tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post4949184378492232754..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: Watering the Tree of LibertyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-22690186136042429412009-10-01T15:43:57.501-04:002009-10-01T15:43:57.501-04:00Was Jefferson any different than the others who we...Was Jefferson any different than the others who we refer to as "Founding Fathers?" An interesting use of term, that is. And for George W., the original who was more genuinely a self made man, we have a monument in the mist of our capital that may be the greatest of all phallic symbols. <br /><br />What was accomplished by these people is more the important point, not whether they lived a chaste and moral life. Robespierre was noted for the "purity" of his private life. Does that make him more the exemplar of state leadership? His renown has little to do with that purity of behavior.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971442888151627894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-6143771985513677092009-10-01T11:52:15.664-04:002009-10-01T11:52:15.664-04:00jefferson is dead and propagandists will continue ...jefferson is dead and propagandists will continue to use his name to advance their purposes<br /><br />o'brien's wish to jettison jefferson from the panteon has been rendered unnecessary in a way he did not consider<br /><br />general recognition of jefferson's longtime relationship with sally hemings completely changed jefferson's image in the pantheon <br /><br />the dichotomy between his publice words and his personal behavior is now part of his historical image<br /><br />o'brien did not contemplate the effect of a janus-like "two-faced" jeffereson in the pantheonjamzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16938658278079810327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-23472733362787649442009-10-01T09:39:03.061-04:002009-10-01T09:39:03.061-04:00Both books are well worth reading, The Great Melod...Both books are well worth reading, The Great Melody especially so. You might want to correct your spelling: it's Conor, not Connor.Kevin Donoghuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07534540865029864916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-4919048761585967952009-09-30T18:45:41.587-04:002009-09-30T18:45:41.587-04:00I am more a fan of Thomas Paine. He also supporte...I am more a fan of Thomas Paine. He also supported the French Revolution.<br /><br />The Jefferson quote included the blood of both tyrants and patriots and so is somewhat supportive of couping through former supporters to "get it right".<br /><br />One last note, many supporters of Abolition in the 1850's and 60's considered deportation to Africa or the Caribean as proper to avoid the racial excesses of the reconstruction century. <br /><br />ilsmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com