Dr. Benjamin Rush was a prominent figure in American history, known for his contributions to medicine and politics. He was a vocal critic of slavery and supporter of women’s rights.
Great article. However, the 13th amendment did not free the slaves. Anyway, I don't read it that way. The 13th amendment nationalize slavery for crime and it was never ratified. It is still not the law of the land even today. Crime became rampant in the US after 1865 along with even worse slavery than before. https://www.ancestry.com/historicalinsights/prison-life-united-states-after-civil-war
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
I'M A Legal CARRIER AND HAVE BEEN SINCE 1997, I LEARNED THE RULES, AND FOLLOW THEM. I'm a grandma, so I have a gun safe when not in use, when I carry it's on my hip, not my purse. Never leave it unwatched unless it's in the gun safe. And my granddaughter was taught Never to touch it, I smack hands or butt. Easier to do the safe things, kids forget.
You are a very talented historian Frederick R Smith , thank you. Being raised in that area and taking school trips in elementary school to historical places brings back so many memories. Thank you always .
Thank you for that, Frederick. I was only peripherally aware of Dr. Rush and his accomplishments. Bachelor’s degree at 14! Only reiterates that compared to the Founders and other Americans, most people today can barely be called educated!
He and I, and many parents of Murdered Children would totally disagree with Dr. Rush. Since even killers rarely serve more than 30% of their sentences. And kill again. It deterred horse and cattle Thieves. It eliminated the Psychopathic killer. People like Charles Manson. And prisons don't reform.
I know this is a different century, a totally different country from the one he lived in. Mental hospitals no longer exist, to house the Criminally Insane. Our schools Indoctrinate, they don't educate. Kids are drugged with ADHD drugs, especially boys. And many other drugs carry the same Homicide/Suicidal warnings. I asked what caused a 6-year-old to take a handgun to school and shoot his teacher. And the other 500+ children be herded into a gym, with no metal detectors on the school entrance., All I saw were cookie-cutter articles about how horrible, pray for the teacher by people who disregard religion, who in fact want to stamp Christianity out. But no answers to Red Flag questions, what were his parents or caregivers like, did they abuse him. What was his teacher like? Was she trained to handle a Hyperactive child? Was he bullied? What did the teacher do to set the incident off, and what drugs was he on? Who was his Shrink? What type of video or TV did he watch? Where did he get the handgun?
My Best friend's 8-year-old little girl in 1990 was Raped, Strangled with her own shoelaces, tied in a car blanket, still alive, and then thrown off a boat dock to drown. DNA proof. Still sits on TN DEATH ROW, because the Federal courts are not hearing cases. He took 30 yrs to finish his State appeals. And I'm the Mother of a Murdered child, 12 years old, by physical and mental make-up, 16 by the calendar. By a Sociopath for the JOLLIES to see what it felt like to kill. I never got over the GRIEF. Served 8.5 years out of a 20-year Plea Bargained sentence, and I had to fight for that starting 10 months after he was sentenced.
I worry about my 5-year-old granddaughter who is never still, who would panic and puke if you tried to get her to eat food she didn't want, and takes 2 hours to eat what she asked for. Other than that she is a delightful, loving child who doesn't go around bullying others.
Contradictory yes, as each case has to be fairly judged, and no 2 children are alike.
Newport, VA is a deep Blue area of Virginia. So no discipline is used, is quick to drug an active boy. While they can't do a thing and rightly so to a 6-year-old, but pump him full of more drugs and send him to some LIBERAL SHRINK and tell him he's a suppressed girl. As if his school system wasn't teaching him horrible WOKE/CRT junk, anti-Christian morals.
And by today's standards, our Founders were Progressives wanting freedom from their wicked oppressive Masters, Crazy George 3 of England.
Gail - your life stories make a compelling reason to not agree with Dr. Rush regarding the death penalty. I have wavered on my thoughts about the death penalty mainly because we know the justice system is a corrupted ball of wax making it suspectable for innocents to be executed. Since I'm pro-life, that tugs at me too. Regardless, the system, as you point out, needs a lot of reform and repeat offenders are indeed a disgusting lot made worse by the Soros funded DAs.
I'd like to add I did HS in the 60s, we had 35 in our classes, if you got in trouble you weren't sent to the principal's office. You got your LICKS in front of 34 other students. It deterred them from misbehaving, and you had 34 witnesses that No abuse physical or sexual happened.
It is why we allow appeals, DNA has helped to reduce wrongful accusations. The Plethora of surveillance cameras helps too.
I am very Pro-Life of the innocent babies being slaughtered. Only 2 reasons for abortion, a Tubular pregnancy or the baby dying in the womb would cause sepsis and kill the mom. My mom was one of the latter, a late-in-life baby, she'd already had 3 miscarriages. #4 made 5 months. I found her as a teen bleeding out in the bathroom. We were the generation not allowed or taught to use the landline phone. I ran to the neighbors to get help. I nearly lost my mom to Catholicism hospital's rules. Nor would they tie her tubes. The Pill was just coming on the market. There was one Methodist hospital in the area her doctor used to tie her tubes. I was forced to make that decision myself due to the concept 2 C-sections were all you could have. I rarely tell this much about my life.
I've not followed the Injustice system as closely as I did when I was fighting parole hearings. I doubt much has changed. They get a handbook of what they get, from Education, usually Pell Grants, TVs, Radios, and some jewelry, depending on the state Conjugal visits. Nashville, TN has one women's prison with a Full baby Nursery, where pregnant inmates can have weekend visits with their babies, Tax payers foot the bill for formula, diapers, clean clothes, and food. If the inmate has followed the rules which are quite lax.
Depending on the state the more 'goodies' they get, Rodeos, football games between prisons, and boxing. And all get medical care. Other inmates tell the new ones to 'grab a program', and brownie points for getting paroled early. The public in many cases never knows they can fight parole hearings, and have the next one put off for several years. No list is published when an inmate is up for parole. Only very high-profile ones make the news. Manson's group had many. Most denied. Their relatives are Taxpayers funded and brought in. But not the Victim's families, that is a sore point with me, WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY FOR THESE LUXURIES? WE ARE THE ONES WHO WERE WRONGED. In Death Penalty cases that are State upheld a Federal judge who based on belief, Not law can overturn a case, to time served or life in prison with parole. The same goes for State Supreme courts. We bounced one State Justice for bias, nearly got number 2, he squealed Racism. When most of the victims were the same black color as he. BTW in Tennessee blacks serve 6 months less prison time than other skin colors. The head of the Parole board was black and married to a now-deceased black State Representative.
TENNESSEE is one of the few states that provide State Constitutional Rights to victims. Rest are Statutory and not really very enforceable. It takes months to gather signatures opposing a parole hearing. And there is a physical and mental toll to be endured.
We need 'EQUAL JUSTICE' no matter the person's color, or station in life. Men like Fauci need to be executed as much as Manson should have been. And not take 40 years to reach that state. DNA solves many crimes. There is NO reason Rape kits have to pile up for 15 years. Memphis, TN. Our Legislature knew and ignore the issue. Until Eliza Fletcher's https://news.yahoo.com/eliza-fletcher-cause-death-revealed-050033090.html case made too many waves, you don't need 30 days to run one. And the city, not the state should foot the bill. While the Perps go on committing crimes. Recidivism hovers at 68% nationally and varies by state. The Prep started his career in crime at age 11. Then you have HIERARCHICAL COUNTING, only the MOST SERIOUS CRIME, HOMICIDE is counted. Rest flushed down the toilet. 35% of early-released inmates are studied, within 2-3 years have committed over One million new crimes. Recidivism would be much higher if 100% were studied. As would the number of new crimes.
This is not Dr. Rush's moral world. But it is the one we live in. And it's not just Soros, and Gates, trying to bring about a Coup or One World Government, it is most of the Parasite Elite$ funding it. Rockefeller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QGPxlx0oOY
I and many others don't feel safe going into Memphis. No matter the area. 2 small children were killed the other day, and it has become a nearly daily event. Gang related. 60% black residents. The number 1 Blue city/county in Tennessee. This has escalated under Biden's Soft on Crime agenda. No one wants prisons in their counties. Tennessee despite the 4 Blue counties' increase in crimes Refuses to build more prisons.
One year I had both Federal and State jury duty on the same day. Federal comes first over State. We relive the crime, as the person giving us instructions on what to do drones on. It doesn't do you any good to raise your hand and tell the idiot you are the parent of a murdered Child, or a Rape victim, and it is harmful to you. The Baliff if you can get their attention may inform the judge, and you usually get dismissed.
What do you do with career criminals 10-70 crimes each as adults, juvenile records are sealed, and many while out on bail? Served 90 days out of 11 months 29 days. Recidivism is 90%. 'Your Honor my client is not in your court today, he's in Judge **** court' Bail was not revoked. Driving DRUNK is as bad as driving HIGH ON MMJ, POT, and MAGIC MUSHROOMS. It is the reason Diabetics are warned to wear ID as a BS drop causes the loss of control as they pass out.
I am so sorry that your wisdom comes from experience. Thank you for sharing your perspective with those who can't possibly understand. I pray for your peace.
Benjamin Rush and "Medical Marijuana"
https://www.scribd.com/document/365493021/Benjamin-Rush
Great article. However, the 13th amendment did not free the slaves. Anyway, I don't read it that way. The 13th amendment nationalize slavery for crime and it was never ratified. It is still not the law of the land even today. Crime became rampant in the US after 1865 along with even worse slavery than before. https://www.ancestry.com/historicalinsights/prison-life-united-states-after-civil-war
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
We get a partial answer, 9mm was legally bought by the boy's mom, and not stored properly.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2884631847080/teacher-shot-by-six-year-old-student-was-trying-to-take-the-gun-away-from-him?_f=app_share&s=a99&share_destination_id=MTcyODI5MjA3LTE2NzMzNjMxMDU0OTg=&pd=0BhAlruD&hl=en_US&send_time=1673363105&actBtn=floatShareButton&trans_data=%7B%22platform%22%3A1%2C%22cv%22%3A%2222.52.0%22%2C%22languages%22%3A%22en%22%7D
I'M A Legal CARRIER AND HAVE BEEN SINCE 1997, I LEARNED THE RULES, AND FOLLOW THEM. I'm a grandma, so I have a gun safe when not in use, when I carry it's on my hip, not my purse. Never leave it unwatched unless it's in the gun safe. And my granddaughter was taught Never to touch it, I smack hands or butt. Easier to do the safe things, kids forget.
You are a very talented historian Frederick R Smith , thank you. Being raised in that area and taking school trips in elementary school to historical places brings back so many memories. Thank you always .
Humbled! Just a hobby....
Great hobby !!🤗congratulations !
Thank you for that, Frederick. I was only peripherally aware of Dr. Rush and his accomplishments. Bachelor’s degree at 14! Only reiterates that compared to the Founders and other Americans, most people today can barely be called educated!
Some sources say 14 others 15.
He and I, and many parents of Murdered Children would totally disagree with Dr. Rush. Since even killers rarely serve more than 30% of their sentences. And kill again. It deterred horse and cattle Thieves. It eliminated the Psychopathic killer. People like Charles Manson. And prisons don't reform.
I know this is a different century, a totally different country from the one he lived in. Mental hospitals no longer exist, to house the Criminally Insane. Our schools Indoctrinate, they don't educate. Kids are drugged with ADHD drugs, especially boys. And many other drugs carry the same Homicide/Suicidal warnings. I asked what caused a 6-year-old to take a handgun to school and shoot his teacher. And the other 500+ children be herded into a gym, with no metal detectors on the school entrance., All I saw were cookie-cutter articles about how horrible, pray for the teacher by people who disregard religion, who in fact want to stamp Christianity out. But no answers to Red Flag questions, what were his parents or caregivers like, did they abuse him. What was his teacher like? Was she trained to handle a Hyperactive child? Was he bullied? What did the teacher do to set the incident off, and what drugs was he on? Who was his Shrink? What type of video or TV did he watch? Where did he get the handgun?
My Best friend's 8-year-old little girl in 1990 was Raped, Strangled with her own shoelaces, tied in a car blanket, still alive, and then thrown off a boat dock to drown. DNA proof. Still sits on TN DEATH ROW, because the Federal courts are not hearing cases. He took 30 yrs to finish his State appeals. And I'm the Mother of a Murdered child, 12 years old, by physical and mental make-up, 16 by the calendar. By a Sociopath for the JOLLIES to see what it felt like to kill. I never got over the GRIEF. Served 8.5 years out of a 20-year Plea Bargained sentence, and I had to fight for that starting 10 months after he was sentenced.
I worry about my 5-year-old granddaughter who is never still, who would panic and puke if you tried to get her to eat food she didn't want, and takes 2 hours to eat what she asked for. Other than that she is a delightful, loving child who doesn't go around bullying others.
Contradictory yes, as each case has to be fairly judged, and no 2 children are alike.
Newport, VA is a deep Blue area of Virginia. So no discipline is used, is quick to drug an active boy. While they can't do a thing and rightly so to a 6-year-old, but pump him full of more drugs and send him to some LIBERAL SHRINK and tell him he's a suppressed girl. As if his school system wasn't teaching him horrible WOKE/CRT junk, anti-Christian morals.
And by today's standards, our Founders were Progressives wanting freedom from their wicked oppressive Masters, Crazy George 3 of England.
Gail - your life stories make a compelling reason to not agree with Dr. Rush regarding the death penalty. I have wavered on my thoughts about the death penalty mainly because we know the justice system is a corrupted ball of wax making it suspectable for innocents to be executed. Since I'm pro-life, that tugs at me too. Regardless, the system, as you point out, needs a lot of reform and repeat offenders are indeed a disgusting lot made worse by the Soros funded DAs.
I'd like to add I did HS in the 60s, we had 35 in our classes, if you got in trouble you weren't sent to the principal's office. You got your LICKS in front of 34 other students. It deterred them from misbehaving, and you had 34 witnesses that No abuse physical or sexual happened.
It is why we allow appeals, DNA has helped to reduce wrongful accusations. The Plethora of surveillance cameras helps too.
I am very Pro-Life of the innocent babies being slaughtered. Only 2 reasons for abortion, a Tubular pregnancy or the baby dying in the womb would cause sepsis and kill the mom. My mom was one of the latter, a late-in-life baby, she'd already had 3 miscarriages. #4 made 5 months. I found her as a teen bleeding out in the bathroom. We were the generation not allowed or taught to use the landline phone. I ran to the neighbors to get help. I nearly lost my mom to Catholicism hospital's rules. Nor would they tie her tubes. The Pill was just coming on the market. There was one Methodist hospital in the area her doctor used to tie her tubes. I was forced to make that decision myself due to the concept 2 C-sections were all you could have. I rarely tell this much about my life.
I've not followed the Injustice system as closely as I did when I was fighting parole hearings. I doubt much has changed. They get a handbook of what they get, from Education, usually Pell Grants, TVs, Radios, and some jewelry, depending on the state Conjugal visits. Nashville, TN has one women's prison with a Full baby Nursery, where pregnant inmates can have weekend visits with their babies, Tax payers foot the bill for formula, diapers, clean clothes, and food. If the inmate has followed the rules which are quite lax.
Depending on the state the more 'goodies' they get, Rodeos, football games between prisons, and boxing. And all get medical care. Other inmates tell the new ones to 'grab a program', and brownie points for getting paroled early. The public in many cases never knows they can fight parole hearings, and have the next one put off for several years. No list is published when an inmate is up for parole. Only very high-profile ones make the news. Manson's group had many. Most denied. Their relatives are Taxpayers funded and brought in. But not the Victim's families, that is a sore point with me, WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY FOR THESE LUXURIES? WE ARE THE ONES WHO WERE WRONGED. In Death Penalty cases that are State upheld a Federal judge who based on belief, Not law can overturn a case, to time served or life in prison with parole. The same goes for State Supreme courts. We bounced one State Justice for bias, nearly got number 2, he squealed Racism. When most of the victims were the same black color as he. BTW in Tennessee blacks serve 6 months less prison time than other skin colors. The head of the Parole board was black and married to a now-deceased black State Representative.
TENNESSEE is one of the few states that provide State Constitutional Rights to victims. Rest are Statutory and not really very enforceable. It takes months to gather signatures opposing a parole hearing. And there is a physical and mental toll to be endured.
We need 'EQUAL JUSTICE' no matter the person's color, or station in life. Men like Fauci need to be executed as much as Manson should have been. And not take 40 years to reach that state. DNA solves many crimes. There is NO reason Rape kits have to pile up for 15 years. Memphis, TN. Our Legislature knew and ignore the issue. Until Eliza Fletcher's https://news.yahoo.com/eliza-fletcher-cause-death-revealed-050033090.html case made too many waves, you don't need 30 days to run one. And the city, not the state should foot the bill. While the Perps go on committing crimes. Recidivism hovers at 68% nationally and varies by state. The Prep started his career in crime at age 11. Then you have HIERARCHICAL COUNTING, only the MOST SERIOUS CRIME, HOMICIDE is counted. Rest flushed down the toilet. 35% of early-released inmates are studied, within 2-3 years have committed over One million new crimes. Recidivism would be much higher if 100% were studied. As would the number of new crimes.
This is not Dr. Rush's moral world. But it is the one we live in. And it's not just Soros, and Gates, trying to bring about a Coup or One World Government, it is most of the Parasite Elite$ funding it. Rockefeller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QGPxlx0oOY
I and many others don't feel safe going into Memphis. No matter the area. 2 small children were killed the other day, and it has become a nearly daily event. Gang related. 60% black residents. The number 1 Blue city/county in Tennessee. This has escalated under Biden's Soft on Crime agenda. No one wants prisons in their counties. Tennessee despite the 4 Blue counties' increase in crimes Refuses to build more prisons.
One year I had both Federal and State jury duty on the same day. Federal comes first over State. We relive the crime, as the person giving us instructions on what to do drones on. It doesn't do you any good to raise your hand and tell the idiot you are the parent of a murdered Child, or a Rape victim, and it is harmful to you. The Baliff if you can get their attention may inform the judge, and you usually get dismissed.
What do you do with career criminals 10-70 crimes each as adults, juvenile records are sealed, and many while out on bail? Served 90 days out of 11 months 29 days. Recidivism is 90%. 'Your Honor my client is not in your court today, he's in Judge **** court' Bail was not revoked. Driving DRUNK is as bad as driving HIGH ON MMJ, POT, and MAGIC MUSHROOMS. It is the reason Diabetics are warned to wear ID as a BS drop causes the loss of control as they pass out.
I am so sorry that your wisdom comes from experience. Thank you for sharing your perspective with those who can't possibly understand. I pray for your peace.
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