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Actually, the Articles were working well

Posted on: February 11, 2019 at 14:02:41 CT

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but they weren’t working for those who wanted more power, which you just admitted

Edited by pickle at 14:04:07 on 02/11/19

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Bad quotes from Bad Presidents - 90Tiger MU - 2/11 12:01:39

Fate gave us 3 incredible presidents to start. - RHAYWORTH MU - 2/11 12:27:26

Washington was no hero and craved power - pickle MU

- 2/11 13:58:35

Washington raised an army against his own citizens - SwampTiger MU - 2/11 12:31:57

Maybe because about half of his citizens - GA Tiger MU - 2/11 13:05:02

you’re an idiot, GAT (nm) - pickle MU

- 2/11 13:59:05

lol GAT (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 2/11 13:07:31

would you toss out everything else about Washington and - 90Tiger MU - 2/11 12:58:36

lol 90 - SwampTiger MU - 2/11 13:06:55

I don't adore him, it was just a question (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 2/11 14:32:49

I know (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 2/11 14:52:10

Possibly because you BUY too much whiskey. And - GA Tiger MU - 2/11 13:22:54

the board's libertarian (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 2/11 14:07:11

Actually, the Articles were working well - pickle MU

- 2/11 14:02:41

They also weren't working if we were going to - GA Tiger MU - 2/11 14:07:21

That doesn’t make sense - pickle MU

- 2/11 14:25:48

I'll stipulate that men wanted greater power and - SwampTiger MU - 2/11 13:28:01

That was the major tax funding at the time. - RHAYWORTH MU - 2/11 12:50:57

that's where it all began, yes (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 2/11 12:52:23

Jon Adams represented the British soldiers accused of - MrBlueSky MU - 2/11 12:38:19

some real **** stain presidents there... - escalade NWMSU - 2/11 12:10:42

Interesting choices of quotes for wild Bill and the black - hokie VT - 2/11 12:23:38

I've often wondered about Jefferson - SwampTiger MU - 2/11 12:13:20

what's a 'work within the system guy" and I would offer that - 90Tiger MU - 2/11 12:24:42

RE: what's a 'work within the system guy" and I would offer that - SwampTiger MU - 2/11 12:37:17

is it your contention that he ran for office not aware of - 90Tiger MU - 2/11 12:59:46

I used the word "wondered" (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 2/11 13:08:16

how was he a hypocrite?(nm) - escalade NWMSU - 2/11 12:14:52

Well for one, he wrote "all men are created equal" - MrBlueSky MU - 2/11 12:15:23

You should read the book too. Its time you - GA Tiger MU - 2/11 12:20:59

there it is... - escalade NWMSU - 2/11 12:20:44

Oh, he was just following the law in owning hundreds - MrBlueSky MU - 2/11 12:21:37

RE: Oh, he was just following the law in owning hundreds - 90Tiger MU - 2/11 12:30:06

I was responding to someone asking about what hypocrisy - MrBlueSky MU - 2/11 12:36:29

then struggle away - they weren't viewed as the same - 90Tiger MU - 2/11 12:40:17

So then if a black man was not a man - MrBlueSky MU - 2/11 12:42:29

He was property, obviously - like a dog, a horse, or - 90Tiger MU - 2/11 12:53:04

The "property" distinction was made in the Dred Scott - MrBlueSky MU - 2/11 12:59:06

no, it wasn't "made" in that decision, it was ruled to - 90Tiger MU - 2/11 14:34:05

and they were all inherited... - escalade NWMSU - 2/11 12:22:11

That's not true. He could have freed them while he was - MrBlueSky MU - 2/11 12:29:44

Read "The Summer of 1787". Fantastic book that - GA Tiger MU - 2/11 12:14:47

Just ordered it for kindle. Nm - hokie VT - 2/11 12:41:41

Would like to know what you think of it.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 2/11 13:02:22

Yeah, I hope you didn't mean my boy Thomas, since - GA Tiger MU - 2/11 12:12:16

you are clearly distantly removed(nm) - escalade NWMSU - 2/11 12:13:09

Surely not THAT clear. Unless you - GA Tiger MU - 2/11 12:20:23

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