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Mickey Z
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Sunday, November 12, 2006
Would Tom Paine end up in an orange jumpsuit today?
The coast-to-coast mall known as America just loves to sing the praises of its revolutionary heroes: the land-owning white slaveholders affectionately called “Founding Fathers.” But America, the land of denial, would rather ignore the revolutionary roots and spirit behind its birth. In other words, if pamphleteer Tom Paine were around today, well, he might not be around today. Can you say “enemy combatant”?
We are often told actions speak louder than words but the life of Thomas Paine (1737-1809) tells a different story. Born in England, Paine eventually found a home as resident radical in the Colonies. His mutinous pamphlet, Common Sense, was written anonymously, published in January 1776, and promptly read by every single member of Congress.
Time out: Every member of Congress read Common Sense. (Insert your own punch line here.)
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Thomas Jefferson sez:
“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.”
“Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.”
“Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.”
“No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority.”
“I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.”
“Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.”
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”
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