"Where the principle of difference [between political parties] is as substantial and as strongly pronounced as between the republicans and the monocrats of our country, I hold it as honorable to take a firm and decided part and as immoral to pursue a middle line, as between the parties of honest men and rogues, into which every country is divided."

--Thomas Jefferson

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Archive for January 1st, 2008

Happy New Year. Time to get my country back.

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

Asked what form of government the Consitutional convention had produced, Benjamin Franklin is said to have answered: “A republic, if you can keep it.”
I don’t do resolutions at the start of a new year.
However, I am beginning this year with a decision and a promise to myself, to my family, to my friends, and to […]