Joe the Middle-School History Teacher
Feb 27, ’09
2:30 PM
Our good friend Joe the Plumber is still around and plunging:
What he really wants to do, though, is teach. Middle-school history, in particular. “I love history, all kinds of history, world history,” he says. Somehow, he wanders to the subject of slavery. “Don’t get me wrong, slavery was a terrible, horrible thing. But you can’t whine and cry about it these days. I mean, Jews were slaves, but they’re not asking for compensation from Egypt. People want to play the victim. …” He trails off. “I should stop.”
(via Clusterflock)
Daily Dose of Ingersoll
Feb 27, ’09
8:20 AM
To Paine, Jefferson, and Franklin, are we indebted, more than to all others, for a human government, and for a Constitution in which no God is recognized superior to the legally expressed will of the people.
Robert Green Ingersoll – “Individuality” (1873)
