Every time I drive through Nashville, Tennessee, I imagine a group of highway engineers getting drunk one night and planning the most screwed-up traffic pattern as a joke. That's not the only time I consider drunken party results.
Since elementary school, I've heard the term 'Founding Fathers.' It has always been presented in the most revered terms as if sent to us through some divine intervention. Perhaps but not without error.
Let's agree on what circumstances were conducive to yield Founding Fathers and who were those Founding Fathers. 1) Some group of guys had to organize and give direction to the folks occupying 13-Colonies. 2) some fellas had to decide issues and direct the Revolutionary War and finally, 3) we needed engineers to formulate our governing framework, i.e. Constitution.
The following seven gents are thus considered America's 'Founding Fathers:' John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay (although, I thought he was a MLB player), Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and George Washington.
We were taught that these guys were smart establishing three branches of government (executive-judicial and legislative) with equal powers, which would serve as a 'checks and balance.' Really?
Without debate, we have been shown that a perfect storm rendered to much power to the executive office. The leader can 'stack' the judicial branch and commit crimes and misdemeanors while remaining above the law unable to be indicted. And because their are no term limits in the legislative branch, Congress becomes fertile grounds for loss of moral principles.
So, I ask, which Founding Fella brought the Rum and Coke to that planning party?
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