Sunday, March 24, 2013
Quote of the Day
I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too
many parasites living on the labor of the industrious. Thomas Jefferson
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The important ramblings, rumblings and quixotic opinions of The Vails.
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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