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for James Madison, oddly enough. I'm really feelin' the love for him the last few weeks. I mean, he wasn't perfect, he was a total elitist (we must protect the rich from the scary poor ignorant masses!) but regarding a lot of other things he was just brilliant. I mean, Federalist No. 10 just rocks the house as far as I'm concerned.
A lot of the time I just feel like Madison's the Rodney Dangerfield of our founding fathers. I mean, everyone knows Jefferson and Washington, even Addams, but Madison? Not so much. I mean, he basically framed our Constitution and gave us our best insight into the Constitutional Convention with his Notes. Where's the love?
Sigh.
If it isn't already obvious, I've spent the last few hours submerged in The Federalist Papers (a big bucket of fun, that is). I have to give a dumbass oral presentation tomorrow on some of them. Hate those! And yet I feel like I have to give one every friggin' week with this class.
Speaking of the presentation, I must get mine ass in gear to finish it up before I fall asleep. Fun City!
(NOTE: I am not one to dis bad Angelfire fan pages. I have created a bad Angelfire page. I suck at web design, don't go much beyond fill-in-the-little-scrolly-boxes. A friend of mine said recently that her love for Colin Firth was going to cause her to "create a bad Angelfire fan page" and the phrase has stuck with me, so, naturally, I stole it.)
A lot of the time I just feel like Madison's the Rodney Dangerfield of our founding fathers. I mean, everyone knows Jefferson and Washington, even Addams, but Madison? Not so much. I mean, he basically framed our Constitution and gave us our best insight into the Constitutional Convention with his Notes. Where's the love?
Sigh.
If it isn't already obvious, I've spent the last few hours submerged in The Federalist Papers (a big bucket of fun, that is). I have to give a dumbass oral presentation tomorrow on some of them. Hate those! And yet I feel like I have to give one every friggin' week with this class.
Speaking of the presentation, I must get mine ass in gear to finish it up before I fall asleep. Fun City!
(NOTE: I am not one to dis bad Angelfire fan pages. I have created a bad Angelfire page. I suck at web design, don't go much beyond fill-in-the-little-scrolly-boxes. A friend of mine said recently that her love for Colin Firth was going to cause her to "create a bad Angelfire fan page" and the phrase has stuck with me, so, naturally, I stole it.)
