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<v Speaker 1>Seven forty one IFI five KRSD talk station. Happy Friday,

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<v Speaker 1>Eve joining the program. Now he's gonna be doing the

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<v Speaker 1>Power You seminar tonight about John Hancock, one of our

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<v Speaker 1>prominent founding fathers. My guest today, John O'Neill. He's a

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<v Speaker 1>thirty five year professional career participated in and manage people

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<v Speaker 1>corporate and consulting, service management, software development, and personal training.

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<v Speaker 1>He's also an authority on John Hancock, which you'll be

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<v Speaker 1>from home, or show up at two twenty five North

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<v Speaker 1>and Boulevard to see my guests in person. Welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>the show, John O'Neil. Great to have you on today.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, Brian, and good morning.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a pleasure having you on the program. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's one thing. Benjamin Franklin was the oldest signer of

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<v Speaker 1>the Declaration of Independence at seventy, but the rest of

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<v Speaker 1>them pretty young people by modern standards. I mean, James

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<v Speaker 1>Monroe is eighteen and the subject of your conversation. Thirty

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<v Speaker 1>nine years old at the time of the signing, so

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<v Speaker 1>fairly young men, but unbelievably intellectually superior folks. When you

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<v Speaker 1>read what they wrote, like the Federalist papers and the

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<v Speaker 1>actual you know, Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. These

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<v Speaker 1>were smart, smart people.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes they were. They were very smart people. They had

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<v Speaker 3>an intrinsic knowledge of fair and just and the first

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<v Speaker 3>few lines of the Declaration of Independence really say at all.

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<v Speaker 1>So what drew you to your interest in John Hancock

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<v Speaker 1>as opposed to any of the other founding fathers.

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<v Speaker 3>Well earlier this summer I read a short article about Hancock.

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<v Speaker 3>I came across it somewhere I can't even remember, but

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<v Speaker 3>it piqued my curiosity to find out more. So I

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<v Speaker 3>did a little I did a little googling, which is

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<v Speaker 3>another word for research, now, isn't it, And found out

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<v Speaker 3>that and found out he is US has a number

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<v Speaker 3>of schools named after him, both elementary and high schools.

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<v Speaker 3>He has buildings named after him just as like the

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<v Speaker 3>John Hancock Tower in Boston and the Hancock Center in Chicago.

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<v Speaker 3>And interestingly enough, he has six navy warships named after

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<v Speaker 3>and I found this out just in a short googling session,

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<v Speaker 3>and I thought, well, this guy has been immortalized in

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<v Speaker 3>so many ways, but so many of us have no

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<v Speaker 3>idea who he is other than he played a role

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<v Speaker 3>in the fight for independence, but so did others, and

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<v Speaker 3>he signed his declaration, so did others. And he writes me.

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<v Speaker 1>That I remember when I was in elementary school and

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<v Speaker 1>they took us to see seventeen seventy six, remember the musical,

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<v Speaker 1>And I remember him saying, you know, why did you

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<v Speaker 1>write your why'd you sign your signature so large?

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<v Speaker 3>John?

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<v Speaker 1>And he said, because I wanted the King to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to see it right playing their dead center, where's

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<v Speaker 1>my name? I'm proud of what.

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<v Speaker 3>I did without his glasses, And which is why he

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<v Speaker 3>was the first signer of the declaration. Also, so he

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<v Speaker 3>had plenty of space to write his name. Everybody else

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<v Speaker 3>had the writer. There was a lot of signers of

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<v Speaker 3>the declaration. When you look at it, that paper at

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<v Speaker 3>the bottom where everybody signed is pretty full.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes it is. It was full. But let's let's explain

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<v Speaker 1>the landscape of the people. Not ever, it was in

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<v Speaker 1>favor of breaking away from Britain. There were a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of people who were pro British and one of their

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<v Speaker 1>main colonies. What was the sentiment of the people generally,

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<v Speaker 1>because these guys were the radicals of their day.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, And the center of all of this rebellion issue

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<v Speaker 3>is in Boston, Massachusetts. And Sam Adams is the instigator here.

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<v Speaker 3>And Sam Adams is a the Sam Adams, the cousin

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<v Speaker 3>of our second president, John Adams, is a pretty much

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<v Speaker 3>of a n'er do well, quite honestly. And the one

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<v Speaker 3>thing he can do well is to rile up people

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<v Speaker 3>against taxation in Britain. And it was taxation that really

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<v Speaker 3>started all of this. But a lot of the colonies

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<v Speaker 3>were not particularly happy at what was going on down

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<v Speaker 3>in Boston, and it was there was a possibility that

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<v Speaker 3>of the civil war between the colonies. Even a few

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<v Speaker 3>local militias were formed account of the rebels. Now, one

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<v Speaker 3>of the most important contributions that Hancock made was he

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<v Speaker 3>used a great part of his fortune. He was rich,

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<v Speaker 3>he had in today's dollars, he was worth about five

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<v Speaker 3>hundred and ninety four million dollars. A lot of money

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<v Speaker 3>back on any day, isn't it so? Anyway, Two of

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<v Speaker 3>his most important contributions are he uses a great part

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<v Speaker 3>of his fortune to fund a revolution once he gets involved,

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<v Speaker 3>because he wasn't initially, he wasn't really for it either.

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<v Speaker 3>And secondly, he's instrumental and convincing the decision makers and

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<v Speaker 3>the other commodies to vote for independence.

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<v Speaker 1>And he was the key well, considering his vast wealth

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<v Speaker 1>at the time, he had a vested interest in the

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<v Speaker 1>status quo.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely all of the he was quote unquote an aristocrat,

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<v Speaker 3>and he was a businessman. He owned an export shipping

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<v Speaker 3>business with all of the businessmen in the colonies. One

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<v Speaker 3>of their big trading partners was Guests who Great Britain, right, Yes,

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<v Speaker 3>So causing this rift between their business and their biggest

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<v Speaker 3>trading partner was a big issue. And John Hancock knew

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<v Speaker 3>that and he warned the rebels. He said, they will

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<v Speaker 3>give up a lot of stuff, but they won't give

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<v Speaker 3>up their wealth. So we've got to figure out how

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<v Speaker 3>to convince him that this is the best thing.

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<v Speaker 1>And what better guy to do it than a guy

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<v Speaker 1>who again had a very vested interest in the status quo.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, if he's out there doing it as one

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<v Speaker 1>of the wealthier people out there, that's a great sale

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<v Speaker 1>job for a man like John Hancock being in that position.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, it was. And you know the original intent of

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<v Speaker 3>this rebellion was to get justin fair treatment from from

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<v Speaker 3>Great Britain. That they had no they had nothing in

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<v Speaker 3>mind in regards to creating and establishing a new country.

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<v Speaker 3>It wasn't until seventeen seventy five, roughly in the Second

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<v Speaker 3>Continental Congress that they came at Ben Franklin counseled Adams,

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<v Speaker 3>Adams and Hancock, and he said, so, what do you want?

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<v Speaker 3>And they told him. He said, you know, he said,

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<v Speaker 3>you're never going to get that from Britain. He said,

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<v Speaker 3>but he said, it sounds to me like you want

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<v Speaker 3>to establish a new country. And that's how the fight

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<v Speaker 3>for independence from Britain came to be as opposed to

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<v Speaker 3>a fight for a fair interest treatment.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you know the other component I learned. I read

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<v Speaker 1>Bill Wiley's a book, Killing the Witches. There's a big

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<v Speaker 1>segment in there on Ben Franklin and his you know,

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<v Speaker 1>young man, his trials and tribulations dealing with the colonies,

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<v Speaker 1>and of course the Puritans, who were well established. Man,

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<v Speaker 1>those folks were really ruthless in terms of the enforcement

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<v Speaker 1>of their religious principles. But then also the Church of England.

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<v Speaker 1>In terms of taxation, citizens and the colonies were forced

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<v Speaker 1>to pay for the Church of England, which really kind

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<v Speaker 1>of irked a lot of people and was one of

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<v Speaker 1>the reasons why we do not live in a theocracy.

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<v Speaker 1>These in our country.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, and they were, you know, the Church was a

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<v Speaker 3>state entity in Britain, and there were a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>things that are the colonies, and it was eventual, it

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<v Speaker 3>was eventually the taxation that that Great Britain was forcing

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<v Speaker 3>upon the colonies that caused them to revolt and eventually

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<v Speaker 3>lead to the fight for independence.

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<v Speaker 1>How about that? You think something like that might happen

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<v Speaker 1>these days, considering our outrageous taxation, the fact that our

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<v Speaker 1>rapacious government still spends far beyond what they take in

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<v Speaker 1>in terms of the trillions of dollars. My editorial comment

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<v Speaker 1>not John O'Neill's. John'll be talking about all this tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>Empower you America dot org. Make sure your RSVP let

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<v Speaker 1>on your presentation tonight. I'm sure it's going to be fascinating.

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<v Speaker 1>John Hancock. The topic John O'Neill. I appreciate the time

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<v Speaker 1>you spent my listeners and need this and we'll look

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<v Speaker 1>forward to tuning in tonight at seven pm.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, Brian.

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