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1. In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress. -- John Adams

2. If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed. -- Mark Twain

3. Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself. -- Mark Twain

4.. I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle . -- Winston Churchill

5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. -- George Bernard Shaw

6. A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money. -- G. Gordon Liddy

7. Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. -- James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

8. Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.-- Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University

9. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys..=2 0-- P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian

10. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. -- Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)

11.. Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
-- Ronald Reagan (1986)

12. I don't make jokes.. I just watch the government and report the facts.
-- Will Rogers

13. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free!-- P.J. O'Rourke

14. In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. -- Voltaire (1764)

15. Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you! -- Pericles (430 B.C.)

16. No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
-- Mark Twain (1866)

17. Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it. -- Anonymous
 

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Ray-Ray,

As forum moderator, I ask you do the forum a favor and try to post more stuff like this (that's actually worth reading) instead of all the :mj21: you normally post.

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Moderator Trench
 

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By James Carville
CNN Contributor

Editor's Note: James Carville, a Democratic strategist who serves as a political contributor for CNN, was the Clinton-Gore campaign manager in 1992 and political adviser to President Clinton. He is active in Democratic politics and a party fundraiser.

James Carville says the president's trip to England was a success.

1 of 2 (CNN) -- If a statesman is one who looks to the next generation and a politician one who looks to the next election, a political consultant must be one who looks to the next tracking poll. Well, I'll go one better and just look at today -- April 2, 2009.

This has most likely been President Obama's best single day since inauguration.

His and first lady Michelle Obama's first foray onto the world stage since being elected cannot be dubbed anything but successful. Obama appeared to be quite comfortable and confident as president of the United States at the G-20 summit that produced an unprecedented global economic recovery package.

The president's polling numbers at home are coming in at an impressive rate. A Democracy Corps poll taken this week found that the percentage of likely voters saying the country is going in the right direction is up to 38 percent, the highest level recorded in more than three years.

His budget is sure to be passed by Congress. And the recent special election in New York's 20th Congressional District in which Democrat Scott Murphy initially trailed by more than 20 points -- but wound up slightly ahead before officials count absentee ballots -- shows that the GOP is making few, if any gains among voters.

To top it all off (at least for now), the financial markets are expressing confidence in the president's leadership as they are expected to close up for the fourth straight week.

However, the real measure of how well the president is doing is indicated by two stunning events in the Republican Party just Thursday. First, on Rick Sanchez's program on CNN, Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tennessee, completely dissed the de-facto leader of the Republican Party, Rush Limbaugh, by referring to him as an "entertainer," which is the more common description only the left-wing blogosphere would dare to use.

Carville: Jindal leads 'march of folly'
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Wamp went on to say that he didn't pay attention to Limbaugh. I'll bet that the Zachster did a little polling in Tennessee and discovered that El Rushbo would be a pretty heavy load to carry around the Volunteer State in his run for governor.

Then my friend and a recent guest at my class at Tulane University, GOP strategist extraordinaire and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, became so frustrated with the Republican congressional leadership that Thursday in Missouri he opened up the possibility of a third party forming before the 2012 election. "If the Republicans can't break out of being the right wing party of big government, then I think you would see a third party movement in 2012," Gingrich reportedly said.

Clearly a day does not make a presidency. But if President Obama has more like April 2, 2009, he'll be able to govern much more like a statesman than a politician.
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RAY RAY

People around the world are beginning to love America again. Stock market up, cars starting to be sold again, housing market to follow upwards,
new jobs with stimulus, more money in our paychecks, no more lies, no more wars without careful intelligence, no more Bush and Dicky

change we can believe in !:00hour
 

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DOGS THAT BARK

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Ray-Ray,

As forum moderator, I ask you do the forum a favor and try to post more stuff like this (that's actually worth reading) instead of all the :mj21: you normally post.

Signed,
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You would be the one that lets political threads in general discussion until some puts in statistical data to contrary and then immediately drops thread to political forum would you?
 

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You would be the one that lets political threads in general discussion until some puts in statistical data to contrary and then immediately drops thread to political forum would you?

DTB, that could be you. Still waiting for a couple of answers from you, based on your own statements. Do you need a refresher? You stated everything was fine with Bush until the DEMS came in the last two years and changed everything. You ran some figures mostly trailing indicators but you did not identify them as such. And when I asked you to point to one single legislation legislation that the Dems past over a Bush veto that changed things you didn't answer. No one really expects you to answer the question. So go ahead, get personal. :142smilie
 

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Why don't you bring up thread and we'll see if your question was answered--
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Ramond--I like your quotes but you need to be a little bi-partisan

"I promise no pork in the stimulus package"
Nancy Peolsi

For the 1st time in my adult life I proud to be an American
Michelle Obama

I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of [COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]tax [/FONT][COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]increase[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR]. Not your income [COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]tax[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR]

, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains [COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]taxes[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR], not any of your taxes.
Barack Obama


I don't take a dime of their [lobbyist] money, and when I am president, they won't find a job in my White House.
Barack Obama


I think when you spread the [COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]wealth[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR] around it's good for everybody.
Barack Obama



John [COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Kerry[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR]

believes in an America where hard work is rewarded.
Barack Obama

Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the [COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]United [/FONT][COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]States[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR]

. I've now been in 57 states? I think one left to go.
Barack Obama

We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That's not leadership. That's not going to happen.
Barack Obama

We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.
Barack Obama

I believe I'm a better authority than anybody else in America on my own wife. I have never known a person with a stronger sense of right and wrong in my life ever.
William J. Clinton

I tried marijuana once. I did not inhale.
William J. Clinton

If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program.
William J. Clinton

But I want to say one thing to the American people. I want you to listen to me. I'm going to say this again: I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time; never. These allegations are false, and I need to go back to work for the American people. Thank you.
Bill Clinton

followed later by :)

"It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is. If the--if he--if 'is' means is and never has been, that is not--that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement....Now, if someone had asked me on that day, are you having any kind of sexual relations with Ms. Lewinsky, that is, asked me a question in the present tense, I would have said no. And it would have been completely true."








?I believe it is the time for civil disobedience to prevent the construction of new coal plants.?

Al Gore

If you are nominated for President in 2008 and your major opponents agree to forgo private funding in the general election campaign, will you participate in the presidential public financing system?
OBAMA: "Yes."
 

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good post Ray. Great quotes from some of my favorite people (especially Pericles, oh the times we had...but that is fodder for another thread). I have to concur with Trench on this matter.
 

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DTB, that could be you. Still waiting for a couple of answers from you, based on your own statements. Do you need a refresher? You stated everything was fine with Bush until the DEMS came in the last two years and changed everything.

Did he really say that?

I have to admit I don't read 99% of his BS.
 

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Wayne is an enigma wrapped inside of a ky hillbilly. He knows the difference. He is actually quite savy financially speaking. He is just a hopeless shill for what was once the GOP.
 
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