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$$$ThE oFfIcIaL fRiDaY sIlLiNeSs ThReAd$$$
http://www.quotegarden.com/government.html ^ | 03/06/09 | Lucky9teen

Posted on 03/06/2009 4:39:29 AM PST by Lucky9teen

 

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
~H.L. Mencken

I don’t make jokes… I just watch the government and report the facts.
~Will Rogers

If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free!
~P.J. O’Rourke

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.
~Voltaire (1764)

 

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.)

No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
~Mark Twain (1866 )

Talk is cheap…except when Congress does it.
~Unknown

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
~Thomas Jefferson


“If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.”
~Mark Twain

Suppose you were an idiot.  And suppose you were a member of Congress….But then I repeat myself.
~Mark Twain

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

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
~ George Bernard Shaw

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

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
~James Bovard, Civil Libertarian

Tip o the hat to Freeper april15Bendovr
 

 
Props to Lady Jag

Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
~Douglas Casey,

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
~P.J. O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian

 

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
~Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801~1850)


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)T

The government is like a baby’s alimentary canal:  a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.
~Ronald Reagan

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

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
~Mark Twain

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
~Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820~1903)

There is no distinctly Native American criminal class…save Congress.
~Mark Twain

What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
~Edward Langley, Artist (1928 ~ 1995)




TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: government; ofst; silliness
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To: G8 Diplomat

101 posted on 03/06/2009 8:55:08 AM PST by BenLurkin (Mornie` utulie`. Mornie` alantie`.)
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102 posted on 03/06/2009 8:56:48 AM PST by Scythian
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To: Scythian

ROFL!


103 posted on 03/06/2009 8:58:20 AM PST by Travis T. OJustice (Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy. FUBO!)
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To: fredhead

I prefer the alternate mix by the Beatles where they chant “givemeallyourmoney, givemeallyourmoney, givemeallyourmoney...”


104 posted on 03/06/2009 8:58:31 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("Do you know the website number?" - VP Joe Biden)
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To: fredhead

I feel like my job is about a hair away from that experience....


105 posted on 03/06/2009 9:01:09 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("Do you know the website number?" - VP Joe Biden)
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To: Lucky9teen

There is something like $50million in EMERGENCY spending for the National Endowment of the Arts (from what I gather from an NPR piece).

There is NO emergency where the NEA is concerned. None at all.

And now... back to silly....

8vP


106 posted on 03/06/2009 9:02:58 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("Do you know the website number?" - VP Joe Biden)
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To: Travis T. OJustice

107 posted on 03/06/2009 9:04:14 AM PST by Lucky9teen (What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. And SOON!!!)
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To: Scythian

108 posted on 03/06/2009 9:05:12 AM PST by Lucky9teen (What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. And SOON!!!)
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To: Lucky9teen

Worst case of restless leg syndrome I’ve ever seen.


109 posted on 03/06/2009 9:11:51 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("Do you know the website number?" - VP Joe Biden)
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To: All
Money Cat Pictures, Images and Photos
110 posted on 03/06/2009 9:19:53 AM PST by Squidpup ("Fight the Good Fight")
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To: a fool in paradise
Guns n' Roses - This I Love (full new video)
111 posted on 03/06/2009 9:21:24 AM PST by Scythian
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To: Scythian

Hey folks, over here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2200752/posts?page=16

What Obama means to me


112 posted on 03/06/2009 9:38:40 AM PST by sunny48
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To: scottdeus12

ping


113 posted on 03/06/2009 9:40:46 AM PST by sunny48
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To: Lucky9teen

She's Got Betty Davis Eyes


114 posted on 03/06/2009 9:41:30 AM PST by BigFinn (Obamanation then Obamaggedon.)
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To: Lucky9teen
Photobucket
115 posted on 03/06/2009 9:49:54 AM PST by Squidpup ("Fight the Good Fight")
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To: G8 Diplomat

Outstanding!


117 posted on 03/06/2009 9:57:44 AM PST by ItsForTheChildren
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To: Lucky9teen
Creepy music vid from Coheed & Cambria.
118 posted on 03/06/2009 10:02:05 AM PST by Darksheare (Tar is cheap, and feathers are plentiful.)
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To: Lucky9teen
Very Haunting video by Tarja Turunen

I Walk Alone

Best loud, she can belt out a tune ...
119 posted on 03/06/2009 10:08:43 AM PST by Scythian
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To: Rightly Biased

You Are Great With Money

You know the value of a dollar - and you save and spend wisely.
By living below your means, you’ve set yourself up for a rich future.
And while it may hurt to sacrifice now, you’ll probably have plenty of money later on.
You’re on your way to riches - just keep it up.

I didn’t think I was that good....


120 posted on 03/06/2009 10:14:55 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (Pretending the Admin Moderator doesn't exist will result in suspension.)
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