Thomas Jefferson ... Thanks George Kegley, my brother!

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From: Fred Ramsey

Thomas Jefferson



This is amazing. There are two parts. Be sure to read the 2nd part.


Thomas Jefferson was a very remarkable man who started learning very early in life and never stopped.



At 5, began studying under his cousin's tutor.



At 9, studied Latin, Greek and French.



At 14, studied classical literature and additional languages.



At 16, entered the College of William and Mary.



At 19, studied Law for 5 years starting under George Wythe.



At 23, started his own law practice.



At 25, was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.



At 31, wrote the widely circulated "Summary View of the Rights of British America” and retired from his law practice.



At 32, was a Delegate to the Second Continental Congress.



At 33, wrote the Declaration of Independence.



At 33, took three years to revise Virginia’s legal code and wrote a Public Education bill and a statute for Religious Freedom.



At 36, was elected the second Governor of Virginia succeeding Patrick Henry.



At 40, served in Congress for two years.



At 41, was the American minister to France and negotiated commercial treaties with European nations along with Ben Franklin and John Adams.



At 46, served as the first Secretary of State under George Washington.



At 53, served as Vice President and was elected president of the American Philosophical Society.



At 55, drafted the Kentucky Resolutions and became the active head of Republican Party.



At 57, was elected the third president of the United States .



At 60, obtained the Louisiana Purchase doubling the nation's size.



At 61, was elected to a second term as President.



At 65, retired to Monticello .



At 80, helped President Monroe shape the Monroe Doctrine.



At 81, almost single-handedly created the University of Virginia and served as its first president.



At 83, died on the 50th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence along with John Adams

Second Part:



Thomas Jefferson knew because he himself studied the previous failed attempts at government. He understood actual history, the nature of God, his laws and the nature of man. That happens to be way more than what most understand today. Jefferson really knew his stuff. A voice from the past to lead us in the future:



John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the white House for a group of the brightest minds in the nation at that time. He made this statement: "This is perhaps the assembly of the most intelligence ever to gather at one time in the White House with the exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."

"When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe ." -- Thomas Jefferson



"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."

-- Thomas Jefferson



"It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world."

-- Thomas Jefferson



"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." -- Thomas Jefferson



"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." -- Thomas Jefferson



"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson



"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." -- Thomas Jefferson



"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -- Thomas Jefferson



"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."

-- Thomas Jefferson



Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:



"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.



If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property - until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."



I wish we could get this out to everyone!!!



I'm doing my part. Please do yours.

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Subject: Fw: HAPPY THANKSGIVING!



HAPPY THANKSGIVING



Twas the night of Thanksgiving,

and I just couldn’t sleep

I tried counting backwards,

I tried counting sheep.



The leftovers beckoned,

the dark meat and the white

but I fought the temptation with all of my might.



Tossing and turning with anticipation

the thought of a snack became infatuation.

So I raced to the kitchen, flung open the door

and gazed at the fridge, full of goodies galore.



I gobbled up turkey and buttered potatoes,

pickles and carrots, beans and tomatoes.

I felt myself swelling so plump and round,

till all of a sudden, I rose off of the ground.



I crashed through the ceiling, floating into the sky

with a mouthful of pudding and a handful of pie.

I managed to yell as I soared past the trees.....

Happy eating to all----pass the cranberries please.



May your stuffing be tasty,

may your turkey be plump,

may your potatoes and gravy have nary a lump.

May your yams be delicious,

may your pies take the prize,

may your Thanksgiving dinner stay off of your thighs.



Happy Thanksgiving All!

Grandpa and Grandma ... Only the latter would know

Mary,

My sweet sister-in-law ... You side so much on the womanly side of things.  I guess I am still glad God chose, in his great wisdom, to make male and female and let it grow from there.

SamKat
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 Subject: Fwd: Only a Grandma would know




ONLY A GRANDMOTHER WOULD KNOW... ~A Cup of Tea ~ One day my Grandma was out, and my Grandpa was in charge of me. I was maybe 2 1/2 years old. Someone had given me a little 'tea set' as a gift, and it was one of my favorite toys. Grandpa was in the living room engrossed in the evening news when I brought him a little cup of 'tea', which was just water. After several cups of tea and lots of praise for such yummy tea, my Grandma came home. My Grandpa made her wait in the living room to watch me bring him a cup of tea, because it was 'just the cutest thing!' Grandma waited, and sure enough, here I came down the hall with a cup of tea for Grandpa, and she watched him drink it up. Then she said, (as only a grandma would know), "'Did it ever occur to you That the only place she can reach to get water, is the toilet?" SEND IT ON AND MAKE ANOTHER GRANDPARENT SMILE ...

Ode to the Welfare State ... thanks Ramey Hoskins!

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Ramey,

Do you suppose you and I think too much?  I know so many who think so little that they join the OWS crowds.  Of course they join at a price and come into highly criminal elemental society, quite unlike the Tea Party ilk.

SamKat