Just for Fun Friday: Independence Day (not the movie)
Four score and seven months ago—
“It’s only been six months.“
If you are an American, you either like the situation that your country is in or you are embarrassed by the guy in the White House (and probably a little worried too).
Back in 1776, a bunch of white men got together to make a list of things they disliked about being British.
Paying taxes.Having one person make all the rulesAnd that was pretty much it so they decided to cut ties with the monarchy and go at it on their own. They stated that all men were created equal except for the black men and the Indigenous men. As for women, well…
“How hard can it be to run a country?” said Elbridge Gerry (Look him up. He signed it). “Let’s create three levels of government, all separate and bi-partisan, so that each can keep the others in check and avoid oligarchy.”
“Yeah! That sounds perfect,” said Button Gwinnett (I didn’t make him up either). “How about we hold elections every 4 years and the people can decide how will make the next set of rules?”
“That’s a great idea, ” said George Clymer. “But can we make the process complicated and confusing?”
“Yeah, yeah,” said Joseph Hewes. “How about we make it so one state gets votes that are heavily weighted and can decide the outcome regardless how any other state votes?”
Oliver Wolcott shook his head. “You mean your state, right? Nice try.”
After several hours of bickering and arguing about who had the best penmanship, Timothy Matlack sat down, grabbed a feather quill, and promptly knocked over the ink jar, prompting Abraham Clark to exclaim:
“Nice going, Poindexter!”
-Leon
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Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words, and his latest sci-fi mystery, Euphrates Vanished.
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