html
http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/The_two_enemies_of_the_people
Please, just because a quotation rattling around inside the echo chamber is attributed to a founding father, doesn’t make it a true quote. Quite the opposite. If you insist on perpetuating misquotes, I will continue to call you out on them. They are a lie and they are disrespectful of our founding fathers. Have some class and use quotes that the founder actually said or wrote. And, you will appear smarter to those outside the right wing circus if you do.
He clearly tried to tie me to some imaginary stereotype of conservatives who just spout off crap that they know nothing about.
What is the problem here?
No problem at all.
No problem at all.
That should be safe![]()
Thomas Jefferson always did have a way with words.![]()
Sorry, but letting me know that You think George Bush was stupid is not proof that he was. Lets just for the sake of furthering the discussion, assume that he was. It does not prove that all conservatives are stupid, or that I am specifically.