Historically Retarded

Every time a life-sized statue of somebody else goes up in Historically Retarded Philadelphia, it's just somebody's lame excuse why Thomas Paine has to get screwed again. Here's the newly cleaned & rededicated Thomas Fitzsimons. What? You've never heard of him? Don't be ashamed --few people have.

Oh, well. At least he was more relevant to the city's history than was Betsy Ross!

I had a full and productive day. I took this shot on my way to speak to a class at the community college, taught by an old friend. It gave me an excuse to share my Tom Paine rant!