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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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A Tale of Two Occupations
. Meet Edward Twitchell Hall III, 25 – he has sort of become the “face” of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement over the past week, thanks to an interview that he gave to the New Yorker magazine and an Internet video [warning: graphic … Continue reading
The 1% – they’re everywhere!
Just wanted to put a face on “The 1%” for the kids of OWS to see. I’m sure they will attempt to “reach across the aisle” when they see that the 1% isn’t any different from them! An industrialist (Click … Continue reading
The spam is getting waaaaaaayyy too smart….
I got the following comment for approval on my blog, but I have my doubts that it’s a “real” comment. Judging from the e-mail address, those OccupyWallStreet kids have some really, really smart spam:
The Brains behind “Airhead Autumn”
I got lambasted in comments on a post that I did a couple of weeks ago for daring to suggest that “Occupy Wall Street” was anything other than a spontaneous grass-roots gathering (OWS wasn’t even the subject of the post). But everything that I had read about … Continue reading
People Who Live in Intellectual Pup Tents REALLY Shouldn’t Taunt the Bears….
Last week, I published a relatively light-hearted little blog post that I sent out to family and friends. It was inspired by a comment made by a friend of a friend of a friend on a Facebook post. I was simply … Continue reading
Let’s get Ready to RUMMMBLE!!!!!!!
What were event planners thinking? This could be the Great Chicago Fire all over again: When Chicago is lying in a pile of ashes next May, everyone remember that Rahm ASKED Obama to steer these events Chicago’s way after they lost their … Continue reading
Blog Commenting Etiquette (a.k.a. Tossing out the drunks)
Well, it finally happened – I had to set a commenter straight. I’m not happy about having to do it, but apparently some people’s lessons in manners didn’t take the first time. So here is a copy of the e-mail … Continue reading
THIS is why you “Don’t Mess With Texas”…..: Happy 65th Anniversary to the USAF’s 149th Fighter Wing!
Got this in an e-mail from Paul earlier today: This F-16 was painted to celebrate the 149th FW 65th anniversary. The United States Air Force’s 149th Fighter Wing is a Texas Air National Guard unit located at Kelly Field Annex, Lackland … Continue reading
HELP!!!!!!
. I’m trapped at home with a sick husband…. . . Kill.Me.Now. .
“Just wanted to let you know that we’re all OK”
Paul walked into the house last night, and said, “Leon called, and he said that everyone’s OK”. That’s how we first found out that there had been a horrific accident at the Reno Air Races yesterday. A vintage airplane had … Continue reading
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