"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
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Pat Flood (@rebarcock) passed away 9/21/25. Pat played a huge role in encouraging the devolopmemt of this site and donated the very first dollar to get it started. Check the thread at the top of the board for the obituary and please feel free to pay your respects there. I am going to get all the content from that thread over to his family so they can see how many people really cared for Pat outside of what they ever knew. Pat loved to tell stories and always wanted everyone else to tell stories. I think a great way we can honor Pat is to tell a story in his thread (also pinned at the top of the board).
Monied Corporations
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"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."
Thomas Jefferson
I see you quoting a lot of Thomas Jefferson this morning. Have you ever been to his estate Monticello in Virginia? We were close by for a wedding a few years ago and stopped by to check it out. It was really cool and the estate is in pretty remarkable condition. Highly suggest visiting if you are ever close by.
A few memorable things were the ice box they dug next to the house to store ice in. Basically a dungeon. His "clock" which was some apparatus / invention that used a system of pulleys to keep time. And he also kept detailed notes on the distances traveled to nearby places, and the instruments he used to measure it. Back in the day that was not an easy task.
Anyway, lots of cool stuff there.
