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Article: The declaration of independence for dummies: what if our country's senior Founding Father were to come back today? He might have to give us a refresher course on the precious union he helped to create.(Benjamin Franklin)
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- The Saturday Evening Post
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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For the Bicentennial of our country in 1976, our founder Benjamin Franklin appeared to author Isaac Asimov in a series of dreams. Franklin wanted to discuss the development of the country he was so instrumental in creating. Unbeknownst to everyone at the time, even us, Franklin left us his cell phone number if we ever wanted to talk to him again. (Could you blame us, though? We didn't even know what a cell phone was. We now figure they've had them in Heaven for some time.) Anyway, for his upcoming 300th birthday in 2006, we once again wanted to get his take on how his country has turned out.
Wha's shakin' y'all? I must say it's been fun for us Founding Fathers up ...