That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for February 20, 2024

George Washington making sure everyone signs their real name to the Constitution, and not REAL HUGEONE.

Anybody else want to put their John Hancock on this? Oh, hey, John. Didn’t see you there.

Everybody will take turns writing in what they they think we should do for the party. Don’t worry, there is plenty of space.

/// Hintermeister portrays here, with love,

the Foundation of ‘merican Gov.

Constitution’s invention

at their Congress/Convention.

(It’s got nine more months, push comes to shove.)

/// Founding Fathers write signatures there,

but their likenesses are only fair.

Henry’s skills didn’t fail

at one wooden detail:

Check out Washington’s “Sun Rising” chair.

please stay inside the lines Hancock, there needs to be room for everyone!

“Everyone remember to leave room for other signatures. This means you John.”

Hate to bring facts into this, but George Washington had nothing to do with the Declaration. He was in New York at the time.

Two Virginians are founding a nation:/

Each one owns a large plantation/

where a few hundred folks/

toil, supporting these blokes../

enslaved due to dark pigmentation///

“Liberty” is the cause of the founding/

Upon which they’ve been freely expounding../

An elusive ideal/

with abounding appeal:/

In their times, an idea astounding ! ///

There must be certain qualifications/

ones which favor the men with plantations/

and women don’t count/

(Though they’re pleasant to mount:/

Tom has caused at least six impregnations ..)///

They are writing a constitution-/

Which may well be a lasting solution, /

if interpreted well,

but who can foretell/

the duration of their contribution ?///

There are forces abroad in the land/

Which we’re struggling to understand:/

Science versus the Bible:/

The divisions are tribal/

Let us hope it can be kept in hand….

“Do you know how to spell your own name?”

Fredom for all, white home owners.

This, I believe, is the signing of the Constitution, not the Declaration. If so, there is no official Continental Congress; just the chosen delegates to the Constitutional Convention. And that is George Washington in the chair, not John Hancock. I understand how people confuse the two events, especially seeing as how they happened in the same place with some of the same people. But the Declaration was formed and signed by the 2nd Continental Congress in 1776; the Constitution was formed and signed in the summer of 1787 by delegates chosen by the states, but not an official Congress.

This is a fixed rate mortgage. No filthy ba_tard is going to adjust the rate.

“Well, Gentlemen, I believe we have agreed as much as possible in the final drafting of this document. Allowing for amendments toward its continual refinement as conditions change through time is genius.

“I doubt that even some misguided political hacks hundreds of years from will dare undermine its firm foundations. And even if so, the enlightened men of a Supreme Court would certainly forestall their trumpery.”

Cursive, don’t print your name!

I’m here for the free lunch, I guess he’s selling time shares on some place he keeps calling “D.C.”

“You’re getting wig powder all over the paperwork, Hank”!

Hold on, hold on, let’s put some nonsense words and a few symbols in the corners so that for the next few hundred years, people will spend hours writing conspiracy theories, books, and whatever something called movies are. Oh, this is jolly fun!

" I never realized that you spelled your name like that!"

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*FREE SOLSTICE!!!*

“Look, John, I know you don’t like Charles all that much, but you still need to sign the office birthday card.”

“Are you kidding? Do you realize what the semaphore companies charge for this much data!?!”

And they could have had committees of e-correspondence.

Text with a .pdf attachment. eSign and return.

Okay – who’s the wise guy who used invisible ink?

“Psssst … watch! Watch! I put a whoopee cushion on his chair.”

The Foundation of the American Government: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Rising Sun Chair" Wikimedia 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string Foundation, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this painting. 

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3273 (February 20, 2024) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. Only work by him used here so far.

“Foundation of American Government,” 1925

Excuse e I have to use the men’s water closet!

that’s right sir, just sign promising never to tell about all the lies, thefts, and rapes that congress does.

For tomorrow:

It’s cold in Finland. The plastic surgeon’s hands shook as he…

For tomorrow: the weather in Finland is cold and the scalpel is hard to hold OK no

“What do you mean we have to fax it? Who the hell still has a fax machine in this day and age?”