Just Blowing Smoke...: TFP Column: Death of the Republic

Quotes of the Week

... because the sharpest curve that many of us will ever have to negotiate is that of a well-turned phrase

“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

“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

“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

Saturday, July 11, 2009

TFP Column: Death of the Republic

Once again I find myself part of the Toledo Free Press this weekend with a column: "Death of the Republic?" I believe that this piece can stand without comment from me, so I will not make one.

I will however urge you to read all of the great pieces which once again are a part of the TFP. I urge you as always to the pieces by Publisher Tom Pounds and Editor in Chief Michael Miller, as well as an interesting submission by Stephen Ward.

As I am a little under the weather this weekend, so I will let this also serve as my weekend posting. I look forward to getting back to my regular schedule next week.