Something interesting I learned today.

[Banned]

Benjamin Franklins income tripled during the revoloutionary war.

Perhaps we have not drifted from our founding fathers morals as much as we thought?

[Mott the Hoople]

Of all our founding fathers Franklin is my favorite.

I've been harping on my wife that she needs to read more. If for nothing else to grow as a person. So a few weeks back sure purchased a copy of Franklins Autobiography on her Kindle. What surprized me is that my wife is for SE Asia, and isn't really into history. I asked her why she chose that book and she said that she had seen him on programs about American history and he seemed like an interestin person.

What surprised me even further is that she really got into the book.

[Yurt]

what is your point occupant?

[Mott the Hoople]

what is your point occupant?

I believe it's along the lines of "Human nature doesn't change."

[Threedee]

Most of the signers did not make out well during the Revolution financially. Franklin only would have done well because his most steady source of income was in journalism and writing, and the war game him important government positions, as well as the opportunity to write a lot more.

[Banned]

Paul Revere made out well. He sold copper for ships and such.

[Chapel The Evergreen]

Paul Revere made out well. He sold copper for ships and such.

He was hardly a Founder, and his biggest claim to fame was that his name rhymed well.

[Thithicus]

Benjamin Franklins income tripled during the revoloutionary war.

Perhaps we have not drifted from our founding fathers morals as much as we thought?

Why is it immoral for one's income to increase?

I really don't get liberalism. Never have, never will.

[Chapel The Evergreen]

Why is it immoral for one's income to increase?

I really don't get liberalism. Never have, never will.

Don't confuse Liberalism with Leftism. They are not the same.

[Mott the Hoople]

Why is it immoral for one's income to increase?

I really don't get liberalism. Never have, never will.

That's because you operate from idiotic notons like "Liberals think it's immoral to increase incomes." No. Liberals think it's immoral to increase ones income at the expense of others with out a fair exchange of a value for a value.

[Mott the Hoople]

Don't confuse Liberalism with Leftism. They are not the same.

Nice cliche. To bad it doesn't mean anything.

[Chapel The Evergreen]

Nice cliche. To bad it doesn't mean anything.

Mott, I know you're retarded, but I didn't think you were this retarded.

[CanceledB]

Benjamin Franklins income tripled during the revoloutionary war.

Perhaps we have not drifted from our founding fathers morals as much as we thought?

We really haven't.

Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States" details how the founders were looking to serve their own elitist, moneyed interests from the very beginning. However, they knew that achieving prosperity required compliance from the masses, whose compliance hinged on the better life they had as a result of the founders' vision.

[Mott the Hoople]

Mott, I know you're retarded, but I didn't think you were this retarded.

Well fine, explain your empty little cliche then?

[Mott the Hoople]

We really haven't.

Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States" details how the founders were looking to serve their own elitist, moneyed interests from the very beginning. However, they knew that achieving prosperity required compliance from the masses, whose compliance hinged on the better life they had as a result of the founders' vision.

Having said that unbridled democracy scared the hell out of our founding fathers.