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Posted: 6/21/2011 7:08:28 PM EDT
"-We have been entertained with a great variety of phrases, to avoid calling this sort of people a mob.-Some call them shavers, some call them genius's. -The plain English is gentlemen, most probably a motley rabble of saucy boys, negroes and molattoes, Irish teagues and out landish jack tarrs.-And why we should scruple to call such a set of people a mob, I can't conceive, unless the name is too respectable for them"
John Adams. Basically, it was like an ARFCOM Hometown meet up gone bad. 
Seriously, John Adams was a fucking genius and damn eloquent. |
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Posted: 6/21/2011 7:12:42 PM EDT
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Father of our Navy.
My Dad is a HUGE fan of John Adams. Has pretty much every book ever published about the man. |
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Posted: 6/21/2011 7:15:46 PM EDT
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"-We have been entertained with a great variety of phrases, to avoid calling this sort of people a mob.-Some call them shavers, some call them genius's. -The plain English is gentlemen, most probably a motley rabble of saucy boys, negroes and molattoes, Irish teagues and out landish jack tarrs.-And why we should scruple to call such a set of people a mob, I can't conceive, unless the name is too respectable for them" John Adams. Seriously, John Adams was a fucking genius and damn eloquent. Guilty I think unless this is refering ot the ghey 
WTF is a jack tarr? google says it is a merchant marine |
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Posted: 6/21/2011 7:23:37 PM EDT
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"-We have been entertained with a great variety of phrases, to avoid calling this sort of people a mob.-Some call them shavers, some call them genius's. -The plain English is gentlemen, most probably a motley rabble of saucy boys, negroes and molattoes, Irish teagues and out landish jack tarrs.-And why we should scruple to call such a set of people a mob, I can't conceive, unless the name is too respectable for them" John Adams. Seriously, John Adams was a fucking genius and damn eloquent. Guilty I think unless this is refering ot the ghey
WTF is a jack tarr? google says it is a merchant marine Basically he is saying a bunch of white troublemakers, Blacks, part blacks, Irish Catholics and sailors formed the mob. |
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