When the founders of this great country set out to form a “more perfect union,” what did they mean? More perfect than what? A “10″ in Olympic gymnastics? An “A+” on a term paper? Canada?

Here we are, in 2008, 232 years after some men with quills signed their names on a piece of parchment. Overall, things are pretty good. But it doesn’t mean that everything in the world is perfecter than John Adams’ wildest dreams. I mean, his alcoholism is on display weekly on HBO.

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