BARREL OF MONKEYS: "GENESIS" in Reverse


I consider myself a Democrat. Been called a Socialist. Definitely a bleeding heart liberal.


As a child from a traditional southern family, playing Barrel of Monkeys on the floor, church every Sunday, doing well in public school, learning a trade; in every sense privileged .........


Comfortable in middle age, an avid news reader, on learning the tragic story of a full grown chimpanzee destroying the face of a woman who offered a toy, only trying to help it's owner coax her surrogate child back into his cage......


Today being confrontational, ribald, offensive, restless, rebellious.......


How did I get here from there?


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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Montesquieu was also highly regarded in the British colonies in America as a champion of British liberty (though not of American independence). Political scientist Donald Lutz found that Montesquieu was the most frequently quoted authority on government and politics in colonial pre-revolutionary British America, cited more by the American founders than any source except for the Bible. Following the American secession, Montesquieu's work remained a powerful influence on many of the American founders, most notably James Madison of Virginia, the 'Father of the Constitution'. Montesquieu's philosophy that 'government should be set up so that no man need be afraid of another' reminded Madison and others that a free and stable foundation for their new national government required a clearly defined and balanced separation of powers."
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troutbirder said...

First time visitor. I though you first two post here were particularly thoughtful. Ethnocentric/minority stereotyping is particularly malicious and harmful.

October 26, 2010

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