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Tenacity

2012-02-20T09:31:00.001-07:00

"Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. " Louis Pasteur

You do have a right to birth control

2012-02-16T17:24:00.000-07:00

You do have a right to birth control. You just don't have the right to it at my expense, dumbass. Oh, and by the way, nothing is free. It will be spread out to all the actual payers. You know, the half of Americans who actually pay taxes and such.

Is it fair, Mr. Obama?

2012-02-06T22:16:00.002-07:00

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204369404577206980068367936.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

Bum Bright on the effects of the welfare state

2011-12-23T20:53:00.001-07:00

Bum Bright:
"Our unrestrained welfare programs encourage people to be non-productive and, therefore, hungry and helpless."

A VOTERS' GUIDE TO REPUBLICANS

2011-12-15T21:46:00.003-07:00

Milton Friedman on incentives

2011-12-06T21:34:00.000-07:00

Milton Friedman:
"We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork."

William F. Buckley Jr.

2011-11-27T11:34:00.000-07:00

William F. Buckley Jr.:
“I will not cede more power to the state. I will not willingly cede more power to anyone, not to the state, not to General Motors, not to the CIO. I will hoard my power like a miser, resisting every effort to drain it away from me. I will then use my power as I see fit. I mean to live my life an obedient man, but obedient to God, subservient to the wisdom of my ancestors; never to the authority of political truths arrived at yesterday at the voting booth."

Winston Churchill on mature liberals

2011-11-22T20:46:00.000-07:00

Winston Churchill:
“If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain.”

John Adams - Property

2011-11-19T20:11:00.001-07:00

John Adams:
Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist.

Ronald Reagan on government "help"

2011-11-17T19:07:00.001-07:00

Ronald Reagan:
"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"

Paul Krugman wrong again

2011-11-15T17:34:00.000-07:00

Paul Krugman makes the argument that Europe's budget woes are not the result of overly generous welfare systems. How can one guy be objectively wrong so often and still have credibility? Joe blow on the street can figure it out but a Nobel Laureate is clueless; go figure.

Paul Krugman wrong again | Gets owned by Nile Gardner

Paul Krugman's original shallow article here

Alternate post title: Legends of the Fallow (Paul Krugman's thought process)

Ronald Reagan Quote

2011-11-14T20:09:00.002-07:00

Ronald Reagan April 12, 1973:
"Heaven help us if government ever gets into the business of protecting us from ourselves."

John Wayne on life

2011-11-14T16:09:00.002-07:00

John Wayne:
“Life is tough, but it’s tougher if you’re stupid.”

Margaret Thatcher on socialism

2011-11-14T14:54:00.002-07:00

Margaret Thatcher:
"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."

Civilizations die by suicide

2011-11-14T13:54:00.003-07:00

The Welfare state can't go on forever.... and won't.

British historian Arnold Toynbee:
″Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder″

Batteries: Which AAs rate an A?

2011-11-13T20:41:00.000-07:00

Which double AA battery is the best value?

Consumer Reports via Yahoo - Battery Review

Thomas Jefferson

2011-11-13T15:01:00.001-07:00

Things you learn from the main stream media

2011-11-13T10:00:00.002-07:00

Ronald Reagan on liberals

2011-11-11T20:42:00.000-07:00

Ronald Reagan:
"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so."

Churchill on socialism

2011-11-11T20:41:00.000-07:00

Winston Churchill:
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

Enslaving a nation, one welfare program at a time

2011-11-03T17:30:00.000-06:00

John Adams:
"There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation,
One is by the sword. The other is by Debt"

A society without religion

2011-11-01T20:07:00.002-06:00

Napoleon:
"A society without religion is like a vessel without compass."

Contrary to liberal dogma

2011-11-01T19:24:00.001-06:00

Winston Churchill:
"The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is."

2011-09-24T12:08:00.002-06:00

George Washington:
“There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet an enemy”

2011-09-24T12:06:00.004-06:00

Ben Franklin:
“Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.”