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To: Mo1

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. - H. L. Mencken

[E]lections amount to no more than choosing between the scum that floats to the top of the barrel and the dregs that settle to the bottom. - L. Neil Smith

Giving power and money to Congress is like giving liquor and car keys to teenage boys. - P.J. O'Rourke

Compromise is: getting rid of your principles a little bit at a time. - Patrick Lear


64 posted on 12/05/2006 7:45:29 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

Great quotes...very apropos.


98 posted on 12/05/2006 7:58:43 AM PST by Txsleuth (Bolton/Cheney (that would be Lynne) 08)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
I love your quotes -- too bad they're accurate -- perfect description of our situation, and we provide the tax dollars for this CF.

Carolyn

119 posted on 12/05/2006 8:07:51 AM PST by CDHart ("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
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