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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Quick Quips – 1/5/10

Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators. ~ Will Rogers

If the Price Is Right by Chuck Norris at Townhall.com
  At almost 80 years old, Thomas Jefferson foresaw the corruption of a federal government with too much power, when he wrote to William T. Barry in 1822, just a few years before his death: "If ever this vast country is brought under a single government, it will be one of the most extensive corruption(s), indifferent and incapable of a wholesome care over so wide a spread of surface." "Wholesome care" like universal health care?
  I waited until the new year to write this column because Washington was hoping its Christmas corruption would evade the majority of holiday revelers or become old news to even political junkies and pundits, who now are moving on to new issues. (This White House astutely understands and utilizes news cycles and calendars far better than any previous administration.)…
  Tired yet of the congressional charade and the bogus beneficiaries of health care? I'm done; I've had enough. They've tried to pull a fast one on us for the last time. Those corrupt crime bosses we call congressmen have caused enough damage. It's time to push for some serious housecleaning this next election.
  In November 2010, all 435 House seats will be open for re-election, and one-third of the Senate seats will be open for re-election, as well. The time is now to eject the unconstitutional and corrupt congressmen, and it's time to let them know what's coming. Read more…

I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.  ~ H. L. Mencken

A civilization becomes incompetent when it fails to learn from or becomes crippled by the lessons of its past. http://ow.ly/SYi2

How to Recognize and Fight a Terrorist on a Plane by Randy Plante: The attempted bombing of Delta/Northwest 253 on Christmas Day was not the first from the Islamic terrorists nor will it be the last. Since I am a pilot, I have had people ask what a passenger can do onboard an airplane to help thwart a terrorist attack... Read More

Dignity: You are Undignified and Shameless, Mr. President 

Democrats in favor of amnesty have agreed to vote for President Barack Obama’s health care legislation in exchange for an Obama promise for amnesty legislation later this year.

Laughing at NYT's David Brooks: Tea Party people are stupid, but they are having an impact.

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