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A belated return to the musings of a scribbler who considers himself an largely unreconstructed Capitalist, a Constitutional Textualist, and a largely unrepentant Stogie Smoking Curmudgeon. With luck, you'll find a bit of insight here, assembled from a logical and reasonable perspective, and served with a side of twisted humor. Be aware that irony and sarcasm may often find their way into these offerings; and it's the reader's obligation to discover where, when, or if they occur.
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Quotes of the Week
... because the sharpest curve that many of us will ever have to negotiate is that of a well-turned phrase
“The first duty of a man is to think for himself”
― Jose Marti
“Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature made them.”
― Bertrand Russell
“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
― Mark Twain
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.”
― Groucho Marx
“I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
― Thomas Jefferson
― Mark Twain
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.”
― Groucho Marx
“I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
― Thomas Jefferson
“The first duty of a man is to think for himself”
― Jose Marti
“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”
― Ronald Reagan
― Ronald Reagan
“Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature made them.”
― Bertrand Russell
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations."
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- That's Not Right #11 - Help I've Fallen Update
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- Where Have You Gone, Thomas Jefferson?
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2 comments:
And our "brave, wise" politicos think nothing of putting a failed levy on the ballot over and over and over again...
I wonder if they'd get the message sooner if they had to pay to put such efforts on the ballot out of their own pockets..., instead of out of ours.
Further, wisdom ultimately lies in the eye of the voters/taxpayers...
hooda,
I fear that "government wisdom" too lies in the eyes or the beholder. Which leads us to, "there are none so blind as they who will not see..."
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