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...

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Friday, September 03, 2010

Deval Patrick WIshes America Wasn't A Free Country

In yet another entry to the "you just can't make this crap up department, Deval Patrick, the governor of Massachusetts, in asnwer to a question about last weekend's "Restoring Honor" rally in Washington DC, says "It's a free country...I wish it weren't."

1 comment:

Dolley said...

Amazing, isn't it. We have so neglected our Republic that this is what we get! Thank God we are waking up.