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- "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else."
- "You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time"
- "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror."
- "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, in a final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
- "[T]he illiteracy level of our children are appalling."
- "A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country."
- “A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.”
Manhattan Condo Prices
buh-bye now...
sod off!
[h/t Paul M]
trivia
this morning around 4am...the time and date was 04:05:06 07/08/09
and at exactly 12:34:56 the time and date was 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
dorky I know...
hard up for material
Bob walks into a bar just at about 9:58pm. He sits down at the bar next to a blonde and stares up at the TV. The 10pm news is just starting. The news crew is covering the story of a man on the ledge of a tall building, preparing to jump.
The blonde looks at Bob "Do you think he'll jump?"
Bob says, "Yeah, I bet he'll jump". The blonde says "Well I bet he won't"
Bob places a $20 bill on the bar and says "You're on!"..
Just as the blonde places her money on the bar, the guy on the ledge does a swan dive off the edge, falling to his death...
The blonde was very upset, but willingly handed over the $20 saying, "Fair's fair. Here's your money".
Bob replies, "I can't take your money. I saw this earlier on the 5pm news, so I knew he'd jump"
The blonde replies, "So did I but I didn't think he'd do it again"
House of Cards
I can't recommend this book enough.
speaking of which, getting all Beared up again on the stock market.
the affair
A married man was having an affair with his secretary. One day they went to her place and made love all afternoon. Exhausted, they fell asleep and woke up at 8pm. The man hurriedly dressed and told his lover to take his shoes outside and rub them in the grass and dirt. He then put on his shoes and drove home.
"Where have you been?" his wife demanded
"I can't lie to you", he replied, "I'm having an affair with my secretary and we had sex all afternoon".
"You lying bastard", she screamed, "you've been playing golf!"
the world could do with more Trigs.
Jeebus, this woman could've been president... I mean, Biden's no rocket surgeon, but you GOP guys are nuts.
staggering...
the Walton family, of Wal-Mart fame, is wealthier than the bottom third of the US population put together – about 100m people.
the rest of the article (written by a hedge fund manager) is pretty interesting too - some excerpts
Put
simply, the benefits of economic growth have gone into the pockets of
plutocrats rather than the bulk of the population. So why has there
been no revolution? Because there was a solution: debt. If you couldn’t
earn it, you could borrow it. Cheap financing was made widely
available. Financial innovations such as the asset-backed securities
market aided this process, as did government-sponsored agencies such as
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. […]
The question is whether the debt load – total US credit market debt
outstanding was $53,000bn (€38,000bn, £32,000bn) at the end of March,
or 3.7 times GDP – is at all sustainable and, if not, how it can be
lowered without sinking the economy. […] The debt burden has to come down, which means more saving and lower economic growth for many years to come.
wallstreetjackass is fair and balanced
Cost of a bowl of soup at homeless shelter $0
dollars
Having Michelle Obama serve you your soup $0 dollars
A homeless person who is receiving government funded meals
taking a picture of the First Lady using his $500 Blackberry cell phone...
Priceless
I got ya Michael Jackson jokes right here...
Michael Jackson is not going to be buried or cremated but recycled into shopping bags so he can remain white, plastic and dangerous for kids to play with.
Michael Jackson's family have requested he be melted down and made into toys so the kids can play with him for a change.
Reports of Michael Jackson suffering a cardiac arrest are incorrect. He was found in the childrens ward having a stroke
What are McMahon, MJ and Farrah Faucett waiting for on the 4th of July? Patrick Swayze.
Jockeys at Belmont are going to wear black armbands out of respect for
Michael Jackson who successfully rode more 3 year olds than anyone in living
memory.
Michael Jackson hasn't been this stiff since Macauley Culkin's 10 year old birthday party.
Reports suggest that Michael Jackson's heart attack was brought on by him choking on a small bone.
Breaking News: Michael Jackson didn't die of a heart attack, it was an allergic reaction to 12 year old nuts.
the difference between Jacko and Disney films? Disney films can still touch children.
There may still be hope of bringing him back! Apparently they've sent one of the Charlies Angels in after him!
All of Michael Jackson's dates are now cancelled, including Simon and Ryan aged 5 and 9.
Apparently Michael Jackson died falling over a pram, a police spokesman said it's too early to determine cause of death but don't blame it on the buggy
And finally, Michael Jackson's new song is out this week: "R I P, easy as 1 2 3"
on golf and presidents
from an FT article on Obama's interest in golf...
“It does look like a very good exercise, but what is the little white ball for?” Ulysses S. Grant
“Dan would rather play golf than have sex any day.” Mrs Dan Quayle.
"[Taft's swing] resembled a sumo wrestler trying to swat a gnat”. Don van Natta
“[Eisenhower had a] Jeffersonian conviction that there should be as little government and as much golf as possible”. Alistair Cooke
“I believe you [VP Spiro Agnew] have a slight swing in your flaw,” Jimmy Demaret
“It is amazing how many people beat you at golf now that you’re no longer president.” George Bush (the sane one)
"If I had my way, any man guilty of golf would be ineligible for any office of trust” H.L. Mencken
“Dan would rather play golf than have sex any day.” Mrs Dan Quayle.
"[Taft's swing] resembled a sumo wrestler trying to swat a gnat”. Don van Natta
“[Eisenhower had a] Jeffersonian conviction that there should be as little government and as much golf as possible”. Alistair Cooke
“I believe you [VP Spiro Agnew] have a slight swing in your flaw,” Jimmy Demaret
“It is amazing how many people beat you at golf now that you’re no longer president.” George Bush (the sane one)
"If I had my way, any man guilty of golf would be ineligible for any office of trust” H.L. Mencken
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- "In this springtime of hope, some lights seem eternal; America's is."
- "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."
- "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."
- "Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
- "Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination."
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- "There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses."
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