You da man. He would be a ripe 265 years old today. See Liberty Papers for more. more below the fold.

Ka1igu1a has been posting video clips from HBO's new masterpiece miniseries John Adams with Jefferson at Freedom Democrats, which dons a simple quote from from the J man in its header:

"Equal rights for all, special privileges for none."

See clips:

General Video Post with intro music.

John Adams and Jefferson musing over the Constitution and the nature of man and government.

Jefferson vs. Hamilton. A view of the contentious nature of George Washington's first cabinet where Jefferson and Hamilton were at each other throats over the nature of government at almost every turn.

Great Stuff.

And another hat tip to Ka1igu1a for this sad story . Some 20 libertarians were harassed by police and one was arrested at the Jefferson Memorial for dancing in silence to iPod music (so as to not disturb others). It was organized thru Facebook. When one of the people questioned the police's orders to disperse, she was arrested for misconduct. If only Jefferson could see this. Terrible. See Kal's link for reactions from Julian Sanchez, Megan McArdle and Radley Balko.

Anyway, Happy Birthday to Jefferson and remember him as he wanted to be remembered . Notice the absence of any government office...especially as our third President. It was not a source pride or achievement for him and he didn't want it on his tombstone....in typical Jeffersonian fashion.