Good Tuesday Morning!

1. Question – What threat did the Founders have to face by going against British rule?

2. Thought – If arrested and convicted of high treason, a delegate might find himself in Great Britain’s notorious Tower of London, waiting to be “drawn and quartered.” If so sentenced, he would first be hanged until almost dead, then cut down and disemboweled. While still alive, he would be forced to watch his intestines burned. Then, one by one, other bodily organs would be torturously removed until death finally occurred. Afterward, his corpse would be beheaded and his torso cut into quarters. Finally, his head would be publically mounted on a post. “Let us prepare for the worst,” New Jersey delegate Abraham Clark at one point advised a colleague: “we can Die here but once.” (Forged in Faith by Rod Gragg)

“I vote for the most honest and most effective problem-solver in the running. The politician I’ve most admired in my lifetime is Bobby Kennedy, a Democrat. The politician I least respect is Bill Clinton, a Democrat.” (Bill O’Reilly)