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“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
“If you’re standing around talking about doing away with fossil fuels while pointing at an electric vehicle that’s about 70% synthetic materials, you’ve already failed an IQ test you didn’t even know you were taking.”
“Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.”
“They’re not ignorant. They’ll tell you all about what they know.”
“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.
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument – William McAdoo
“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.”
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Category Archives: Lying Lawyers
King Barack III
. . Mere hours after the Supreme Court handed down their verdict on the fate of Arizona’s SB1070, the country was treated to this: The Obama administration said Monday it is suspending existing agreements with Arizona police over enforcement of federal … Continue reading →
The Real-Life “Fast and Furious” – More Twists and Turns Than a Hollywood Movie
Barack Obama and Eric Holder are hiding behind Executive Privilege in the hope that their involvement in the ATF program “Fast and Furious” – which ultimately resulted in the deaths of US Border Patrol agent Brian Terry and at least 300 Mexican citizens (possibly including the brother of … Continue reading →
A Tale of Two Rate Cuts
How do these people manage to keep their heads from exploding? For the past 24 months or more, all we have heard from Mr. Obama and his crew on Capitol Hill is how we simply MUST let the Bush Tax … Continue reading →
And They Wonder Why We Don’t Trust Them…..
. . A couple of interesting things have happened in the news lately that are completely unrelated, but for one thing: they make it glaringly obvious – to anyone who is willing to pay attention – that the people in … Continue reading →
On Casting Stones: How the “War on Women” convinced me to vote for Mitt Romney
. . A Twitter war blew up the other night – lazy Capitalist that I am, I was laying on the couch, watching a TV show with my husband, so I missed all of the fun and excitement when Hilary … Continue reading →
We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Voter ID Laws….
So….our esteemed Attorney General is doing his level best to strike down Voter ID laws in many states. Voter ID laws that would require that people PROVE WHO THEY ARE with photo ID. Mr. Holder claims that requiring people to … Continue reading →
It’s a tax! No, it’s a mandate!
. Just a quick Obamacare update: apparently today the lawyer who is arguing for Obamacare is arguing that it is a tax; tomorrow he will be arguing that it ISN’T a tax: U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli used the phrase … Continue reading →
Somebody call the Waaaaaah-mbulance….
. Poor little Melissa Horton – she took to the opinion pages of the Washington Post to let the world know that she borrowed money to pay for college, and now she doesn’t want to have to pay it back. … Continue reading →
Fisking Fluke’s Fables
Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed a very disturbing trend among law school students recently? I mean, it seems like every time some young advocate gets some face time in front of a camera, he/she is telling … Continue reading →