The Vail Spot: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Nemo me impune lacessit

No one provokes me with impunity

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No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

Article 1, Section 9, Constitution of the United States

If this is the law of the land...why in a republic (little r) and as republicans, do we allow mere POLITICIANS to the right to use a "title of office" for the rest of their lives as if it were de facto a patent of nobility. Because, as republicans, this should NOT be the case...just saying...

Friday, September 11, 2009

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

I got this picture from a friend. It was taken from the press bus on the way to a speech Mr. Obama gave over the summer. As the word says...one picture is worth a thousand words. When I have the name of the photographer, I'll publish it in an update, but this is too precious to waste time on...

UPDATE: This photograph was taken by: Bill Einheit, freelance photographer based in Colorado. He is a former staff photographer of the Rocky Mountain News