Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Another Great Quote
"Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh." ~ W. H. Auden
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Some quotes that I've accumulated:
Some quotes that I've accumulated:
"No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous."
~ Henry Adams
"Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art."
~ Charles McCabe
"No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately."
~ Michel de Montaigne
"An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it."
~ Laurence J. Peter
"Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn."
~ C. S. Lewis
"Furious activity is no substitute for understanding."
~ H. H. Williams
"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."
~ William Shakespeare
"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night."
~ Edgar Allan Poe
"When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him."
~ Thomas Szasz
"I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow."
~ Woodrow Wilson
"When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it."
~ Bernard Bailey
"Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible."
~ Frank Moore Colby
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
~ Bilbo Baggins
"Try to learn something about everything and everything about something."
~ Thomas H. Huxley
"Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand."
~ Putt's Law
"If you're not scared or angry at the thought of a human brain being controlled remotely, then it could be this prototype of mine is finally starting to work."
~ John Alejandro King
"He who builds a better mousetrap these days runs into material shortages, patent-infringement suits, work stoppages, collusive bidding, discount discrimination - and taxes."
~ H. E. Martz
"If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten."
~ George Carlin
"Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist."
~George Carlin
"Chi son? Sono un poeta. Che cosa faccio? Scrivo. E come vivo? Vivo."
(Who am I? I am a poet. What do I do? I write. And how do I live? I live.)
~ Puccini
"Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot better about myself."
~ Jane Wagner
"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
"No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous."
~ Henry Adams
"Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art."
~ Charles McCabe
"No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately."
~ Michel de Montaigne
"An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it."
~ Laurence J. Peter
"Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn."
~ C. S. Lewis
"Furious activity is no substitute for understanding."
~ H. H. Williams
"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."
~ William Shakespeare
"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night."
~ Edgar Allan Poe
"When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him."
~ Thomas Szasz
"I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow."
~ Woodrow Wilson
"When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it."
~ Bernard Bailey
"Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible."
~ Frank Moore Colby
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
~ Bilbo Baggins
"Try to learn something about everything and everything about something."
~ Thomas H. Huxley
"Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand."
~ Putt's Law
"If you're not scared or angry at the thought of a human brain being controlled remotely, then it could be this prototype of mine is finally starting to work."
~ John Alejandro King
"He who builds a better mousetrap these days runs into material shortages, patent-infringement suits, work stoppages, collusive bidding, discount discrimination - and taxes."
~ H. E. Martz
"If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten."
~ George Carlin
"Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist."
~George Carlin
"Chi son? Sono un poeta. Che cosa faccio? Scrivo. E come vivo? Vivo."
(Who am I? I am a poet. What do I do? I write. And how do I live? I live.)
~ Puccini
"Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot better about myself."
~ Jane Wagner
"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
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
UN Voting by US Foreign Aid Recipients
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AND CIRCULATED IN 2003:
The United States gives $13.3 billion tax dollars in direct Foreign Aid annually. The United States is above and beyond the single most generous benefactor of the United Nations, donating $2.4 billion dollars of OUR money, to primarily third-world dictators.
This amount is 25% of the United Nations budget. In addition, the United States also gives another $1.4 billion tax dollars to United Nations' programs and agencies. The American taxpayers fund more for the United Nations than ALL of the other 177 member nations COMBINED.
What most Americans do not realize is that the vast majority of the recipients of US Foreign Aid routinely vote against the wishes of the United States in the UN at an average rate of 74%. In other words, of the $13.3 billion tax dollars invested in direct Foreign Aid only about 26% or $3.5 billion went to support people who endorsed American initiatives or causes. A staggering $9.8 billion tax dollars went to causes and people who were and are in open and direct opposition to the United States' interests and objectives.
Below are the actual voting records of various Arabic/Islamic States which are recorded in both the US State Department and United Nations records.
Kuwait votes against the United States 67% of the time.
Qatar votes against the United States 67% of the time.
Morocco votes against the United States 70% of the time.
United Arab Emirates votes against the US.. 70% of the time.
Jordan votes against the United States 71% of the time.
Tunisia votes against the United States 71% of the time.
Saudi Arabia votes against the United States 73% of the time.
Yemen votes against the United States 74% of the time
Algeria votes against the United States 74% of the time.
Oman votes against the United States 74% of the time
Sudan votes against the United States 75% of the time.
Pakistan votes against the United States 75% of the time.
Libya votes against the United States 76% of the time.
Egypt votes against the United States 79% of the time.
Lebanon votes against the United States 80% of the time.
India votes against the United States 81% of the time.
Syria votes against the United States 84% of the time.
Mauritania votes against the United States 87% of! the time.
US Foreign Aid to those that hate us:
Egypt, for example, after voting 79% of the time against the United States, still receives $2 billion annually in US Foreign Aid.
Jordan votes 71% against the United States and receives $192,814,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.
Pakistan votes 75% against the United States receives $6,721,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.
India votes 81% against the United States receives $143,699,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.
Perhaps it is time to get out of the UN and give the tax savings back to the American workers who are having to skimp and sacrifice to pay the taxes.
CautiousOptimist -> Validated by Snopes as "True."
(http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/unvote.asp)
The United States gives $13.3 billion tax dollars in direct Foreign Aid annually. The United States is above and beyond the single most generous benefactor of the United Nations, donating $2.4 billion dollars of OUR money, to primarily third-world dictators.
This amount is 25% of the United Nations budget. In addition, the United States also gives another $1.4 billion tax dollars to United Nations' programs and agencies. The American taxpayers fund more for the United Nations than ALL of the other 177 member nations COMBINED.
What most Americans do not realize is that the vast majority of the recipients of US Foreign Aid routinely vote against the wishes of the United States in the UN at an average rate of 74%. In other words, of the $13.3 billion tax dollars invested in direct Foreign Aid only about 26% or $3.5 billion went to support people who endorsed American initiatives or causes. A staggering $9.8 billion tax dollars went to causes and people who were and are in open and direct opposition to the United States' interests and objectives.
Below are the actual voting records of various Arabic/Islamic States which are recorded in both the US State Department and United Nations records.
Kuwait votes against the United States 67% of the time.
Qatar votes against the United States 67% of the time.
Morocco votes against the United States 70% of the time.
United Arab Emirates votes against the US.. 70% of the time.
Jordan votes against the United States 71% of the time.
Tunisia votes against the United States 71% of the time.
Saudi Arabia votes against the United States 73% of the time.
Yemen votes against the United States 74% of the time
Algeria votes against the United States 74% of the time.
Oman votes against the United States 74% of the time
Sudan votes against the United States 75% of the time.
Pakistan votes against the United States 75% of the time.
Libya votes against the United States 76% of the time.
Egypt votes against the United States 79% of the time.
Lebanon votes against the United States 80% of the time.
India votes against the United States 81% of the time.
Syria votes against the United States 84% of the time.
Mauritania votes against the United States 87% of! the time.
US Foreign Aid to those that hate us:
Egypt, for example, after voting 79% of the time against the United States, still receives $2 billion annually in US Foreign Aid.
Jordan votes 71% against the United States and receives $192,814,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.
Pakistan votes 75% against the United States receives $6,721,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.
India votes 81% against the United States receives $143,699,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.
Perhaps it is time to get out of the UN and give the tax savings back to the American workers who are having to skimp and sacrifice to pay the taxes.
CautiousOptimist -> Validated by Snopes as "True."
(http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/unvote.asp)
545 PEOPLE (Attributed to Charlie Reese )
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them. Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits? Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes? You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does.
You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does. You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does. You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does. You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred Senators, 435 Congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court justices, 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.
I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party. What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes.
Who is the speaker of the House? Nancy Pelosi. She is the leader of the majority party. She and fellow House members, not the President, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair. If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red. If the Army & Marines are in Iraq, it's because they want them in Iraq. If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.
There are no insoluble government problems. Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible. They, and they alone, have the power. They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses. Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees. We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
CautiousOptimist-> If you agree with Mr. Reese's rant, then please hit http://www.voteofnoconfidence.org/, and follow their suggestions.
You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does. You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does. You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does. You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred Senators, 435 Congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court justices, 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.
I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party. What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes.
Who is the speaker of the House? Nancy Pelosi. She is the leader of the majority party. She and fellow House members, not the President, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair. If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red. If the Army & Marines are in Iraq, it's because they want them in Iraq. If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.
There are no insoluble government problems. Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible. They, and they alone, have the power. They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses. Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees. We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
CautiousOptimist-> If you agree with Mr. Reese's rant, then please hit http://www.voteofnoconfidence.org/, and follow their suggestions.
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