“What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.” – Lord Melbourne
“We voted for these people. We should be allowed to taser them.” – Mike
“You guys just don’t spend enough time giving yourself cool but limited super-powers. This is the internet.” – laura w.
“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.” – Thomas Paine
“Whoever undertakes to set himself up as judge in the field of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods” – Albert Einstein
“They can pass a law to say anything, but reality gets to bat last.”
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” – Edmund Burke
“The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted.” – D.H. Lawrence
“If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.” – Thomas Paine
“God doesn’t call the equipped – he equips those he calls.” – Barbara Curtis
Always remember: Law is about arguing one fact that helps your argument and ignoring the ten facts that disprove it.
“Hand-written notes in cursive writing are still the finest personal way of saying thank you. The people who send those after interviews are the ones who get the jobs.”
I guess the Prez thinks that if it worked for Nero, it can work for him.
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Please – Nero was so long ago; like 100 years, right? 😛
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… and I”m having such a hard time NOT saying, “I told you so” to a few dozen liberal friends.
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Yup – my tongue has a permanent dent in it where I keep biting down…..
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You know that if the healthcare.gov website were actually working, and people were signing up in droves and were deliriously happy over their wonderful new less-expensive, more-comprehensive health coverage, the democrats would all be smirking smugly and saying “I told you so” — none of them would be biting their tongues.
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Teresa, I am very fond of Barry Manilow’s music and that was good listening Of course, I had to listen before I finished your notes. During the time we have been unpacking I have wanted to write to you.
If my Mom (your paternal grandmother) were alive today she might have shed the 19th century attitude of women not speaking out. Mom would have been proud of me during this past few years. I always vote even though the choices do not follow my preferences.
The past two elections have created a feeling of trepidation in my thoughts. I actually joined the Republican Party a couple of years ago.
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Welcome to the party!
I guess I always just assumed you were a Pubbie 😛
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