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I was working on a hammer the other day and I heard the darnest thing if I could say so. Apparently, Parliament thinks it has complete control of everything going on here over in the colonies. I don't know what would lead them to this idea since they are so far away. John doesn't know what's going on right now but I'm sure he'll get it eventually. Hopefully I can keep on blacksmiffin' so I can make enough money for that engraved anvil I've been eyein' for a couple of weeks. The guy who came in while I was working told me about this James Otis Jr. guy. **He seems pretty smart and I can't find anything about his ideas that I disagree with. Ol' Brit thinks they can tax us without us having a word about it and James says that this goes against the right of a free man and I do consider myself a free man.** We should have someone over there to represent us so maybe I can keep more money for my blacksmiffin'. I still don't get the whole thing about virtual representation though. How do you justify that although no one from here is there to represent us, someone "similar" is there. I know I'm not the smartest guy and all which is why I do my blacksmiffin', so maybe thats why it doesn't make any sense for me. From what I know though, this Parliamentary sovereignty and virtual representation is a bunch of bullocks. They're so far away but they think they have so much power over me. I really do hope that my blacksmiffin' is changed by any of this because I do like my blacksmiffin' a lot. What happens now is up to the big boys to decide but that anvil sure is looking better every time I think about it just sitting in my shop.