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1 posted on 04/03/2010 5:36:14 PM PDT by pansgold
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To: pansgold

Good one!


2 posted on 04/03/2010 5:37:52 PM PDT by GinaLolaB
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To: pansgold

I *think* that was Lenny Bruce, but it could well be far older than that.


3 posted on 04/03/2010 5:42:02 PM PDT by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: pansgold

I saw that thirty years ago. But it doesn’t actually work, as the con in congress is not short for contra, like the con in pro and con. It’s from com-, a Latin prefix meaning with.


4 posted on 04/03/2010 5:50:22 PM PDT by NRPM (America again in 2010!)
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To: pansgold
Actually, I was there recently and photographed the grafitti:


5 posted on 04/03/2010 5:54:03 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: pansgold
Giving power and money to Congress is like giving liquor and car keys to teenage boys.

- P.J. O'Rourke
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I like this one better!

6 posted on 04/03/2010 5:57:09 PM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ((B.?) Hussein (Obama?Soetoro?Dunham?) Change America Will Die From.)
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To: pansgold

“Goodness....just dropped another Democrat.”


7 posted on 04/03/2010 6:03:46 PM PDT by RightOnline
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“Suppose I was an idiot. Suppose I was a member of Congress. But I repeat myself’’.— Mark Twain.


8 posted on 04/03/2010 6:07:45 PM PDT by John-Irish ("Shame of him who thinks of it''.)
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To: pansgold

**If pro is opposite of con,...**

then the opposite of CONstitution is ...???


9 posted on 04/03/2010 6:11:08 PM PDT by gwilhelm56 (Islam is a Political System DISGUISED as a RELIGION!)
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That’s why I hate the term “Progressives” they should be called “Congressives”


10 posted on 04/03/2010 7:33:45 PM PDT by Nateman (If liberals aren't screaming you're doing it wrong.)
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