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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: SolidWood

Er... Sorry. You did. ;-)


21 posted on 03/06/2009 5:32:19 AM PST by Dead Corpse (Te odeo, interfice te cochleare)
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To: Dead Corpse

Shut up #21! ;oP


22 posted on 03/06/2009 5:32:58 AM PST by SolidWood (Palin: "In Alaska we eat therefore we hunt.")
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To: reagan_fanatic

That’s not a bird, it’s a SkyRat.


23 posted on 03/06/2009 5:33:04 AM PST by Travis T. OJustice (Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy. FUBO!)
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To: Lucky9teen

Harmlessly passing your time in the grassland away;
Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air.
You’d better watch out!
There may be dogs about
I looked over Jordan, and I’ve seen
Things are not what they seem.

That’s what you get for pretending the danger’s not real.
Meek and obedient you follow the leader
Down well trodden corridors into the valley of steel.
What a surprise!
A look of terminal terror in your eyes.
Now things are really what they seem.
No, this is not a bad dream.

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want
He lays me down to lie
Through pastures green He leadeth me the silent waters by.
With bright knives He releaseth my soul.
He maketh me to hang on hooks in high places.
He converteth me to lamb cutlets,
For lo, He hath great power, and great hunger.
When cometh the day we lowly ones,
Through quiet reflection, and great dedication
Master the art of karate,
Lo, we shall rise up,
And then we’ll make the bugger’s eyes water.

Bleating and babbling we fell on his neck with a scream.
Wave upon wave of demented avengers
March cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream.

Have you heard the news?
The dogs are dead!
You better stay home
And do as you’re told.
Get out of the road if you want to grow old.

Pink Floyd - Sheep


24 posted on 03/06/2009 5:34:00 AM PST by Pan_Yan (America has proved it's not racist. Now it needs to prove it's not suicidal.)
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To: Lucky9teen
"And, this is where the customer writes down what they want on the cake."

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25 posted on 03/06/2009 5:35:01 AM PST by Sax
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To: Lucky9teen

Hillary: "Don't forget the tools tonight, Whoami Abeddin, and don't forget to call Rosie."

Richardson:"Can I play too?"

26 posted on 03/06/2009 5:35:46 AM PST by IbJensen (In 2008, Americans foolishly used their freedom to vote for “chains” not “change.”)
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To: Dead Corpse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW1_PGKGpSQ


27 posted on 03/06/2009 5:36:14 AM PST by darkangel82 (I don't have a superiority complex, I'm just better than you.)
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To: SolidWood

21 and 19. I’m an over achiever...


28 posted on 03/06/2009 5:38:08 AM PST by Dead Corpse (Te odeo, interfice te cochleare)
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To: Dead Corpse

I went though about 20 Megadeth songs in my head before deciding to go with Pink Floyd. Symphony of Destruction, Wake up Dead, Peace Sells but Who’s Buying, In My Darkest Hour ... it just goes on and on.


29 posted on 03/06/2009 5:38:36 AM PST by Pan_Yan (America has proved it's not racist. Now it needs to prove it's not suicidal.)
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To: Lucky9teen
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30 posted on 03/06/2009 5:39:50 AM PST by Sax
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To: SolidWood

Did I tell you guys that I was in at number #3


Can’t miss being #19.

20 posted on Friday, March 06, 2009 08:31:23 by SolidWood (Palin: “In Alaska we eat therefore we hunt.”)
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To: SolidWood

Er... Sorry. You did. ;-)

21 posted on Friday, March 06, 2009 08:32:19 by Dead Corpse (Te odeo, interfice te cochleare)
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To: Dead Corpse

Shut up #21! ;oP


31 posted on 03/06/2009 5:41:32 AM PST by Dacula (You are where you are by the choices you make)
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To: darkangel82

That’s the one... ;-)


32 posted on 03/06/2009 5:42:33 AM PST by Dead Corpse (Te odeo, interfice te cochleare)
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To: Dacula

Where is this week’s quiz?


33 posted on 03/06/2009 5:42:48 AM PST by Dacula (You are where you are by the choices you make)
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To: Pan_Yan
Makes you wonder if we'll see a resurgence of metal big-hair Bands as the economy tanks.

Another good song would be Weird Al's Weasel Stomping Day.

34 posted on 03/06/2009 5:45:35 AM PST by Dead Corpse (Te odeo, interfice te cochleare)
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To: Dead Corpse

Just as long as it’s metal, and not God-awful Spandex glam stuff.


35 posted on 03/06/2009 5:56:17 AM PST by darkangel82 (I don't have a superiority complex, I'm just better than you.)
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To: Lucky9teen

Bye Bye Miss American Pie.


36 posted on 03/06/2009 6:02:01 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Control the information and you control the people.)
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To: darkangel82

37 posted on 03/06/2009 6:06:22 AM PST by Lucky9teen (What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. And SOON!!!)
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To: Dacula
You Are Okay With Money
You're about average with money, which means you probably don't have a lot of it.
Your instincts tell you to stay out of debt and spend wisely...
But you don't always listen to your instincts!
With a little more effort, you could have a nice little nest egg. You just have to control your spending.
Are You Good With Money?

38 posted on 03/06/2009 6:09:37 AM PST by Lucky9teen (What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. And SOON!!!)
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To: darkangel82

HOW TO BEGIN EACH DAY WITH A POSITIVE OUTLOOK

1. Open a new file in your computer.

2. Name it ‘Barack Obama’.

3. Send it to the Recycle Bin.

4. Empty the Recycle Bin.

5. Your PC will ask you: ‘Do you really want to get rid of ‘Barack Obama?’

6. Firmly Click ‘Yes’

7. Feel better?

GOOD! - Tomorrow we’ll do Nancy Pelosi !


39 posted on 03/06/2009 6:10:48 AM PST by Lucky9teen (What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. And SOON!!!)
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To: Lucky9teen

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Back in the USSR

Running With the Devil

It’s the End of the World As We Know It


40 posted on 03/06/2009 6:12:48 AM PST by RockinRight (How do you like your Savior now, libs? Looks like Jimmy Carter is no longer the worst President...)
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