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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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

A Relative Thing



The above picture is of MajGen George Pickett, CSA. my wife thinks I strongly resemble him...I don't, but you decide, below is me taken via my laptop camera. You decide.

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Posted by Rich Vail at 16:16
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Cheri.D.Vail said...

Look at the eyes then the cheeks and then go to the forehead.
I have shown this pictures to many of my co-workers who have met my husband and they agree with me that there is a great likeness.

September 23, 2009 at 11:34 PM

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