Archive for May 23rd, 2009

Mr. Warren Mass
The John Birch Society
P.O. Box 8040
Appleton, WI 54912-8040

May 22, 2009
Dear Mr. Mass:
Thank you so much for your kind and generous reply to my April 28th letter.
I had asked for a JBS response to my proposal that we advocate a change from popularity-contest elections (PC) to elections by lot (EL), and that is exactly… »

In 1430, Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians, who sold her to the English.
In 1533, the marriage of England’s King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon was declared null and void.
In 1701, Captain William Kidd was hanged in London after he was convicted of piracy and murder. Hey! That’s no way to punish… »