January 29, 2007


Valentine's Day is a cruel, evil holiday which exists solely to pour lemon juice on the paper-cut hearts of the unattached.
Kelly M. O'Donnell



What you shouted
May be true,
But
Did you hear
What he called you?
Burma Shave
1942


Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.
--Robert Orben (1927--), U.S. writer/editor




THOMAS JEFFERSON
PART 2 OF 2
1783Elected to congress.
1785 Appointed Minister to France (replacing Benjamin Franklin).
1789 Appointed Secretary of State by President George Washington, but he resigned on Dec. 31, 1793.
1796 Jefferson elected Vice-President of the USA John Adams was the President and his opponent in the election).
1800 Jefferson elected President of the USA.
1803 Louisiana Purchase - large western territory bought from France (Napoleon).
1804 Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to map the newly-acquired western US territory (they returned in 1806).
1804 Jefferson re-elected President of the USA.
1809 Jefferson retired from elected office and returned to Monticello (in Virginia).
1819 Founded the University of Virginia.
1826 Jefferson died at Monticello on July 4, 1826.
Timeline of Thomas Jefferson - EnchantedLearning.com


A great fortune is a great slavery.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca




PRESIDENTIAL TRIVA John Adams
Adams was one of three presidents not to attend the inauguration of his successor. Not only was Adams disappointed in losing to Jefferson, he was also grieving the death of his son Charles.
John Adams 1897-1901


One morning a man is leaving on business trip and finds he left some paperwork at his office. He runs into his office to get it and the night watchman stops him and says, "Sir, don't get on the plane. I had a dream last night that the plane would crash and everyone would die!" The man takes his word and cancells his trip. Sure enough the plane crashes and everyone dies. The next morning the man gives the watchman a $1,000 reward for saving his life and then fires him. Why did he fire the watchman that saved his life?



"I made a wrong mistake."



If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few.
1736


Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.
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