Conversations with.........

 Imagine you were given an opportunity to have a conversation and ask questions of any person in the history of the world. Who would you choose? Would your choice be of historical significance? or a religious preference? Just the thought of sitting down with someone of immense stature  has a way of boggling the mind.

So, with that thought in mind, I've been wondering who I would sit down with and have a conversation with and my first choice.........Thomas Jefferson.

And now............A Conversation with Thomas Jefferson

ME: Mr. President, thank you for joining me today.

TJ: Thank you for your invitation. I find that by sitting down with others and sharing ideas, we gather more information about the world around us.

ME: Mr. President, my first question for you is this.....from the time you helped draft the most imporant document of all time (Declaration of Independence), to your presidency, what do you think is the most important idea about freedom in today's world as compared to yours?

TJ: Well, that is indeed a very thought provoking and interesting question. First, the reason we (the Founding Fathers) drafted not only the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, was so that we as independent individuals, were not  bound to the sovereignty of the British empire. It had already been demonstrated how unequal and unbalanced the government of England treated not only their citizens, but members of its own government. No man is above another, yet the tools given to man by the Creator has taken on a new meaning. It seems that in today's society the people have forgotten what it took to form a new republic while fighting a empire that was determined to oversee the beginning of the government here.

ME: With all the trouble that is taking place all around the world, do you think that the United States is spreading itself too thin?

TJ: When the militia was created, it was done so to protect the homeland from foreign attacks. Obviously our time is much different than your time and the dangers are as different as night and day. The role of the United States now is much more important now more than ever before. As a leader of democracy and freedom, the nation should be the leader in responding to trouble when it begins to crush the dreams and opportunities of those oppressed by men who are overcome with power and cannot distract themselves from such.

ME: Mr. President, just one more question....if you knew then, what you know now, would you do the same thing again?

TJ: I would do exactly the same thing again. It was an honor to serve not only as President, but as a Founding Father of the best country in world. And to be surrounded by the greatest minds of their time was also an honor.

ME: Mr. President, thank you very much for this honor, it was pleasure to sit here with you today.

TJ: Thank you for the opportunity.


Well, that's the way I think the conversation would go, but of course, it could always be opposite of what it could be.  Now, this is just a idea of what I think the conversation would be like, could be better, could be worse. If there is someone you would like to talk to, shoot me a comment and let me here from you!


Until we meet again,

Amanda