AN IM CONVERSATION WITH THOMAS JEFFERSON  tonybock: Mr. President! I wanted to ask you about the raging controversy of our time! TJEFF1776: Yeah, just catching up with the news down there - what’s this I hear they’re replacing Simon with Steven Tyler from Aerosmith? tonybock: No, I was talking about the mosque controversy! TJEFF1776: I’m not familiar… tonybock: Basically they want to build a mosque on private property close to Ground Zero. TJEFF1776: Well, that’s good news. I assume with a “controversy” this tame that the whole economy thing is cleared up??? tonybock: Heh… Not really… TJEFF1776: :( TJEFF1776: The mosque, it makes some uncomfortable I presume? tonybock: Yes, some think that’s not an appropriate place for a mosque.  TJEFF1776: And the party that prides itself on being about a strict interpretation of the constitution cleared this up right quickly?  tonybock: Heh… Not really… TJEFF1776: :< TJEFF1776: “To suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the field of opinion and to restrain the profession or propagation of principles on supposition of their ill tendency is a dangerous fallacy which at once destroys all religious liberty, because he being of course judge of that tendency will make his opinions the rule of judgment and approve or condemn the sentiments of others only as they shall square with or differ from his own.” TJEFF1776: I dropped that in 1779, Papi… We were pretty big on the whole freedom of religion thing… tonybock: Word… I think tolerance and respect and equality under the law for cultures and peoples different from us was one of the neatest things you guys did. TJEFF1776: Respect and equality is absolutely *essential* - it’s about who we are as a people… it’s about bridging differences with former foes, not mocking them eternally or putting them down for some crass fun because we can! In fact, I wonder… what’s going on with the Braves right now? tonybock: They’re up in the East, just acquired Derek Lee for some prospects- TJEFF1776: What? No, I mean, uhm… The Redskins??? tonybock: Camp opened up, Haynesworth finally passed his physical- TJEFF1776: Huh? I’m talking about: THE INDIANS! tonybock: Rebuilding… *again*. TJEFF1776: My God, man, I’m not following you… I gotta get off, I got shuffleboard with Heath Ledger in five! 

AN IM CONVERSATION WITH THOMAS JEFFERSON 

tonybock: Mr. President! I wanted to ask you about the raging controversy of our time!

TJEFF1776: Yeah, just catching up with the news down there - what’s this I hear they’re replacing Simon with Steven Tyler from Aerosmith?

tonybock: No, I was talking about the mosque controversy!

TJEFF1776: I’m not familiar…

tonybock: Basically they want to build a mosque on private property close to Ground Zero.

TJEFF1776: Well, that’s good news. I assume with a “controversy” this tame that the whole economy thing is cleared up???

tonybock: Heh… Not really…

TJEFF1776: :(

TJEFF1776: The mosque, it makes some uncomfortable I presume?

tonybock: Yes, some think that’s not an appropriate place for a mosque. 

TJEFF1776: And the party that prides itself on being about a strict interpretation of the constitution cleared this up right quickly? 

tonybock: Heh… Not really…

TJEFF1776: :<

TJEFF1776: “To suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the field of opinion and to restrain the profession or propagation of principles on supposition of their ill tendency is a dangerous fallacy which at once destroys all religious liberty, because he being of course judge of that tendency will make his opinions the rule of judgment and approve or condemn the sentiments of others only as they shall square with or differ from his own.”

TJEFF1776: I dropped that in 1779, Papi… We were pretty big on the whole freedom of religion thing…

tonybock: Word… I think tolerance and respect and equality under the law for cultures and peoples different from us was one of the neatest things you guys did.

TJEFF1776: Respect and equality is absolutely *essential* - it’s about who we are as a people… it’s about bridging differences with former foes, not mocking them eternally or putting them down for some crass fun because we can! In fact, I wonder… what’s going on with the Braves right now?

tonybock: They’re up in the East, just acquired Derek Lee for some prospects-

TJEFF1776: What? No, I mean, uhm… The Redskins???

tonybock: Camp opened up, Haynesworth finally passed his physical-

TJEFF1776: Huh? I’m talking about: THE INDIANS!

tonybock: Rebuilding… *again*.

TJEFF1776: My God, man, I’m not following you… I gotta get off, I got shuffleboard with Heath Ledger in five! 

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