shadesofmauve: (my personal lord and savior)
"As the government of the United States...is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion--as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility of Musselmen--and as the said States never had entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mehomitan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries."

-1797 Treaty of Tripoli (italics mine)

By the way, Alexander Hamilton was clearly Karl Rove's predecessor, and reading about him makes me twitch.

James Madison, on the other hand...the more I read about him? Still my hero. Corporation Sole? James Madison Does Not Want. My dad's reaction to my mentioning this fact? "Yeah. James Madison was an intellectual stud."

It's amusing to note that I went to J Madison Elementary, where we didn't learn anything about him, and as such I have a deep association between JM, boredom, and paste. Rising above that takes some serious work!

In other news, my caucus WAS an Obamarama!
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