Benjamin Franklin - Founding Father of the United States

Celticguy said:
I can believe that especially pre HVAC.

But it could make for some awkward moments as people walk past your house in mid-town Philly with their children and the like.
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Could be they were taught never to peek into houses. :)
 
Dutch Uncle said:
Because, like Republicans, you are distorting the truth.

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/articles-of-confederation
The Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777. This document served as the United States' first constitution. It was in force from March 1, 1781, until 1789 when the present-day Constitution went into effect.

The Dickinson Draft of the Articles of Confederation named the confederation "the United States of America." After considerable debate and revision, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation on November 15, 1777.

The document seen here is the engrossed and corrected version that was adopted on November 15. It consists of six sheets of parchment stitched together. The last sheet bears the signatures of delegates from all 13 states.

This "first constitution of the United States" established a "league of friendship" for the 13 sovereign and independent states. Each state retained "every Power...which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States." The Articles of Confederation also outlined a Congress with representation based on population – each state would have one vote in Congress.

Ratification by all 13 states was necessary to set the Confederation into motion. Because of disputes over representation, voting, and the western lands claimed by some states, ratification was delayed. When Maryland ratified it on March 1, 1781, the Congress of the Confederation came into being.
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Yes. I was correct. I agree.
 
Nordberg said:
Yes. I was correct. I agree.
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Ah! I'm sorry. Where I come from men aren't metrosexual drama queens engaging in overly dramatic hyperbole.
I forgot JPP was so cosmopolitan. Please forgive me.
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He was also a diplomat par excellence. I am not sure if the French would have bailed out our revolution without the diplomatic finesse of Franklin. The French loved him. John Adams was America's co-diplomat in Paris, and the French hated Adams.
 
Nordberg said:
I try again. https://mytpl.org/project/americas-...eral men held the position,1 1787), Arthur St. I was not lying.
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Give yourself a win for a link to an article that never mentions Benjamin Franklin.
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Long story short, I grew up in a military household and never knew I'd "met a gay" until I was 28 years old. Ten years later I was working as an airline pilot. About 80% of all male flight attendants are gay in my experience and Miami in the 1990s was 50% male flight attendants. I quickly got an education on different points of view.

The good news for everyone was that I'm a bit of a die-hard when it comes to the Unalienable Rights of Americans. It's true of all human beings, but our Federal government is only chartered to care about American citizens...both short term and long term.

Consequentially, my philosophy at work was "Do your fucking job. Thanks!" I didn't like getting personal with anyone at work. Still, people become friends at work over time and so it happened with me.
 
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Dutch Uncle said:
Give yourself a win for a link to an article that never mentions Benjamin Franklin.
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Long story short, I grew up in a military household and never knew I'd "met a gay" until I was 28 years old. Ten years later I was working as an airline pilot. About 80% of all male flight attendants are gay in my experience and Miami in the 1990s was 50% male flight attendants. I quickly got an education on different points of view.

The good news for everyone was that I'm a bit of a die-hard when it comes to the Unalienable Rights of Americans. It's true of all human beings, but our Federal government is only chartered to care about American citizens...both short term and long term.

Consequentially, my philosophy at work was "Do your fucking job. Thanks!" I didn't like getting personal with anyone at work. Still, people become friends at work over time and so it happened with me.
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If needed .https://constitutionus.com/additional-documents/who-wrote-the-articles-of-confederation/
 
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