Tyranny -- C.S. Lewis
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Wednesday, 26 August 09 - 09:24 AM (GMT -07:00) By MS 2BU in Politics |
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Reflections of great minds on government
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Tuesday, 25 August 09 - 07:19 AM (GMT -07:00) By MS 2BU in Politics |
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Reflections of great minds on government
1) Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. -- Mark Twain
2) I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. -- Winston Churchill
3) A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. -- George Bernard Shaw
4) A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money. -- G. Gordon Liddy
5) Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. -- James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
6) Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. -- Douglas Casey, Classmate of W.J. Clinton at Georgetown U. (1992)
7) Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. -- P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
8) Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. -- Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
9) Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. -- Ronald Reagan (1986)
10) I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. -- Will Rogers
11) If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free. -- P.J. O'Rourke
12) If you want government to intervene domestically, you're a liberal. If you want government to intervene overseas, you're a conservative. If you want government to intervene everywhere, you're a moderate. If you don't want government to intervene anywhere, you're an extremist. -- Joseph Sobran, Editor of the National Review at one time (1995)
13) In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. -- Voltaire (1764)
14) Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. -- Pericles (430 B.C.)
15) No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session. -- Mark Twain (1866)
16) Talk is cheap- except when Congress does it. -- (Unknown)
17) The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. -- Ronald Reagan
18) The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. -- Winston Churchill
19) The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. -- Mark Twain
20) The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
-- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
21) There is no distinctly native American criminal class save Congress. -- Mark Twain
22) What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. -- Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)
Top 10 Indicators you are on OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE PLAN
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Monday, 24 August 09 - 05:42 PM (GMT -07:00) By MS 2BU in Politics |
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TOP TEN INDICATORS THAT YOUR EMPLOYER HAS CHANGED TO OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE PLAN:
10) Your wife's annual breast exam is done at Hooters.
9) Directions to your doctor's office include "Take a left when you enter the trailer park."
8) The tongue depressors taste faintly of Fudgesicles.
7) The only proctologist in the plan is "Gus" from Roto-Rooter.
6) The only item listed under Preventative Care Coverage is "an apple a day..."
5) Your primary care physician is wearing the pants you gave to Goodwill last month.
4) "The patient is responsible for 200% of out-of-network charges," is not a typographical error.
3) The only expense covered 100% is "Embalming."
2) Your Prozac comes in different colors with little M's on them.
AND THE NUMBER ONE SIGN YOU'VE JOINED OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE PLAN:
1) You ask for Viagra, and they give you a Popsicle stick and duct tape!!!!!
Words of Wisdom from Ronaldus Magnus
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Monday, 24 August 09 - 04:58 AM (GMT -07:00) By MS 2BU in Politics |
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Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose." - Ronald Reagan
"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan
"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan
"Of the four wars in my lifetime none came about because the U.S. was too strong." - Ronald Reagan
"I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandment's would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress." - Ronald Reagan
"The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination." - Ronald Reagan
"Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other." - Ronald Reagan
"If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under."
- Ronald Reagan
"The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program." - Ronald Reagan
"I've laid down the law, though, to everyone from now on about anything that happens: no matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting." - Ronald Reagan
"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first." - Ronald Reagan
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." - Ronald Reagan
"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book." - Ronald Reagan
"No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. - Ronald Reagan
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