Daily quotes

[Pat McCotter]

"Some have learnt many Tricks of sly Evasion,
Instead of Truth they use Equivocation,
And eke it out with mental Reservation,
Which is to good Men an Abomination."
~ Benjamin Franklin

Simply stated, it is sagacious to eschew obfuscation 

Whoa!  The day I understand that quote is the day I'll actually understand certain bible versuses or maybe spell the plural of versus correctly! 

Spelling the singular of verse correctly might help.

[Kat Kanning]

Howard Wilson sent me this: 
Norman Thomas said this in a 1944 speech:
"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of "liberalism," they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened." He went on to say: "I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party. The Democratic Party has adopted our platform."

[EthanLeeVita]

http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/socialism.asp

Its worth reading a bit into as it does have a few interesting points about Reagan and Thomas.

[Raineyrocks]

"Some have learnt many Tricks of sly Evasion,
Instead of Truth they use Equivocation,
And eke it out with mental Reservation,
Which is to good Men an Abomination."
~ Benjamin Franklin

Simply stated, it is sagacious to eschew obfuscation 

Whoa!  The day I understand that quote is the day I'll actually understand certain bible versuses or maybe spell the plural of versus correctly! 

Spelling the singular of verse correctly might help.

  Yeah, I guess that would help.  So then, I did spell the plural form correctly?  No, wait, sorry, it's early for me; the plural of verse not versus would be verses, right? 

[Pat McCotter]

"Some have learnt many Tricks of sly Evasion,
Instead of Truth they use Equivocation,
And eke it out with mental Reservation,
Which is to good Men an Abomination."
~ Benjamin Franklin

Simply stated, it is sagacious to eschew obfuscation 

Whoa!  The day I understand that quote is the day I'll actually understand certain bible versuses or maybe spell the plural of versus correctly! 

Spelling the singular of verse correctly might help.

  Yeah, I guess that would help.  So then, I did spell the plural form correctly?  No, wait, sorry, it's early for me; the plural of verse not versus would be verses, right? 

Yessiree Bob! You got it!

[Raineyrocks]

Yahoo!  Thanks, Pat! 

[shyfrog]

Truth indeed came once into the world with her divine Master, and was a perfect shape most glorious to look on: but when he ascended, and his Apostles after him were laid asleep, then straight arose a wicked race of deceivers, who, as that story goes of the Egyptian Typhon with his conspirators, how they dealt with the good Osiris, took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends of Truth, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search that Isis made for the mangled body of Osiris, went up and down gathering up limb by limb, still as they could find them. We have not yet found them all, Lords and Commons, nor ever shall do, till her Master's second coming;

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.

~John Milton Areopagitica in opposition to licensing and censorship. Regarded as one of the most eloquent defenses of press freedom ever written.

[Pat McCotter]

"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule."
H.L. Mencken

[Friday]

Over? Did you say 'over'? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? -- Bluto, "Animal House"

[Pat K]

Animal House: Germans Bombed Pearl Harbor

[Pat K]

The feminists grabbed our women,
The liberals banned our guns,
The health cops snuffed our cigarettes,
The bailout has our funds,
The laws of breathalyzing
put an end to our roadside bars,
Circle the Fords and the Chevys boys,
THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE OUR CARS

P.J. O'Rourke
Driving like crazy

[Pat McCotter]

"The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected."
G. K. Chesterton

[Pat McCotter]

You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.

    Charles Austin Beard

[KBCraig]

"We've been doing random searches for years. None have been in response to particular threats. It's more to show force."
-- Amtrak Spokesman Cliff Cole

[Pat K]

Herewith a searing insight for the ever-puzzled State Department: Actions have consequences. If you support Batista, you will engender Fidel. If you support the Shah, you will get Khomeini. If you attack Moslems, you will get bin Laden. It might be better to stay home and read a book.

Fred Reed
http://www.lewrockwell.com/reed/reed185.html