tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post5757730821581643491..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Sigh.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79287207246292653852008-11-29T06:57:00.000-05:002008-11-29T06:57:00.000-05:00See you at the WPA camp! :)See you at the WPA camp! :)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76455791775672956892008-11-28T22:58:00.000-05:002008-11-28T22:58:00.000-05:00"hiring people to dig holes and fill them back up ..."hiring people to dig holes and fill them back up again, and pay them with the taxes that come out of their paychecks"<BR/><BR/>As apt an analogy of communism as I have ever read. It's going to be a long 4 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-21599231627117317152008-11-28T03:25:00.000-05:002008-11-28T03:25:00.000-05:00Kick the Queen's ass as she leaves.Inbred bastards...Kick the Queen's ass as she leaves.<BR/><BR/>Inbred bastards.<BR/><BR/>Codeword BROOT.<BR/><BR/>I really get the good ones!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-77258616051192119932008-11-27T21:42:00.000-05:002008-11-27T21:42:00.000-05:00TBeck, If they changed their gun laws and got ...TBeck,<BR/> If they changed their gun laws and got rid of that idiotic socialized medicine I would happily return to the land of my ancestors. Well, the land of some of my ancestors anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-168796954262803162008-11-27T19:26:00.000-05:002008-11-27T19:26:00.000-05:00If we're tossing quotes around here is one of my f...If we're tossing quotes around here is one of my favorites:<BR/><BR/>Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. - Henry Lewis Mencken <BR/><BR/>Screw this, I'm emigrating to Ireland!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-83759312531057083122008-11-27T15:00:00.000-05:002008-11-27T15:00:00.000-05:00Big Government people have found a way to act like...Big Government people have found a way to act like Small Government people, and yet make it looks like their big government ideas were that actual cause. Clever.<BR/><BR/>Instead of just giving a damn tax cut ala JFK and Ronnie Maximus, they keep the tax rate up, then issue government checks to all, to make it look like you're really getting something for nothing, when in fact you're just getting back what they took in the first place, the fruits of your efforts.<BR/><BR/>Then they can say, "see, we in Big Government know more than you, and know when to *let* you have some of *our* money to play with."<BR/><BR/>wf: exeeplef. Yeah, expletive, indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-53452028499075119392008-11-27T14:38:00.000-05:002008-11-27T14:38:00.000-05:00But hey, if if the Govt. promises to stack those b...But hey, if if the Govt. promises to stack those bricks in the backyard of people who don't have any bricks, and only keep about half of them for themselves to pay brickstackers, isn't that progress instead of a net loss?<BR/><BR/>Oh, wait, no. No, it isn't.<BR/><BR/>KsRKingsideRookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962380921448509952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-34222973855560245662008-11-27T13:12:00.000-05:002008-11-27T13:12:00.000-05:00"We are living in a sick society filled with peopl..."We are living in a sick society filled with people who would not directly steal from their neighbor, but who are willing to demand that the government do it for them." William L. Comer<BR/><BR/>"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." Thomas Jefferson<BR/><BR/>"To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to impose a penalty on people for having worked harder and saved more than their neighbors." John Stuart Mill<BR/><BR/>"We 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<BR/><BR/>"The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. Payments to foreign governments must be reduced. If the nation doesn't want to go bankrupt, people must again learn to work, instead of living on public assisstance." Marcus Tullius Cicero<BR/><BR/>And now my favorite.<BR/>"If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else's expense, then you have no right to complain when they take your money and give it to someone else, including themselves." Thomas SowellDivemedichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14583007051962299381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-73093561125462738562008-11-27T12:52:00.000-05:002008-11-27T12:52:00.000-05:00It's supposedly about the velocity of money.It's n...It's supposedly about the velocity of money.<BR/>It's not enough for there to be money, it has to be changing hands for the economy to run. Right now everyone is rightly clutching what they have and just breathing shallowly. The dubious theory is that the government can inject not money, but motion to the money, to get things going again.<BR/><BR/>It didn't work in the '30s, but seems to have been some help since then. Worth the cost? Not a chance.GeorgeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736838055941100599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-17535363569936880502008-11-27T12:12:00.000-05:002008-11-27T12:12:00.000-05:00"Boost" is no idle verb in this context."Boost" is no idle verb in this context.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59543400326898102092008-11-27T11:42:00.000-05:002008-11-27T11:42:00.000-05:00Why wouldn't they believe it? They've been listeni...Why wouldn't they believe it? <BR/><BR/>They've been listening to 70 years worth of propaganda describing how FDR saved the world economy by nationalizing everything he could get his hands on.Adrian Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05966665618865037355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41653441995373061662008-11-27T11:39:00.000-05:002008-11-27T11:39:00.000-05:00And, then again, they could just crank the printin...And, then again, they could just crank the printing presses to plaid.Hunsdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188706369004532171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-92107739297737857822008-11-27T10:20:00.000-05:002008-11-27T10:20:00.000-05:00Oh, I don't know. The gummint could raise some cas...Oh, I don't know. The gummint could raise some cash privateering. Which would be amusing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41310468780795683342008-11-27T10:05:00.000-05:002008-11-27T10:05:00.000-05:00Look, it's Europe, they suck, they are socialist i...Look, it's Europe, they suck, they are socialist idiots, when they get into trouble, they will run to us to bail them out, next............atlharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02038518966004553345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-2075359014372728932008-11-27T09:43:00.000-05:002008-11-27T09:43:00.000-05:00Well said, and a pox on the EU.Well said, and a pox on the EU.knirirrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02204415918424861357noreply@blogger.com