Political Quote Of The Week

Thomas Paine was the forgotten founding father and was very preceptive.


If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
Thomas Paine

Political Quote Of The Week

This week I found a quote by Ambrose Bierce and is an excellent definition of politics.


Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
Ambrose Bierce


Just watch politics unfold and you will see that this quote is by far the most accurate observation on what politics is really all about.

political Quote Of The Week

Since the birth place of democracy was Greece, I thought I would quote one of the founding fathers of democracy.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
Aristotle

If true, then like socialism, it has never been tried.

Political Quote Of The Week

This week's quote is from Thomas Paine, it deals with the lies and promises that politicians tell and seldom deliver.


It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance.
Thomas Paine


Peace Out!

Political Quote Of The Week

With the general election approaching and with this candidate and that adjusting their positions and principles to fit what they think the voter wants to hear, I have chosen a quote from Thomas Paine.



I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.


The pursuit of principles is no longer the aim of a politician. These people sole concern is to be elected and then to be re-elected.

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With all the people that are screaming about the obscenity in movies and on TV, I thought that this quote by a magazine publisher says it all.



If the human body's obscene, complain to the manufacturer not to me. - Larry Flynt

2008 Anaol-Ocity

OMG! There were two in one day, can you believe it?

This from Vice President Dick Cheney, who spoke to a crowd of Oklahoma Republicans Friday evening.

"When the history is written, it will be said this is a safer country and more hopeful world because George Bush was president," Cheney said, according to Oklahoma's Tulsa World.

Of Iraq, Cheney quipped: "Our strategy is the right strategy. The only way we can lose is to quit.

I appreciate delusional people, but these guys are just flippin' amazing.

Anal-Ocity

The hits just keep coming! HA! McCain and the Repubs keep trying to force feed the public that the Dem proposals on health care are somehow "creeping socialism". My friends(to quote McCain) that is pure bullsh*t. But this statement is very amusing.

“But before you decide to sign on to that kind of a program, go to Canada, or go to European countries that have government-run health care systems,” he continued. “My friends, they don’t work, they’re inefficient, and they end up in a two-tiered system where the wealthiest can afford to pay for their own health care and those with low income sometimes wait six or eight months for a routine kind of treatment. And that’s what I’m not going to let happen to the United States of America.” from a speech of McCain

And somewhere I missed the fact that the US does not a tier system of health care. That memo missed my desk completely. For that reason this statement will be in the running for the most anal statement of the year.

Political Quote Of The Week

Anyone that has read my writings will know that I am rabidly against war; let us just say I played that game and did not like it. This week's quote is again from Thomas Paine, the forgotten American Founding Father.


He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death.
Thomas Paine


Does that quote sound familiar? If not, then you need to pay closer attention to what is going on around you.

Political Quote Of The Week

This week's quote is my answer to when people say that if you vote some anyone other than the two parties, that your vote was wasted. I do not agree and will never agre.


Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
John Quincy Adams


MY feeling is that principle is far more important than some damn silly political party.

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I found this quote by accident and it tells so much about the education system in the US.


"War is God"s way of teaching Americans geography" Ambrose Bierce, writer


Just think about it. How many Americans could find Iraq on a map without the war.

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I think a lot of Thomas Paine and this week's quote is from him.



"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."


Only the American people can change the direction of the country. But will they?

Political Quote Of The Week

If you listen to McCain speak on what he wants to do for this country, then you will hear the same crap that Bush and his lackeys have been saying for the last 7 years. So this week's quote pertains to that.


Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.
Jimmy Carter

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One of the people that I most admire said this and it is true, there is no principles in politics with the exception of getting elected.


There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.
Alexis de Tocqueville


I would agree somewhat with him, but the men of principle seldom get elected. And the parties are more concerned with beating each other in the elections than making life better for the people. Sad!

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Some of our founding fathers were not as "democratic" as they are taught in school. This quote is from William Penn, the father of Pennsylvania and a minor founding father.


"Let the people think they govern and they will be governed"


Gee sounds like the system were have now. If you vote every 4 yrs then you are somehow governing yourself. You are not, you are giving control to someone who is not there in your behalf.

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Look at what each acandidate says about this issue or that, then go check the facts. Too often it is pandering to the voter.

This week's quote is from Aldous Husxley


"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored"

Bush and even the Dems seem to not realize this. They all make statements or ignore the facts. I say, check ALL facts you are given then make up your mind.

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The quote this week is from LBJ in 1965. I quote it because it is as true today as it was then. It explains the whole not ready for president argument.


"A president's hardest task is not doing what is right, but rather to know what is right."

Well said and is good advice.

Political Quote Of The Week

I have bitched about the media and its lame attempts at educating the populace. The following quote is by actress Tallulah Bankhead, at least she saw the absurdity of the media.


Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds. - Tallulah Bankhead

Political Quote Of The Week

This one I heard and thought that it pretty much sums up the whole Washington scene.


"politics is where greed wears the mask of morality" Insp. Jaques Clousseau


I could not have said it better if I had tried.

Peace--out!

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This is usually a weekly thing on the blog, but recently Obama had a quote I had to include.


"She holds up boxing gloves, you know, saying she wants to fight," Obama said at a rally in Milwaukee, in reference to Clinton waving gloves Thursday in Ohio while declaring that the nation needs a "fighter" in the White House.

"We don't need more fighting," Obama countered. "We need some getting together, solving some problems."


Statements like this are why Obama continues to gain support. The people are tired of the in-fighting in Washington and Obama seems to be offering them another way to govern.