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Tomgram: Prelude to an Inaugural
TomDispatch —
... And don't think Washington's words were a fluke. When, 12 years later, Thomas Jefferson gave his inaugural address from the unfinished Capitol building in a Washington still under construction, he took up similar themes. The principal author of the Declaration of Independence, the former governor of Virginia, the former secretary of state, and the former vice president professed "a sincere consciousness that the task is above my talents, and that I approach it with those anxious and awful presentiments which the greatness of the charge and the weakness of my powers so justly ...
Tom Engelhardt: The Apology: How to Turn Over a New Inaugural Leaf
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... And don't think Washington's words were a fluke. When, 12 years later, Thomas Jefferson gave his inaugural address from the unfinished Capitol building in a Washington still under construction, he took up similar themes. The principal author of the Declaration of Independence, the former governor of Virginia, the former secretary of state, and the former vice president professed "a sincere consciousness that the task is above my talents, and that I approach it with those anxious and awful presentiments which the greatness of the charge and the weakness of my powers so justly ...
Thoughts on tax (and tea party) day
neo-neocon —
... serve to drive its economy when they keep cash in the private sector and create businesses and jobs.
In short, most of those participating in tea parties define “fairness” quite differently. This philosophical divide is the source of much of the dissatisfaction demonstrated in the protests, and whether Cooper agrees with them or not, they do have a valid argument with a long and illustrious history.
Let’s hear, for example, from Thomas Jefferson, in his First Inaugural Address:
[W]ith all these blessings, what more is necessary to ...
