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brownpau — Sun, 19 Sep 2004 20:27:09 -0800

CoolGov. Weblog on interesting stuff from the .GOV domain. Today's entry was quite appropriate. Maties.

By: ajr

ajr — Sun, 19 Sep 2004 20:54:37 -0800

Very cool indeed.

By: rough ashlar

rough ashlar — Sun, 19 Sep 2004 20:55:51 -0800

Arrrr, the pirates show how America is not a 'Christian nation' http://www.postfun.com/pfp/worbois.html http://www.illinoisleader.com/letters/lettersview.asp?c=9970 http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/farrell_till/myth.html "Clearly, the founders of our nation intended government to maintain a neutral posture in matters of religion. Anyone who would still insist that the intention of the founding fathers was to establish a Christian nation should review a document written during the administration of George Washington. Article 11 of the Treaty with Tripoli declared in part that "the government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion..." (/Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States/, ed. Hunter Miller, Vol. 2, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1931, p. 365). This treaty was negotiated by the American diplomat Joel Barlow during the administration of George Washington. Washington read it and approved it, although it was not ratified by the senate until John Adams had become president. When Adams signed it, he added this statement to his signature "Now, be it known, that I, John Adams, President of the United States of America, having seen and considered the said treaty, do, by and within the consent of the Senate, accept, ratify and confirm the same, and every clause and article thereof." This document and the approval that it received from our nation's first and second presidents and the U. S. Senate as constituted in 1797 do very little to support the popular notion that the founding fathers established our country as a "Christian nation.""_ http://www.ffrf.org/nontracts/?t=xian.txt http://www.ffrf.org/fttoday/janfeb04/?ft=bolton.txt (Arrrr, something to consider about the history of piracy on Talk Like a Pirate Day)

By: kv

kv — Sun, 19 Sep 2004 21:00:26 -0800

interesting reading these real pirate reports! thankyou

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