Friday, March 14, 2008

I am a fan...of a man named John...Adams that is...

It is no secret that I am a John Adams fan. Not that he was a great president...nope, actually he wasn't. So why am I a fan? Well, there is the man...and a lifetime of achievements...then there is the relationship with his wife, which...thank God, is revealed though a thousands of letters, then there is that little thing...independence...and although Jefferson may have penned it...Adams...gave light to it...forced it by will alone...

That is why I am looking forward to the new mini-series John Adams. There are no monuments to this man...no picture on the coin of the realm...but he is after all is said and done...the one person...who turned a tea party...into a revolution for independence...and the world would never be the same.

This farmer's son was brilliant, and persuasive. He was able to articulate with passion and fervor the thoughts of greatness...and that greatness was... he believed in us...a future of individuals living free lives...not for Happiness as Jefferson would coin...but as servants to each other...as he lived.

Here is John...at his best...



What the human heart believes the human heart divines...Commitment...sublime truth.

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