Happy 300th Birthday Benjamin Franklin 277
Guinnessy writes "Benjamin Franklin was born on 17 January 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts. Franklin was a man of diverse talents: publisher, inventor, ambassador, politician, wit with some human frailities says NPR. In Physics Today, Philip Krider presents Franklin's work on electricity and the development of the lightning rod, work whose fame helped Franklin obtain aid from the French against the British. In the same magazine, Joost Mertens considers Franklin's explorations of the calming effects of oil on water. Those investigations, it turns out, had a less than calming effect on Dutch scholars. Philadelphia is planning a series of events celebratng Franklin's life throughtout the year."
Wish you were here (Score:5, Interesting)
Some great quotes from Poor Richard's Almanack:
He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
Setting too good an example is a kind of slander seldom forgiven.
Experience keeps a dear school, yet fools will learn in no other.
Write with the learned, pronounce with the vulgar.
Necessity never made a good bargain.
Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of.
If your Riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to t'other World?
A good conscience is a continual Christmas.
God heals, and the doctor takes the fee.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.
If you'd know the value of money, go and borrow some.
When befriended, remember it. When you befriend, forget it.
Church and State (Score:2, Interesting)
I'll drink to that ! (Score:3, Interesting)
Interesting quote. (Score:5, Interesting)
Something I got from the website www.politicalcompass.org/:
Q:
Which founding father said of the proposed American Constitution This is likely to be administered for a course of years and then end in despotism
A:
Benjamin Franklin in a speech to delegates to the US Constitutional Convention prior to the final vote.
Franklin on Older Women (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Wish you were here (Score:5, Interesting)
Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.
A place for everything, everything in its place.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.
Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.
Re:Refused Patent (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:It's not really his 300th birthday (Score:2, Interesting)
However, he made google's list.
Re:get your wallets out... (Score:4, Interesting)
Our form of government (Score:2, Interesting)
Unfortunately, we have not, we have decended into a democracy, which Madison called, "the most vile form of government".
Do yourself a favor: look into the difference.
He'd be Fighting Mad (Score:2, Interesting)
Constitution Party http://www.constitutionparty.org/ [constitutionparty.org]
Green Party http://www.greenparty.org/ [greenparty.org]
Libertarian Party http://www.lp.org/ [lp.org]
Reform Party http://www.reformparty.org/ [reformparty.org]
Socialist Party http://www.sp-usa.org/ [sp-usa.org]
Veteran's Party http://www.veteransparty.us/ [veteransparty.us]
Some of these parties I disagree with, however, I list them to give voice to diverse ideas. Isn't it time to register and vote for candidates based on their ideas and character instead of by which one will stand a chance of winning in order to keep out the "greater evil?" The corrupt, bullshit and lie spewing Democrats are just as bad as the corrupt bullshit and lie spewing Republicans. There are much better choices. Get behind them and support them while we have a few legal protections left.
Re:get your wallets out... (Score:2, Interesting)