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Quixote1818
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Wed Jan-03-07 12:48 PM Original message |
Does anyone know what Jefferson wrote in his Koran? |
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htuttle
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Wed Jan-03-07 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. He had a habit of writing margin notes in all of his books |
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billbuckhead
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Wed Jan-03-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Is Ellison using Jefferson's Koran? |
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Quixote1818
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Wed Jan-03-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yes, look at the DU home page or Late Breaking News. nt |
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Deep13
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Wed Jan-03-07 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. "Property of Thomas Jefferson, ... |
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jobycom
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Wed Jan-03-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Nice. |
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Deep13
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Wed Jan-03-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Guess which was sold upon his death. |
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Quixote1818
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Wed Jan-03-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Jefferson and slavery |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Wed Jan-03-07 01:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. LOL |
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Quixote1818
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Wed Jan-03-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Jefferson tried to end slavery in his original draft of the Declaration of Independence |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Wed Jan-03-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Hmm. No he didn't. |
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The_Casual_Observer
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Wed Jan-03-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. He wasn't about to give them 40 acres an a mule. |
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Deep13
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Wed Jan-03-07 01:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Adams refused to do business if it meant slave labor would be used. |
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jobycom
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Wed Jan-03-07 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. Dunno, but it was either inciteful and inspiringly brilliant, or it was |
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Richard D
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Wed Jan-03-07 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. He probably wrote something like . . . |
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ayeshahaqqiqa
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Wed Jan-03-07 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. Brilliant move |
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Deep13
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Wed Jan-03-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. true |
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meegbear
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Wed Jan-03-07 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. Supposedly he wrote ... |
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underpants
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Wed Jan-03-07 01:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Oh LOL |
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Virginia Dare
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Wed Jan-03-07 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. Jefferson was the first American President to go to war with... |
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Xithras
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Wed Jan-03-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Yep, the Barbary War. |
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wuushew
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Wed Jan-03-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. How many people died as a result of those bribes? |
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Xithras
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Wed Jan-03-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Ironically, the issue wasn't so much money as slavery. |
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wuushew
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Wed Jan-03-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I guess I don't see what the United States needed from the Mediterranean to survive |
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Xithras
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Wed Jan-03-07 05:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. It wasn't just the Med. |
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wuushew
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Wed Jan-03-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Again, people living outside the geographical confines of the United States trying to make money |
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Xithras
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Wed Jan-03-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Personally, I believe in standing up to bullies. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa
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Wed Jan-03-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Thank you for the excellent history lesson |
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Hatalles
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Wed Jan-03-07 10:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Seems like Jefferson picked up the Qur'an while he was studying law. |
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Hatalles
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Wed Jan-03-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. I disagree. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Wed Jan-03-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Yes. |
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Cocoa
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Wed Jan-03-07 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
29. Death to America! |
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