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As well as Rousseau, Locke and Hobbes. I doubt anyone in the current administration has any clue about these individuals

It's a minor point in the whole scheme of things, but the comedian Amber Ruffin has been scratched from the White House Correspondents' Dinner this month. All part of President Felon For Life's butt hurt of getting dissed by Obama low those many years ago.. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amber-ruffin-white-house-correspondents-dinner/

Also one of the reasons Madison and Hamilton (and company) originally set up the Electoral College. They didn't want the general voting public to have a direct say in the election of the Chief Executive fearing the choices the "rabble" would make.

April 1 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/april-1

March 31 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/march-31/parliament-passes-the-boston-port-act On March 31, 1774, British Parliament passes the Boston Port Act, closing the port of Boston and demanding that the city’s residents pay for the nearly $1 million worth (in today’s money) of tea dumped into Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773. 1776 In a letter dated March 31, 1776, Abigail Adamswrites to her husband, John Adams, urging him and the other members of the Continental Congress not to forget about the nation’s women when fighting for America’s independence from Great Britain. The future First Lady wrote in part, “I long to hear that you have declared an independency. And, by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.” Nearly 150 years before the House of Representatives voted to pass the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote,

So what did I miss?Seems like more of the same old. Trump to supporters “Drop Dead”

Since we're becoming Pirates of the Caribbean for the next several days (no it's NOT a Disney Cruise) allow me to post this a day early. On the 250th anniversary of the Patrick Henry speech

March 22 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/March-22/stamp-act-imposed-on-american-colonies In an effort to raise funds to pay off debts and defend the vast new American territories won from the French in the Seven Years’ War(1756-1763), the British government passes the Stamp Act on March 22, 1765. The legislation levied a direct tax on all materials printed for commercial and legal use in the colonies, from newspapers and pamphlets to playing cards and dice. Though the Stamp Act employed a strategy that was a common fundraising vehicle in England, it stirred a storm of protest in the colonies. The colonists had recently been hit with three major taxes: the Sugar Act (1764), which levied new duties on imports of textiles, wines, coffee and sugar; the Currency Act (1764), which caused a major decline in the value of the paper money used by colonists; and the Quartering Act (1765), which required colonists to provide food and lodging to British troops under certain circumstances.

BTW if you have TMobile they’re offering free MLB TV again this year. Signup is 3/25-3/31

Heading out tomorrow to catch a huge boat to Aruba and nearby islands. Hopefully I’ll make it back thru customs next weekend on my return. If not Godspeed

And start promoting his time at the golf course (he's spending his weekends there at least) and the cost of his trips to the US taxpayer.

A make believe reality TV show set him up that way. It got good ratings and the Goobers believed it was true. When he was president a fake TV news network and hundreds of dying AM radio stations caught the "conservative" virus. Granted this began back during Reagan and Clinton, however by the time Trump came along he was a master showman. And the Goobers believed it was true

You needn to throw in Social Security among what will eventually work against him. The mere fact that they have limited access to customer service, which was bad to begin with, forcing seniors and their caretakers to spend hours to get simple questions answered. Closing local offices and forcing folks to drive an hour or more to actually talk to a person will also not help the numbers among seniors. Hopefully we'll see a major backlash in 2026

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/March-21/selma-to-montgomery-march-begins

Here's the official proposed by the Packers https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-rule-changes-2025-packers-move-to-outlaw-tush-push-while-lions-suggest-major-playoff-seeding-change/ The Lions are proposing a change in playoff seeding..

It's tit for tat. Let's do it

Great song. The link lead me to this https://youtu.be/NySpcFpPcQg?si=v4iBdC0oathxeJZD

Homage to a Government, Philip Larkin Next year we are to bring all the soldiers home For lack of money, and it is all right. Places they guarded, or kept orderly, Must guard themselves, and keep themselves orderly We want the money for ourselves at home Instead of working. And this is all right. It's hard to say who wanted it to happen, But now it's been decided nobody minds. The places are a long way off, not here, Which is all right, and from what we hear The soldiers there only made trouble happen. Next year we shall be easier in our minds. Next year we shall be living in a country That brought its soldiers home for lack of money. The statues will be standing in the same Tree-muffled squares, and look nearly the same. Our children will not know it's a different country. All we can hope to leave them now is money.

Having seen these folks in action, this one hurts. Say goodbye to your local libraries, any local museums that may get a modicum of Federal funding. As the Regime continues to attempt to rewrite history when they can't even define words such as WOKE and DEA https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2025/03/17/trump-cuts-library-funding-institute/82495263007/

At least they didn't take down any more statues of Confederate Generals