Thomas Jefferson

Sent to me by a smart man

His Portrait is on the Two Dollar Bill.

 

This is amazing.
There are two parts.

Be sure to read
The 2nd part (in RED),,,,and really THINK about it.

 

Thomas Jefferson
Was a very remarkable man who started

Learning very
Early in life and never stopped.

 

At 5, began
Studying under his cousin's tutor.

 

At 9, studied
Latin, Greek and French.

 

At 14, studied
Classical literature and additional languages.

 

At 16, entered
The College of William and Mary.
Also could write in Greek with one hand
While writing the same in Latin with the other.

 

At 19, studied
Law for 5 years starting under George Wythe.

 

At 23, started
His own law practice.

 

At 25, was
Elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.

 

At 31, wrote the
Widely circulated "Summary View of the Rights of British America" And
Retired from his law practice.
 

At 32, was a
Delegate to the Second Continental Congress.

 

At 33, wrote the
Declaration of Independence.

 

At 33, took Three years to revise

Virginia's legal code and wrote a Public Education Bill and a statute for

Religious Freedom.

 

At 36, was
Elected the second Governor of Virginia succeeding Patrick Henry.

 

At 40, served in
Congress for two years.

 

At 41, was the
American minister to France and
Negotiated commercial treaties with
European nations along with

Ben Franklin and John Adams..

 

At 46, served as
The first Secretary of State
Under George Washington.

 

At 53, served as
Vice President and was elected
President of the American Philosophical
Society.

 

At 55, drafted
The Kentucky Resolutions and became

the active head of Republican Party.

 

At 57, was
Elected the third president of the
United States.

 

At 60, obtained
The Louisiana Purchase doubling
The nation's Size.

 

At 61, was
Elected to a second term as President.

 

At 65, retired to Monticello.

 

At 80, helped
President Monroe shape the
Monroe Doctrine.

 

At 81, almost
Single-handedly created the University of Virginia and served as its first
President.

 

At 83, died on
The 50th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence along
With John Adams.

 

Thomas Jefferson
Knew because he himself studied the previous failed attempts at government.
He understood
Actual history, the nature of God, His laws and the nature of man.

That happens to be way more than what most understand today.

 

Jefferson really knew his stuff.

A voice from the past to lead us in the future:

 

John F. Kennedy
Held a dinner in the White House for a group of the brightest minds
In the nation at that time. He made this statement: "This is perhaps
The assembly of the most intelligence ever to gather at one time in
The White House with the exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."

 

 

"When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe,

we shall become as corrupt as Europe."

Thomas Jefferson

 

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those

Who are willing to work and give to those who would not."

Thomas Jefferson

 

"It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes.

A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world."

Thomas Jefferson

 

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government
From wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
Thomas Jefferson

 

"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government

Results from too much government."

Thomas Jefferson

 

"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."

Thomas Jefferson

 

"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."

Thomas Jefferson

 

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to timewith the

blood of patriots and tyrants."

Thomas Jefferson

 

"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he
Disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."

Thomas Jefferson

 

Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:

"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than
Standing armies.

 

If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their
Currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the
Banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks

will deprive the people of all property  until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."

 

What a show of Magic!!

This is a light show, wow.

Thx Al

Spreading the Stupidity

Only in This Stupid World
.....do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the
Store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.

Only in This Stupid World

.....do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke.

Only in This Stupid World

.....do banks leave vault doors open and then chain the pens to the counters..

Only in This Stupid World
.....do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put
Our useless junk in the garage.

Only in This Stupid World ...........do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in Packages of eight..

Only in This Stupid World .....do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.

EVER WONDER
..

Why the sun lightens
Our hair, but darkens our skin?

Why don't you ever see the
Headline 'Psychic Win s Lottery'?

Why is
'abbreviated' such a long word?

Why is it that
Doctors call what they do 'practice'?

Why is lemon juice made
With artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?

Why is the man who InvestsAll your money called a broker?

Why is the time of
Day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

Why isn't there
Mouse-flavored cat food?

Why didn't Noah
Swat those two mosquitoes?

Why do they sterilize the
Needle for lethal injections?

You know that
Indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?!

Why don't sheep
Shrink when it rains?

Why are they called
Apartments when they are all stuck together?

I like this one!!!

If con is the opposite of
Pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?

If flying is so
Safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

The Train Ride

Sitting crowded together on a train traveling through the Canadian Rockies were an elderly farmer from Saskatchewan, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a little old lady, and a young blonde girl with large breasts.

The train goes into a dark tunnel and a few seconds later there is the sound of a loud slap. When the train emerges from the tunnel, Justin Trudeau has a bright red hand print on his cheek. No one speaks .

The little old lady thinks: Trudeau must have groped the buxom blond in the dark and she slapped his cheek.

The blond girl thinks: That darn Trudeau must have tried to grope me in the dark, but missed and fondled the old lady and she slapped his cheek. 

Trudeau thinks: That stupid old farmer from Saskatchewan must have groped the blond in the dark. She tried to slap him but missed and got me instead.

The old farmer from Saskatchewan thinks: I can't wait for another tunnel so I can smack that little asshole from Ottawa again.

JUST PLAIN NEAT INFORMATION..........I have a smart friend who told me

Glass takes one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!

Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the ground for thousands of years.

Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.

If you stop getting thirsty , you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals.

Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.

The song Auld Lang Syne is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.

Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent. Drinking a glass of water before you eat may help digestion and curb appetite.

Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke unless it's heated above 450F.

The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.

Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean.

The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.

Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.

The University of Alaska spans four time zones.

The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.

In ancient Greece , tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.

Warner Communications paid 28 million for the copyright to the song Happy Birthday, which was written in 1935!

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

A comet's tail always points away from the sun.

The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to prevent.

Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.

The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.

If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.

When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight.

In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed.

Strawberries and cashews are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside.

Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams.

The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year.

The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.

Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters.

Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy.

Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down.

Everything weighs one percent less at the equator.

For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuel are needed at
lift-off.

The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.

Happy Valentines Day BRRR!!!

Can you say blizzard?

We took this from the front door.