Posted on 07/14/2002 12:06:14 PM PDT by Stultis
A few to get the ball rolling:
Now, with Mr. Clinton stripped of the power and protection of the Presidency, his supporters see him exactly as he is. And the image that presents itself is terrifyingly close to the caricature his enemies drew of him. They were right, after all. Mr. Clinton was, in fact, an untrustworthy low-life who used people for his own purposes and then discarded them. How could they have been fooled so badly?
Even now, some continue to delude themselves. They attack Mr. Clinton’s actions, but they can’t bring themselves to admit that Senator Hillary also is at fault. Most of us, however, now realize that she is an equally detestable partner in a scandal whose sleazy dealings finally have been brought to light.
Conservative critics of the Clintons have been amused to see the former President’s friends writhing in agony on talk shows and in op-ed columns in recent weeks. They wonder why other Democrats and liberal commentators are so angry. It’s not as though the Clintons have suddenly become something they’re not; they’ve been selling their principles to the highest bidder for years. It’s not as though they’ve betrayed their core values; what core values did they ever have?
What the critics -- understandably satisfied to see their judgment confirmed yet again -- miss is the amount of self-loathing in the Clinton pile-on. Pro-Clinton commentators and colleagues now realize just how much they compromised, just how much they excused, just how ridiculous they looked in their defense of this corrupt couple. The end of the Clinton Presidency and the beginning of another Bush era has inspired a round of reflection, and Clinton supporters find they can’t look at themselves in the mirror.
They are ashamed of themselves, which is a good deal more than anybody can say of the Clintons. Indeed, they remain smug and self-righteous, certain that New York will forget the early weeks of 2001, certain that New York will embrace its junior Senator once again.
They have fooled the public before. They believe they can do so again.
Let’s hope that this time, they are wrong.
Clinton Corruption Plays Us for Fools -- We Won’t Forget
The New York Observer 3/5/2001
Beware, the man of one book.
~~~St. Thomas Aquinas
You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.
~~~Dick Armey
"When goods don't cross borders, soldiers will."
"The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else."
~~~Fredric Bastiat
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
~~~Yogi Berra
Tariffs, quotas and other import restrictions protect the business of the rich at the expense of high cost of living for the poor. Their intent is to deprive you of the right to choose, and to force you to buy the high-priced inferior products of politically favored companies.
~~~Alan Burris
In a reversal peculiar to our age, it is innocence, not guilt, that is called upon to justify itself.
~~~Albert Camus
If you pursue good with labour, the labour passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.
~~~Cicero
We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.
- Cicero (106-43 B.C.), Roman Statesman
- Ronald Reagan (1977)
The State represents violence in a concentrated and organized form. The individual has a soul, but, as the State is a soulless machine, it can never be weaned from the violence to which it owes its very existence. (Mohandas K. Gandhi)
Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
Visit the Palace Of Reason: http://palaceofreason.com
And was Chuck wearing a digital watch?
~ Anne Frank.
(Earl Wilson)
Leni
Lord Sandwich to John Wilkes (an 18th century rebelious member of parliament): "You, sir, will either die of the pox or on the gallows."
Wilkes to Lord Sandwich: "That depends, my lord, upon whether I embrace your mistress or your principles."
BTW, I live in a small college town. I was once (Summer 2000) at a "book and bottle" party where I was possibly the only conservative in the house. I read the above for my selection, and portions of that and other Thatcher speeches, many regarding and honoring Reagan. I doubt there was one person in that room who had ever sat and listened to Thatcher speak, or read one of her speeches.
When I finished I feared heads might actually explode (the ones that hadn't left the room) but then that would have required some level of comprehension, however much miscomprehension in tow. But it was subsequently apparent that the only thing that registered with most of the highly educated guests (several were professors) was that someone had said really nice things about Reagan.
For three of the readers that followed me it was further apparent that I had ruined their whole evening, not by anything I did, or said on my own behalf, but simply by reading from the speeches of one of the most important World leaders of the last generation. The woman that immediately followed me started by muttering, but worked herself into a bitter and outraged denunciation of my "racist" and "sexist" (I kid you not) "extreme right wing 'display'."
As she had started muttering, I'd started chuckling. When she got to that last bit I was laughing so hard I could barely stay in my chair. When she asked me "what the h--- was so d--- funny," I said something like, "even if I could explain it to you, it would just get you even more pissed off."
For the rest of the evening I made a point of listening politely to the remaining readings, many of which were, in fact, perfectly wonderful. It was the best time I ever had at a party (that I could completely remember).
LOL. Never heard that before. That's a good urn.
- Robert A. Heinlein
...change a diaper: Done that.
...plan an invasion: Does planning a fund raising campaign for a non-profit charity count?
...butcher a hog: Done that... at least for a deer.
...conn a ship: I've crewed on a sailboat, flown a plane, and can drive a car. I guess that counts today.
...design a building: Done several of those.
...write a sonnet: Well, not since college... a couple of limericks lately, though.
...build a wall: lots of them... in different materials.
...set a bone: Yup. Then got the patient (me) to the emergency room!
...comfort the dying: Thankfully, only a couple times.
...take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone: when required.
...pitch manure: Only when I have to.
...solve equations. OK.
...analyze a new problem: yup!
...program a computer: yup!
...cook a tasty meal: I like them... the opinion of others may differ.
...fight efficiently: won some, lost some.
...die gallantly: Not yet, thank God.
Gee, maybe there's hope for me yet.
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