A government big enough to
give you everything you want,
is strong enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jefferson Fifty Cents an Hour
The Builders and Boomtowns of the Fort Peck Dam
by Helena author/historian Lois Lonnquist, now available in it's second
printing.
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Quote Of The Week
The inherent vice of
capitalism is the unequal
sharing of the blessings.
The inherent blessing
of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. Winston Churchill
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Thoughts
While Watching The Cold Autumn Rain Fall
I 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
A liberal is someone who
feels a great debt to his fellow man,
a debt he
proposes to pay off with your money. G Gordon Liddy
Democracy must be something
more than two wolves
and a sheep
voting on what to have for dinner. James Bovard
Foreign aid might be
defined as a transfer of
money from poor people in rich countries
to rich people in poor countries. Douglas Casey
Government is the great
fiction, through which
everybody endeavors to live at the expense of
everybody else. Frederic Bastiat, French Economist
In general, the art of
government consists of taking as much money as possible from
one party
of the citizens
to give to the other. Voltaire
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
Just because you do not
take an interest in politics
doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. Pericles (430 B.C.)
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Good Service Tip Of The Week
If your lips would keep from slips,
Of five things have a care:
To whom you speak, of whom you speak, And how, and when, and
where.
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In Hindsight
"This, the greatest of all wars, is not just another
war--it is the last war." H.G. Wells, writer, on
World War I
"The depression is over." President
Herbert Hoover in 1930, 10 years before it ended.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Kipling, but you just don't know how
to use the English language."
The editor of the San Francisco Examiner, rejecting an 1889
article by Rudyard Kipling.
"The bullet hasn't been made that can kill me." Gangster
Jack "Legs" Diamond in 1929.
He may have been technically correct, since it is not known when
the bullets
that riddled his body two years later were actually manufactured.
Humor is the shock absorber of life.
The hero is the one who kindles a great light in the world,
who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to
see by.
The saint is the man who walks through the dark paths of the
world, himself a light. Felix Adler
What this country needs is more free speech worth listening
to. Hansell B. Duckett
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. Josh
Billings
Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it. George
Eliot
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do
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Jokes that go over like a lead balloon
I think
someone should invent Beerguard, after all, how often do you
actually spill Scotch on the carpet?
OWIM
(Oh Well It’s Monday) Signs we'd like to see...
*for a towing company: "We don't charge an arm and a leg. We
want tows."
*at an optometrist's office: "If you don't see what you're
looking for, you've come to the right place."
*outside a muffler shop: "No appointment necessary. We hear
you coming."
The Writer's Block * Editing is a rewording activity
How
important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and
she-roes! ~Maya Angelou
Fortune Cookies TYou have a conscience that is a gift of God
The
Classic Sayings:
The scientific name for an animal that doesn't either run from or
fight its enemies is lunch. Michael Friedman
The Final Word From Treebranch
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts;
but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in
certainties. Sir Francis Bacon
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