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1 posted on 01/14/2006 12:48:55 AM PST by ForGod'sSake
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~ping~


2 posted on 01/14/2006 12:53:12 AM PST by ForGod'sSake (ABCNNBCBS: An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly.)
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Ping

3 posted on 01/14/2006 12:58:40 AM PST by scott says (MSM=Morons Spouting Misinformation)
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To: ForGod'sSake
Very nice picture of Ben. Would that he was still around!
4 posted on 01/14/2006 12:58:55 AM PST by starbase (Understanding Written Propaganda (click "starbase" to learn 22 manipulating tricks!!))
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To: ForGod'sSake
So, what's the anti-Bush angle to this?
6 posted on 01/14/2006 1:06:15 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Peace Begins in the Womb)
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To: ForGod'sSake
I was just reading his autobiography and found his perceptions of weather patterns amazing.
He gathered reports about a fourth of July celebration in different cities and used the information about delays in the celebrations to follow the movement of the Jet Stream.
14 posted on 01/14/2006 1:23:48 AM PST by msnimje (Senate Democrats ----------- Sound and Furry Signifying INSIGNIFICANCE)
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To: ForGod'sSake

Hey, he's wearing Jerry Seinfeld's puffy shirt. :-D


16 posted on 01/14/2006 1:24:48 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
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To: ForGod'sSake

without reading the article could i take a guess and say that the article basicaly says that hillary clinton is a better man than ben franklin?


22 posted on 01/14/2006 3:32:48 AM PST by JohnLongIsland
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To: ForGod'sSake
Since it is Time Magazine I am surprised the story is not about them discovering that Ben Franklin was really gay.

Time cover from 1969:

Time cover from 2005:


23 posted on 01/14/2006 3:47:24 AM PST by SkyPilot
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To: ForGod'sSake

Yes, he was particularly insightful on issues of the heart, as propounded in his "Advice on Choosing a Mistress":

http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/mistress.html


25 posted on 01/14/2006 5:49:15 AM PST by XEHRpa
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To: ForGod'sSake

Ben Franklin
Charles Willson Peale, 1781,
Portrait Gallery (Second Bank)

32 posted on 01/14/2006 6:28:21 AM PST by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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marking


55 posted on 01/15/2006 11:13:44 AM PST by TAdams8591 (The first amendment does NOT protect vulgar and obscene speech.)
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