" 'if our new government does well,' said our vice-president, 'i shall be more surprised than ever i was in all my life.' mr. carrol said he hoped it would be sufficiently powerful. if it is,' said mr. adams, ' i know not from where it can arise. it has neither rewards or punishments.' mr.carrol replied that the people of america were enlightened. information and knowledge would be the support of it. mr. adams replied, information and knowledge were not the sources of obedience; that ignorance was a much better source. somebody replied that it had formerly been considered the mother of devotion, but the doctrine of late was considered rather stale. i began to think of what mr. morris had told me, that it was necessary to make mr. adams vice-president to keep him quiet." william maclay's journal of the first congress 28 may 1789...so...donnie dimwit wasn't the first american politician ( is he a politician? if he wasn't he is now i believe ) to "love the uneducated"...you can see why_________________"lawyers have a keenness and a fondness for disputation. wrangling is their business. but long practice in supporting any cause that offers has obliterated regard to right and wrong. the question only is, which is my side/" william maclay's journal of the first congress 5 june 1789...according to the congressional research service 170 representatives ( 39% ) and 60 senators ( 60% [as if you couldn't figure that one out] ) are attorneys...so 42.9% of congress has experience at "wrangling" as paid advocates who, in bill's eyes, might be ethically suspect...wondering who is doing the paying...not the salaries we taxpayers foot the bill for...i am talking about the "real" money.
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