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The intense cold snap, the Arctic,

what would you call it, hostile takeover of the state of North Dakota has largely

ended it's now two below zero and we regarded as spring it's been a tough winter

it was a fun show this week I I really enjoyed Mr. Jefferson. He was like on the

mark this week talking about the Constitution. You know you have to be careful when you go to

Mr. Jefferson and you know it's very important that you start the conversation

respectfully and hopefully a pleasantry if you can get him to talk a bit about his gardens

or Montecello it it paves the way for a smoother conversation when it's off of his favorite topics.

And he did well this week, I thought.

Well, he was not at the Constitutional Convention, but of course, this is thrilling for him.

He believed that we were going to be the first nation in human history that actually did

it right, that we were going to create a constitution which maximized human happiness and

minimized class systems and all of the problems of history.

And so he took a very fascinated role in all of this, but he wasn't there. He was in Europe.

And so he's watching from a distance. They have a gag rule. He doesn't really know what's going on, he's always frightened, that people are

going to make mistakes that...

But he's quick to advise Madison, isn't he?

Not during the process, but as soon as he got the copy. Once the convention was over,

Madison and Franklin and Washington each sent Jefferson copies of the new constitution,

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