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"the keen observer": Jefferson's nightmare

(Quote)..."No government can continue good but under the control of the people; and their people were so demoralized and depraved as to be incapable of exercising a wholesome control"...Thomas Jefferson, to John Adams,1819. Full Article at Town Hall

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  1. President Barack Obama, second left, walks with his brother-in-law Konrad Ng, left, carrying his daughter Savita Ng in a harness, as they complete a visit to the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009, with first lady Michelle Obama, second right, and daughters Malia, rig...
  2. WASHINGTON - MARCH 31: The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is seen behind cherry trees in full bloom along Tidal Basin March 31, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  3. US President George W. Bush congratulates a newly sworn-in US citizen during an Independence Day celebration and naturalization ceremony on the West Lawn of Monticello, the estate of former US president Thomas Jefferson, on July 4, 2008 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
  4. WASHINGTON - MAY 06: (R-L) Philippe Sands, Professor of Law and Director of the Centre of International Courts and Tribunals at University College London, Marjorie Cohn, law professor of Thomas Jefferson School of Law, David Luban, law professor of Georgetown University Law Center, and David Riv...
  5. US President George W. Bush (2nd L) sits alongside First Lady Laura Bush as they listen to an academic lecture during an event in honor of former US President Thomas Jefferson's 265th birthday in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 14, 2008.
  6. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 09: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (C), flanked by Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) (L), Bruce Josten (2nd R) executive vice president for Government Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Sen. Charles Grassley ( R-IA) (R), paerticipate in a news conference o...
  7. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 9: U.S. President Barack Obama (C) speaks during a cabinet meeting as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (L) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (R) look on at the White House on December 9, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  8. U.S. President Barack Obama (L) meets with bipartisan members of Congress in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, December 9, 2009. Pictured with Obama are (2nd L-R) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL).
  9. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 08: Local resident Jean Sammon (R) and Sister Marie Lucey (L) of Leadership Conference of Women Religious participate in a candlelight vigil to call for public option for health care reform at the Upper Senate Park December 8, 2009 near Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

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