Happy Birthday George Washington!!!!!
I know George Washington’s birthday ended 1 hour ago, though you can’t stop celebrating old Georgey. He was such a character and speaker, he wasted his time as president and leader; he should have been a lager-lout. We all know the history though the beautiful message outside of dates and facts is that he was a bad ass, a rebel. Focusing on the history is hard at times. The only thing I can think of is; what great beer they had back then. In 1775 beer was brewed in real wood kegs and was un-pasteurized, also no corn fillers.
Back to George; George Washington once said “If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter”. Free Speech was important to him. He was the president in the first constitution convention in Philadelphia. In so many words George Washington felt that it is wrong to deprive some one of a liberty in speculation that s/he will abuse it. He applied this philosophy to speech. In books they make him seem like an easy going guy who gave his congress a lot of freedom. Though according to quotes, he seems assertive. He is also reported by some to be anti-slavery, though slavery went on for half a century after his death. He can and has been molded into every body’s fantasy hero, though is just your old rebel character.
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Georgie, My Boy! President Washington was a badass. He was the kind of badass that didn't have to make it known. People just knew it. I think it is ridiculous that people celebrate his birthday because its a day off from work, when in reality we should be toasting him and have candles burning in a shrine-like fashion.
ReplyDeleteHe should have his own beer They could call hit REBEL Blue Coat.....or just REBEL but then people would confuse it with the Confederate Army of the Civil War....Anyway you look at it President George Washington Was, is, and shall forever be a BADASS!
right on
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