A Ship Of Fools, A Ship Of Lies...
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"Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days."- Zig Ziglar
"Whenever I think of you, it's like having a wee party in my heart."-Billy Connolly to Dame Judi Dench
In the standard historical usage of the term, a “right” is something that exists simultaneously among people. As such, a right imposes no obligation on another. For example, the right to free speech is something we all possess. My right to free speech imposes no obligation upon another except that of noninterference. Similarly, I have a right to travel freely. Again, that right imposes no obligation upon another except that of noninterference.-Walter E. Williams
Contrast those rights to free speech and travel with the supposed rights to medical care and decent housing. Those supposed rights do impose obligations upon others. We see that by recognizing that there is no Santa Claus or tooth fairy. If one does not have money to pay for a medical service or decent housing and the government provides it, where do you think the government gets the money?
"It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety."-Isaac Asimov
“Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.”― Steve Maraboli
In my opinion we don’t need white people leading the Democratic party right now. The Democratic party is diverse, and it should be reflected as so in leadership and throughout the staff, at the highest levels. From the vice chairs to the secretaries all the way down to the people working in the offices at the DNC.-Symone Sanders, in 2016
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.-Milton Berle
I keep hearing about the "original sin of America" and now "the original sin of the Trump presidency" from a bunch of people who positively do not believe in "original sin". Is the Left becoming a bunch of pseudo-moralistic tent evangelists?-Mike B
Walmart, the company @BernieSanders loves to trash, has created jobs for 1.5 million Americans — each of whom freely chooses to work there.-Jeff Jacoby
The number of jobs Sanders has created is, in round numbers, zero. Why would anyone take his advice on how to be a good employer?
The first formally recognized slaveholder in America was black . . . [H]e was named Anthony Johnson, he was a black Angolan farmer, he was captured in Angola by Arab slave traders, [who] sold him off. He ended up in Virginia, and he was a slave [there]. He was eventually emancipated after his indenture was over, he was freed, and he himself became a successful farmer.
He also owned slaves; so, he owned a black slave named John Casor . . . [T]he question is: are the black descendants of Anthony Johnson, a slave owner, entitled to reparations for slavery? Doesn’t make a whole of sense, does it? Are the black descendants of John Casor- the slave owned by Anthony Johnson- entitled to reparations from the black descendants of Anthony Johnson? So that means, when we have reparations for slavery, that some black descendants of slave owners have to pay reparations to some black descendants of slaves?
How are we going to work that- are we going to be taking DNA tests, and Ancestry.com is going to get hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants just to figure out who was descended from whom? What if you’re descended from a black slave owner and a black slave- does it cancel out? Or a white slave owner and a black slave- how are we going to adjudicate your culpability today in 2019?
“I would like to thank our dear honorable Mr. President… When you called me, I was at home weeping. You were the first who that began my healing. You heal people in the worst of times, and I’m so grateful for that.”-Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, shot at the Poway Synagogue
"Congratulations to Mary Gregory for being one of the greatest female athletes since Caitlyn Jenner."-Tucker Carlson
“No one wants an abortion as she wants an ice cream cone or a Porsche. She wants an abortion as an animal, caught in a trap, wants to gnaw off its own leg.”-Frederica Mathewes-Green
"The Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in a sweeping and systematic fashion."-Amy Klobuchar
Learn the divine skill of making God all things to thee. He can supply thee with all, or, better still, he can be to thee instead of all.-Charles H. Spurgeon
Remember when liberals accused conservatives of not being "nuanced", but they can't tell the difference between Radical Islam and Islam?-Mike. B.
You’re a grand old flag You’re a high flying flag-George M. Cohan
And forever in peace may you wave
You’re the emblem of The land I love
The home of the free and the brave
Every heart beats true ‘Neath the red white and blue
Where there’s never a boast or brag
Should old acquaintance be forgot Keep your eye on the grand old flag
“I believe that the president is literally an existential threat to America”-Joe Biden
“I think it’s legitimate to prefer one culture to another. For example, I prefer cultures that do not tolerate female genital mutilation”- John Cleese
In practice it is clear that in recent cycles, a good chunk of the people running for president aren’t really running for president. They’re running for more media appearances, a post-campaign cable-news gig, maybe hoping to be picked for vice president or a future cabinet post, a bigger book deal some years down the road, and maybe status as the de facto leader of one faction within the party. In short, a bunch of these candidates are running because they want to be celebrities.-Jim Geraghty