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While were at it let's get rid of pennies. Canada has no pennies and gets long just fine.
NO!!!!! I always pick up pennies when I see them. I take them home, put them in a jar until it's filled up, take it to coinstar...that's where my lottery ticket/casino cash comes from!
He also wrote that hypocritical crap into the constitution about all men being created equal, when clearly all men are not created equal, some are born smart, some are born dumb, some are born with no arms, some are born with an IQ of 190, but Jefferson tells us we are equal while he owned a butt load of slaves and spent money like water.
Maybe it would help if you learned a little history. Thomas Jefferson wrote that in the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution. Furthermore when it was written he was still a citizen of the British Empire. It was clearly directed at the King meaning they no longer respected the difference between the nobility & commoners. The Constitution would not be written for a number of years after that.
Despite the fact that Jefferson owned slaves, when the USA was formed at least one state, Mass. considered that to mean that that slavery was abolished and moved to make it happen. A novel and new concept in a world where slavery had been accepted for 1000s of years. So IMO, you have unfairly demonized Jefferson over this.
Problem with that is Native Americans were slaughtering one another by the thousands long before the white man came to town. Today's history teachings are long on white guilt and short on facts. They conveniently leave out some of the savagery that was committed by Native Americans towards one another. Whites didn't invent genocide, as grade schools and universities would like everyone to believe.
The difference is that the native people killed each other without pretense. One tribe attacked another because they wanted their horses, or they wanted to hunt on their native lands, or they just wanted the honor of defeating them in battle.
If the European settlers had done the same thing - forcefully driven the Indians from their land without explanation or apology - it would just be an extension of what had been going on in North America for thousands of years, and your point would be well taken. But it didn't happen that way. The American government made promise after promise to the various tribes, then broke them, then took the land forcefully anyway.
I find it hard to respect that course of action, which Andrew Jackson epitomized. I think it would be appropriate to replace the image of Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with that of John Ross.
The difference is that the native people killed each other without pretense. One tribe attacked another because they wanted their horses, or they wanted to hunt on their native lands, or they just wanted the honor of defeating them in battle.
If the European settlers had done the same thing - forcefully driven the Indians from their land without explanation or apology - it would just be an extension of what had been going on in North America for thousands of years, and your point would be well taken. But it didn't happen that way. The American government made promise after promise to the various tribes, then broke them, then took the land forcefully anyway.
I find it hard to respect that course of action, which Andrew Jackson epitomized. I think it would be appropriate to replace the image of Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with that of John Ross.
Problem with that is Native Americans were slaughtering one another by the thousands long before the white man came to town. Today's history teachings are long on white guilt and short on facts. They conveniently leave out some of the savagery that was committed by Native Americans towards one another. Whites didn't invent genocide, as grade schools and universities would like everyone to believe.
Me like this Fox News argument for everything (h/t to Rudy Guiliani):
"Blacks are killing each other, so it's fine for white cops to kill them too!"
"Native Americans were killing each other, so it's fine for white folks to kill them too!"
"Armenians were killing each other, so it's fine for the Ottomans to kill them too!"
"Jews were killing each other, so it's fine for the Nazis to kill them too!"
What ever happened to "Thou Shalt Not Kill" thinggie? Is there a caveat for "if they can do it, so can we!!!".
has anyone done this joke yet:
if a woman was on a the $20 bill would it only be worth 70 % ?
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