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John Adams Explains Reaction to his Current Successor*:?Resentment coincidi
2009-09-10 20:45:00 While driving across the desert and mountain Southwest to visit friends and family, I listened to the better part of David Hackett Fischer’s Washington’s Crossing. In the penultimate chapter, that Pulitzer Prize-winning historian quotes John Adams on the uprisings of the people of New Jersey after Washington’s victories at Trenton and Princeton: [They] begin to raise ...
By: GayPatriot
Los VFX (Efectos Visuales) de John Adams
2008-12-05 12:34:00 "John Adams" a sido nominado para los Emmy en la categoría de VFX (efectos visuales) este pasado septiembre en la categoria Miniserie. La nominación del Emmy es compartida con Digital Backlot supervisor de Efectos visuales Paul Graff, el productor de efectos visuales Christina Graff, el diseñador de FX Robert Stromberg, y el coordinador de efectos especiales sabe Gorrell, cada uno de quién contribuyó a la exhibición y al espectáculo de los VFX de John Adán.podéis seguir la información en este articulo de fxguide.
By: Magic VFX
On the Greatness of John Adams & Paul Giamatti
2008-11-17 15:00:00 I have been a fan of John Adams at least since the first time I saw the musical 1776, perhaps even before that. I recall, as a child, looking forward to watching The Adams Chronicles on our local PBS station, Channel 48. I still treasure the companion volume my Mom bought for me. I’ve always admired ...
By: GayPatriot
John Adams critiques power
2008-09-17 00:13:00 "Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws." John Adams ~ Too true, Mr. President! John Adams was born Oct 30, 1735 (Oct 19, Old Style; 2:57 am LMT) - this chart data is rated 'C' in the AstroDataBank files with his details supplied by Doris Chase Doane. Unless Pres. Adams,
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
2008-08-22 05:08:00 “John Adams, the 2nd President of the United States, and Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd President of the United States, died on the same day, which happened to be the fiftieth anniversary of the the adoption of the Declaration of Independence: July 4, 1826. Both Adams and Jefferson sat on the committee that drafted the Declaration ...
By: Factsbuffet.com
Quote of the Day - John Adams
2008-06-04 18:15:00 Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. ? John Adams (1814) The Stupid People Files: This Crack Ain’t RealA Field Guide to American Politics on Blog Talk Radio - February 29, 2008A Quick Note About the Shared Feed ReaderAnother Sex Offender Sneaking Across The BorderHow Many Senators Make It to 100% of the Votes?
WordsDay: Jefferson no Lion in Winter in ?Twilight at Monticello?
2008-05-29 18:00:00 Alan Pell Crawford?s Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson tries to simultaneously be a Jefferson lovefest and an attempt at balanced history. Jefferson himself was a man of well-documented contradictions?he said ?All men are created equal,? yet he owned slaves; he opposed strong central government, yet he made the unilateral decision to buy the Louisiana Purchase; he suffered under crushing debt yet spent lavishly beyond his means. It?s perhaps no surprise, then, that a book about Jefferson might be filled with contradictions, too. Crawford, like most Jefferson defenders, tries his hand at explaining away inconvenient contradictions. Take slavery, for instance: ?Although he was sincerely opposed to slavery, Jefferson simply could not imagine a realistic way to end it,? Crawford writes. ?Jefferson genuinely believed that all men were equally free moral agents who functioned at their best as individuals?a position convenient for the slaveholder but less so for ...
Monday's Inspiration -- John Adams
2008-05-14 00:00:00 By Greg Perry Kirkland Realtor I've been watching HBO's mini series, John Adams. As a history buff, I found HBO's production fascinating.....and inspiring. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were two of the most influential...
Founder's Quote of the Day
2008-05-13 16:22:00 Statesmen by dear Sir, may plan and speculate for Liberty, but it is Religion and Morality alone, which can establish the Principles upon which Freedom can securely stand....The only foundation of a free Constitution, is pure Virtue, and if this...
By: Stix Blog
Founder's Quote of the Day
2008-05-09 15:12:00 The foundation of national morality must be laid in private families. . . . How is it possible that Children can have any just Sense of the sacred Obligations of Morality or Religion if, from their earliest Infancy, they learn...
By: Stix Blog
John Adams
2008-04-24 15:58:00 I have started to read a new Blog by Fay, called Red River Interiors.A really smart blog on interior design. I appreciate the historical perspectives, and her personal point of view.I found someone else who admits to watching the HBO special about John Adams, not just for the historical significance of the formation of our country and the life of our second president of the United States, John Adams, but I found myself hitting rewind and pause to absorb the period elements of architecture and design through the following:Architectural embellishments, fireplaces, moldings, floors,Room colors, paint and wallpapered halls for the Federal periodThe furnishingsThe hair styles (wigs)The window treatmentsThe gardens at Peacefield in comparison to Monticello and the French gardensThe unfinished interiors of the White House in 1800.It appears the construction of the white house indeed suffered from contractor delays. Remember this when you are agonizing over your own remodel. Interesting fac...
HBO?s ?John Adams? - A Masterpiece
2008-04-21 07:44:00 I have refrained from reviewing HBO’s John Adam’s until the final episode aired tonight. I cannot say enough about the series. It captured the life of one of the key founding fathers with the kind of eloquence and authenticity rarely scene on television. Tom Hanks, who produced the series deserves significant praise. The entire cast ...
John Adams Concludes, The Tudors Continues, The First Amendment Abides
2008-04-21 07:01:00 A fabulous, instructive night for history on cable television - John Adams, the splendid mini-series, concluded on HBO, and The Tudors, the magnificent, searing series, continued with its second season on Showtime.The last episode of John Adams was mostly personal, and very powerful. Adams' daughter dies of breast cancer. Abigail dies. And Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die on the same day, July 4, 1826, after they have reconciled via letters.What was mostly at dispute between them was freedom of speech and communication, and the First Amendment. Adams, early in the hour, complains that all he'll be remembered for is signing the Alien and Sedition Acts - the closest our nation has ever come to abrogating the First Amendment.Its importance was wrenchingly, brilliantly portrayed in the two episodes (4 and 5) of The Tudors I saw tonight (on Showtime On Demand). Thomas More resists the law that Parliament passed on behalf of Henry, proclaiming him the ultimate religious authori...
By: Infinite Regress
John Adams on HBO
2008-04-21 01:30:00 For too many years, students of American high schools and universities have been taught literally nothing about the Founding Fathers of United States. That is precisely why the seven-part series on John Adams, culminating tonight, is one of the most important series ever shown on television. This series not only gives Americans a reason to be proud of this great Nation, but it also extolled the... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.
TV Review: John Adams (Part 7) Peacefield
2008-04-18 15:33:00 The final installment of HBO’s wonderful mini-series about this most enigmatic early leader of the US airs on Sunday April/20. Viewed as weak by many historians John Adams was in fact a glorious leader, one who sought the peaceful ‘high road’ over the ‘low road’ of bloodshed. A trait that is sadly lacking in modern ...
John Adams on HBO portrayed by relative
2008-04-17 06:40:00 Kristine and I have been very absorbed in an excellent HBO edutainment mini-series presentation of ?John Adams? by the very captivating historian, author, and Medal of Freedom recipient, David McCullough. Mr. McCullough clearly employs one of the two concepts behind MPC?s trademark A People-Centered Approach to History®, history as seen through the lives of the ...
John Adams on HBO: 6: Flawed President and Flawed Father
2008-04-15 22:46:00 People sometimes ask me why I'm so critical of John Adams - the real person in history, not the superb HBO series - and the answer is the damage done to, and near death of, our democracy brought by the Alien and Sedition Acts, signed into law by Adams. This grim episode, and Jefferson's protest that these acts trampled on the Constitution, were vividly portrayed in this 90-minute episode that covered the whole of Adams' Presidency.But the episode brought to light something equally lamentable about Adams - pertaining to his family not his country. Charles, the reprobate son, is disowned by John Adams. His son-in-law is turned away when in financial need. It's not that our culture was so different then. It's that John Adams could not overcome his stern New England upbringing, and give his son the love and emotional support, his son-in-law the economic support, that they needed. John Adams meted out punishment instead - just as he did to his country by jeopardizing the Firs...
By: Infinite Regress
TV Review: John Adams (Part 6) Unnecessary War
2008-04-12 14:36:00 The penultimate episode of the blockbuster HBO miniseries John Adams airs on Sunday April/13. John Adams (Paul Giamatti), now president, finds himself yet again in an untenable position. Having made peace with the British, the friendship of their trusted ally France is now at stake. There is no love lost between the Brits and the ...
The Tudors: Transformations and Assassins
2008-04-12 00:30:00 It's the season for history on cable television - John Adams on HBO, the return of The Tudors on Showtime - and it's proving to be a wonderful season, indeed.The Tudors this season is all about transformation.Charles Brandon (well-played by Henry Cavill) was Henry's loyal buddy last year. But Princess Margaret died, Charles has remarried, and is changing his ways. He seems faithful to his new wife. He spends more time at home. And he is taking Queen Catherine's side...What happened? I've "grown up," Brandon says. And this growing is putting him on an ever more dangerous collision course with Henry and his supporters, as the King at last officially proclaims Anne.Thomas More is growing too. He can no longer serve as Chancellor, and is finding keeping quiet about his misgivings about Henry and Anne increasingly difficult. Henry is definitely "no longer Harry".And the Church is changing too, both in England and Rome, though The Tudors takes some literacy license and compr...
By: Infinite Regress
Founder's Quote of the Day
2008-04-09 16:08:00 That, as a republic is the best of governments, so that particular arrangements of the powers of society, or, in other words, that form of government which is best contrived to secure an impartial and exact execution of the laws,...
By: Stix Blog
John Adams on HBO: 5: Jousting of Ideas
2008-04-07 22:54:00 An intellectually powerful and sophisticated Episode 5 of John Adams on HBO last night - the most vivid so far in the mini-series in portraying the contest of political philosophies that made this country. Indeed, the most compelling I've ever seen on television. We see:.John Adams, who believes the best (and only reliable) path to a continuing, free America is a strong central government. Towards this end, Adams even wants a monarch-like way of addressing the President - an idea soundly defeated in the nascent U.S. Senate. Adams protests that he's not really a constitutional monarchist, but it's difficult to see exactly the ways in which he is not..Thomas Jefferson, who shocks even Abigail Adams with his famous statement that "the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants" - not insignificantly putting patriots ahead of tyrants in the blood letting. What's really at stake here is Jefferson's view that government is not the pr...
By: Infinite Regress
TV Review: John Adams (Part 5) Unite Or Die
2008-04-06 20:49:00 This weeks episode of the HBO miniseries Finds John Adams as Americas first Vice President. But all is not well, he has the title, but finds himself excluded from George Washington’s inner circle. He has become a man with an imposing title, but little real power. Even his friend Thomas Jefferson who has now become Secretary ...
Founder's Quote of the Day
2008-04-04 15:01:00 Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.-- John Adams (Defense of the Constitutions, 1787)
By: Stix Blog
Book Review: Mr. Adams?s Last Crusade
2008-03-31 16:23:00 by Chris Mackowski Mr. Adams’s Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams’s Extraordinary Post-Presidential Life in Congress by Joseph Wheelan PublicAffairs Publishing Fewer families in America have had a greater influence on the country than the Adams family of Quincy, Massachusetts. After all, the family spawned two presidents, America?s most influential Founding Mother, a minister to England who helped saved the Union during the Civil War, and a turn-of-the-twentieth-century literary giant. The family patriarch?America?s second president, John?has received a lot of attention in the past few years since the publication of David McCullough?s Pulitzer Prize winning biography. In fact, HBO Films is now airing a seven-part mini-series based on that book. However, John?s son, John Quincy?America?s sixth president?is, in many ways, as fascinating as his father?as Joseph Wheelan?s new biography shows. Mr. Adams?s Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams?s Extraordinary Post-Presidential Life in ...
John Adams on HBO: 3 and 4: Jefferson and Space Travel of the Soul
2008-03-31 04:31:00 A powerful, beautiful Episode 4 of John Adams on HBO tonight - after last week's somewhat lackluster Episode 3, in which the highpoint if the tension was Adams getting sick of and in Europe.But let's look at Episode 4, bursting with brilliant scenes:.John and Abigail reuniting Paris - handled with sensitivity and passion, as Abigail forgives John for his years of absence..Adams and Jefferson in Paris (1) - Adams chastising Jefferson for the high opinion he has of human nature, at the same time that Jefferson chastises Adams for his low opinion of same. This difference of opinion is crucial, and will set the stage forever more in American history between those who want strong central authority to show the people the best way (Adams) vs. those who want to protect the people, capable of governing themselves, for the tyrannies of government (Jefferson)..Adams and Jefferson in Paris (2) - at the launch of the first hot-air dirigible. Adams doubts that it will fly; Jefferson (a Renais...
By: Infinite Regress
TV Review: John Adams (part 4) Reunion
2008-03-28 14:19:00 This weeks episode of HBO’s epic miniseries finds John Adams (Paul Giamatti) in Holland still recovering from a long illness, and still trying to pry money from the somewhat reluctant Dutch. News of the British defeat at Yorktown not only seems to do wonders for his health, but also loosens the purse strings. Adams secures ...
John Adams (miniseries)
2008-03-25 03:28:00 John Adams is an HBO made for television miniseries in seven parts. It is a biopic of John Adams and the story of the first fifty years of the United States. The miniseries was written by Kirk Ellis, based on the book, John Adams, by American historian David McCullough.____________________-______________________________E-pisodes:-01 : Join or Die02 : Independence03 : Don't Tread on Me04 : Reunion05 : United or Die06 : Unnecessary War07 : Peacefield
By: Tv Torrent
What's On Tonight: Everybody Hates Chris, John Adams, Futurama
2008-03-23 11:02:00 Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight At 7, CBS has a new 60 Minutes, then a new Big Brother. NBC has a new Dateline at 7. At 8, ABC has a new Extreme Makeover, then new episodes of Oprah's Big...
HBO?s John Adams: I <3 Paul Giamatti
2008-03-22 16:48:00 If you don’t have HBO this season, I’m sorry. It’s not because you’ll miss the crazy antics of those feisty bigamist Mormons in HBO’s Big Love, or the asinine drivel that spews from Bill Maher’s frothy mouth every Friday night (my hatred for Bill Maher is only rivaled by my disgust with Seth Rogen). What you’re missing ...
By: SodBlog
John Adams: God Damn America
2008-03-22 11:28:00 anthony @ 10:27 GMT Steven Waldman | Huffington Post | March 20, 2008 As I alternate between reruns of Jeremiah Wrights “God Damn America” tirade and first-runs of the HBO’s John Adams series, I see a surprising connection. Like many of the Revolutionary era, Adams believed that if we weren’t careful, God would damn us or at ...
By: Suzie-Q
TV Review: John Adams (Part 3) Don?t Tread On Me
2008-03-21 15:32:00 On Sunday March 23rd we get to enjoy part three of HBO’s lavish miniseries John Adams. Last week we met John Adams the lawyer and John Adams the politician. This week we discover another facet of his character, John Adams the emissary. John Adams (Paul Giamatti) finds himself yet again torn between his family and his ...
The John Adams Miniseries
2008-03-21 12:52:00 John recorded the John Adams miniseries. I haven't watched grown-up TV since before Anna was born. I didn't realize it until I sat down to watch this with John. But it's so cool. It's so realistic. And life in 1770 seemed so complicated yet so simple at the same time. And if only I could be as intelligent and patient as Mrs. Adams. Dang, that woman has class!Anyway, it was a good break for my brain. I've been spending a lot of my early mornings and evenings trying to get Sweet Pickles put together. I needed to switch gears for a moment.Now, off for some coffee, and most likely a non-slumbering offspring. Sarah headed for bed miserable. I thought she had dodged the ick that Ellen and Anna have been battling. No such luck. Hopefully she'll knock it out quick. I am SO sick of illness. This year seems worse than last year. I've just had it. Darn germs.
John Adams Children(Hot News Anchors)
2008-03-17 08:01:00 (Hot News Anchors)It is the great quote, “I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.†-John Adams, November 2, 1800This was written to his wife the first night he spent at the newly built White House.Our other favorite JA quote is, ““I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy. My sons ought to study Mathematicks and Philosophy, Geography, natural History, Naval Architecture, navigation, Commerce and Agriculture, in order to give their Children a right to study Painting, Poetry, Musick, Architecture, Statuary, Tapestry and Porcelaine.â€John Adams to Abigail Adams, 12 May 1780(Hot News Anchors)Imagine our delight in hearing that HBO has produced a mini series based on David McCullough’s book?! And yes, we’ve read that one. To see clips, enter the sweepstakes for a chance at an all expense paid family t...
By: Hot News Anchors
John Adams: Good Founding Father, Bad President Makes Great Television on H
2008-03-17 04:55:00 The Adams Chronicles mini-series on PBS in 1976 has long been one of my all-time television favorites. And, seeing as how I don't at all like the real John Adams, the second President of the United States, that's saying a lot.I just saw the first two episodes on HBO's new mini-series, John Adams, and I think I like it better than the Chronicles.Of course, the first two episodes did not get close to the part of the real life of John Adams that makes him a villain in my book. And that book is: respect for the First Amendment to our Constitution. Adams signed the Sedition Act into law shortly after he became President in 1796 - an Act that so trampled the First Amendment, that Thomas Jefferson was close to urging the South to leave the USA back then.I'll tell you more about that era when the HBO mini-series gets there.In the meantime, what I saw is superb, breathtakingly accurate history. David McCullough, author of the book upon which the mini-series is based, is a top-notch h...
By: Infinite Regress
On TV Tonight, Sunday 3/16: JOHN ADAMS, DIRT, and more?
2008-03-16 20:09:00 EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS “Everybody Hates the First Kiss” - 8pm The CW JOHN ADAMS “Join or Die” & “Independence - 8pm & 9:10pm HBO THE CUTTING EDGE 3: CHASING THE DREAM - 8pm ABC Family WORLD’S FUNNIEST COMMERCIALS: HILARIOUS LIAISONS - 8pm tbs ALIENS IN AMERICA “Community Theater” - 8:30pm The CW DIRT “God Bless the Child” - 10pm FX DEXTER ...
By: Daemon's TV
John Adams Hate-O-Meter
2008-02-20 09:57:00 It has recently come to our attention (thanks Alex) that Knoxville News Sentinel’s part time sportswriter, and full time hater, decided to write the annual “Fire Fulmer” article. Of course, John Adams hates Fulmer, puppies, kittens and babies. But he loves their poo. Is that weird? So, we decided to investigate further, what would make someone hate so much, and well, the only place that had a bio at all (GVX and the News Sentinel apparently don’t want you to know anything about their writers) were the guys over at Loser with socks: John Adams has been sports editor/columnist for the Knoxville News-Sentinel since 1987. Adams, a sports journalist for 30 years, is a graduate of Louisiana State University. He has been honored 11 times as Tennessee’s best sports columnist and six times as the Tennessee Sportswriter of the Year by the Tennessee Sportswriters Association. He also was honored in 2001 as the best sports columnist in the Football Writers Associati...
By: Fulmer's Belly
John Adams
2008-02-17 23:19:00 .A famosa constituição americana foi assinada por uma série de independentistas. Um deles foi John Adams que nos aparece aqui numa estátua. O filho dele, John Quincy Adams, veio a ser o sexto presidente dos USA.Lá atrás, a Custom House Tower dá uma espreitadela....
By: solas na mesa
Quote of the Day: John Adams
2008-02-12 08:18:00 “No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it.” John Adams US diplomat & politician (1735 - 1826)
continuing the discussion on john adams and
2008-01-10 08:01:00 This isn?t to say that there aren?t other great playwrights, nor that that there aren?t myriads of other fine works of theatre of all sorts (from street theatre to ? every once in a while ? Broadway musicals) and with all sorts of … ……
By: Fine Art Prints
Quote of the Day: John Adams
2008-01-07 08:11:00 “In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.” John Adams US diplomat & politician (1735 - 1826)
John Adams, Fame & a Happy Marriage
2007-12-10 04:09:00 Even before David McCullough’s biography of John Adams topped the bestseller charts, I had been a fan of our nation’s second president. Perhaps it is because he, like yours truly, was outspoken for the causes he championed. Had it not been for his persistence in pushing independence, our great nation might never have been born. ...
By: GayPatriot
John Adams?s Prayer: May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under this
2007-10-22 22:04:00 anthony @ 21:05 BST This inscription, on the fireplace of the State Dining Room in the White House, was composed by John Adams, first Vice-President of the United States and its second President. It reads: “I pray Heaven to Bestow the Best of Blessings on THIS HOUSE and on All that shall hereafter Inhabit it. May none but ...
By: Suzie-Q
With pomp and parade.....
2007-07-05 07:03:00 "....solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more."--John Adams in a letter to his wife dated July 3, 1776. It's just after 11:00pm and I feel it safe to say we can count another holiday as having officially passed. So how did we fare in accordance with what Mr. Adams felt would surely be requisite observance of our nation's independence?Let's see..... Pomp and parade. No parade this year however, I tender that with three of my five Z's falling into the category of not a guy there was plenty of pomp. Case in point. The dress up box. The God of Rain did his best to dampen our Indepence Day spirits with frequent short showers interspersed throughout the day. Rather than be dismayed at the inclement weather my girls turned to the dress up box. Nothing brings back ...
By: Zoe's Dad
Deja Vu all over again?
2007-07-05 00:21:00 Well maybe things aren't all that different after all. Over at Harper's Scott Horton reminds us we have been here before and that "The Reign of Witches" came to an end then and maybe it will once again. Washington had wisely cautioned against entanglements with the European great powers and urged distance. His view maintained peace and unity. But after his departure came a period of rule by the heavier hand of the unfortunate John Adams. For Adams, the nation faced grave perils from abroad and retrenchment of civil liberties was therefore needed. He secured?though by a single vote in the House?passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798, under which measures of political repression were taken against those who opposed the Federalists (which was roughly half the country). In many ways, Adams?s heavy-handed rule resembles that of George W. Bush more than two hundred years later.And this is what Jefferson called the ?reign of witches? in his famous letter to John Taylor, reproduce...
"We Recognize No Sovereign but God, and no King but Jesus!" John Adams and
2007-03-28 04:49:00 A spiritual authority is an authority without a body. Christians only obey God as their spiritual authority. God gives governments authority through written law. We should never submit to superstitious behaviors.If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small." - Proverbs 24:10 |
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