Comments on: On July 4, 1826, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams Died – Happy Independence Day https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/07/04/on-july-4-1826-thomas-jefferson-and-john-adams-died-happy-independence-day/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Fri, 06 Jul 2018 11:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: David Rahrer https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/07/04/on-july-4-1826-thomas-jefferson-and-john-adams-died-happy-independence-day/#comment-96737 Fri, 06 Jul 2018 11:54:00 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=32802#comment-96737 In reply to DoctorDJ.

I’ll grant you that. It does only leave the last safeguard – the vote of the people. We shall see in the midterms.

]]> By: DoctorDJ https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/07/04/on-july-4-1826-thomas-jefferson-and-john-adams-died-happy-independence-day/#comment-96731 Fri, 06 Jul 2018 10:29:46 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=32802#comment-96731 In reply to David Rahrer.

The Founding Fathers could not have foreseen a day when the Judiciary would be stacked with minions loyal to the Executive, and the Legislature filled with spineless sycophants.

]]> By: David Rahrer https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/07/04/on-july-4-1826-thomas-jefferson-and-john-adams-died-happy-independence-day/#comment-96715 Thu, 05 Jul 2018 21:59:31 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=32802#comment-96715 In reply to DoctorDJ.

Donald Trump is in so many ways exactly the type of person the Founding Fathers had in mind when they crafted the checks and balances of our system of government. His tenure is a serious test of those safeguards.

]]> By: Tacitus https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/07/04/on-july-4-1826-thomas-jefferson-and-john-adams-died-happy-independence-day/#comment-96690 Wed, 04 Jul 2018 23:00:03 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=32802#comment-96690 In reply to WhatUP, PhD.

Depends on who you ask, and what criteria they use to formulate their opinion, of course.

So, all of the above…

]]> By: DoctorDJ https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/07/04/on-july-4-1826-thomas-jefferson-and-john-adams-died-happy-independence-day/#comment-96682 Wed, 04 Jul 2018 11:44:17 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=32802#comment-96682 I find little reason for national Happiness with the Orange Monstrosity occupying the White House.

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