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    "If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one's own self-deception and ignorance." Marcus Aurelius
    Last edited by alismith; 04-17-2022 at 05:42 PM.
    "Valar morghulis; valar dohaeris."

    Commucrats are most efficient at converting sins and crimes to accidents or misunderstandings.-Oswald Bastable

    Making good people helpless won't make bad people harmless.

    Freedom isn't free.

    "Attitude is the paintbrush that colors our world." TV Series, Haven.

    My Spirit Animal has rabies.

    I'd rather be an American than a Democrat.

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    “Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.”--― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
    Where are we going and why are we in this handbasket???

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    Someone once wrote "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
    This is incorrect.

    "No honest or honorable man has EVER been corrupted by power, but power is constantly sought after and corrupted by fools, cowards and petty tyrants."
    Redbeard

    Need proof?
    After General George Washington defeated the British in the Revolutionary War, he could have become a king.
    Which leads to our next quote:
    "I did not defeat George the Third of England to become George the First of America."
    George Washington

    When our Representative Republic was founded, Washington only agreed to run for President with a steadfast condition he would serve no more than two terms.
    This was an unwritten rule, until a Democrat named Franklin Delano Roosevelt took the office.
    Once he was gone the 22nd Amendment was added to the Constitution and future Presidents were legally limited to only two terms.

    Ever since then, the progressives and communists (wait, is that redundant?) have been trying to tear down and destroy Washington and the Founding Fathers as 'old white men' and 'elitists' claiming their legacy was built with 'slavery' on 'stolen land'.

    About time we told these progressive, liberal, communist, ass clowns to Get the Fuck Out.

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    "The closer to the truth, the better the lie." Isaac Asimov

    This quote explains why more people are starting to wake up to the Commucrats' lies. They have gone so far from the truth, that people are starting to see who they really are.

    They are no longer trying to stay close to the truth; they are just purporting one fantasy after another and when they are called out on it, they use another fantasy to support their claims.

    They haven't, yet, realized that you can only lie to people for so long before they start to see they've been lied to the whole time. They're building a house of lies...one lie to support another to support another. Pretty soon it's all going to crash.
    Last edited by alismith; 09-19-2022 at 09:51 PM.
    "Valar morghulis; valar dohaeris."

    Commucrats are most efficient at converting sins and crimes to accidents or misunderstandings.-Oswald Bastable

    Making good people helpless won't make bad people harmless.

    Freedom isn't free.

    "Attitude is the paintbrush that colors our world." TV Series, Haven.

    My Spirit Animal has rabies.

    I'd rather be an American than a Democrat.

    "If you can make a man afraid, you can control him" Netflix Series, The Irregulars

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    Quote Originally Posted by alismith View Post
    "If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one's own self-deception and ignorance." Marcus Aurelius
    Yes!
    If we refuse to rule ourselves with reason, then we shall be ruled by our passions.

    He, Who Will Not Reason, Is a Bigot; He, Who Cannot, Is a Fool; and He, Who Dares Not, Is a Slave. -Sir William Drummond

    There are some things I will not abide within my sight!

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    Quotes attributed to scientist and SYFY author, Robert Heinlein.

    A generation which ignores history has no past -- and no future.

    If you would know a man, observe how he treats a cat.

    Stupidity is the only true capital crime.

    Some people talk better when they breathe vacuum.

    If it can't be expressed in figures it is not science.

    Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception.

    One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.

    Stupidity, if left untreated, is self-correcting.
    “I have little patience with people who take the Bill of Rights for granted. The Bill of Rights, contained in the first ten amendments to the Constitution, is every American’s guarantee of freedom.” - - President Harry S. Truman, “Years of Trial and Hope”

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    I would change that last quote to:

    Stupidity, if left untreated, is self-perpetuating.
    "Valar morghulis; valar dohaeris."

    Commucrats are most efficient at converting sins and crimes to accidents or misunderstandings.-Oswald Bastable

    Making good people helpless won't make bad people harmless.

    Freedom isn't free.

    "Attitude is the paintbrush that colors our world." TV Series, Haven.

    My Spirit Animal has rabies.

    I'd rather be an American than a Democrat.

    "If you can make a man afraid, you can control him" Netflix Series, The Irregulars

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    Quote Originally Posted by alismith View Post
    I would change that last quote to:

    Stupidity, if left untreated, is self-perpetuating.
    Maybe.
    It's like the old joke about "celibacy". It corrects itself in one generation. Or at least it did until technology found a way around that.
    “I have little patience with people who take the Bill of Rights for granted. The Bill of Rights, contained in the first ten amendments to the Constitution, is every American’s guarantee of freedom.” - - President Harry S. Truman, “Years of Trial and Hope”

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    "We don't have inflation because we are living too well, we have inflation because government is living too well!" ~ Ronald Reagan.
    If we refuse to rule ourselves with reason, then we shall be ruled by our passions.

    He, Who Will Not Reason, Is a Bigot; He, Who Cannot, Is a Fool; and He, Who Dares Not, Is a Slave. -Sir William Drummond

    There are some things I will not abide within my sight!

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    "You can't kill evil enough," Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd

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    "Valar morghulis; valar dohaeris."

    Commucrats are most efficient at converting sins and crimes to accidents or misunderstandings.-Oswald Bastable

    Making good people helpless won't make bad people harmless.

    Freedom isn't free.

    "Attitude is the paintbrush that colors our world." TV Series, Haven.

    My Spirit Animal has rabies.

    I'd rather be an American than a Democrat.

    "If you can make a man afraid, you can control him" Netflix Series, The Irregulars

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    "They said a .22-caliber bullet will lodge in the lung, and we can probably get it out — may be able to get it and save the life. A 9mm bullet blows the lung out of the body," Biden said.

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    Now you're just talking jibberish...
    If we refuse to rule ourselves with reason, then we shall be ruled by our passions.

    He, Who Will Not Reason, Is a Bigot; He, Who Cannot, Is a Fool; and He, Who Dares Not, Is a Slave. -Sir William Drummond

    There are some things I will not abide within my sight!

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    Every compromise is surrender and invites new demands.

    Bad people are usually not happy.

    Silence is the best defense for ignorance.

    Unless you can do better; do not criticize.

    The memory that you leave behind is your memorial.

    8,789 Words of Wisdom
    "Valar morghulis; valar dohaeris."

    Commucrats are most efficient at converting sins and crimes to accidents or misunderstandings.-Oswald Bastable

    Making good people helpless won't make bad people harmless.

    Freedom isn't free.

    "Attitude is the paintbrush that colors our world." TV Series, Haven.

    My Spirit Animal has rabies.

    I'd rather be an American than a Democrat.

    "If you can make a man afraid, you can control him" Netflix Series, The Irregulars

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    Evil consists of destroying life, doing it injury, hindering its development.... Albert Schweitzer

    Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as cooperation with good.... Mohandas Gandhi
    "Valar morghulis; valar dohaeris."

    Commucrats are most efficient at converting sins and crimes to accidents or misunderstandings.-Oswald Bastable

    Making good people helpless won't make bad people harmless.

    Freedom isn't free.

    "Attitude is the paintbrush that colors our world." TV Series, Haven.

    My Spirit Animal has rabies.

    I'd rather be an American than a Democrat.

    "If you can make a man afraid, you can control him" Netflix Series, The Irregulars

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    “Any time you beg another man to set you free, you will never be free. Freedom is something that you have to do for yourselves.”---Malcolm X
    Where are we going and why are we in this handbasket???

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    “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” - - Arthur C. Clarke, from “Profiles of the Future” (1962)

    “When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.” - - Arthur C. Clarke, from “Profiles of the Future” (1962)

    "Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth." - - Albert Einstein

    "The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it." - - Albert Einstein

    “Chance favors the prepared mind.” - - Louis Pasteur

    “A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.” - - Leonard Nimoy

    “The Earth is the cradle of mankind, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.” - - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the “Father” of Russian rocketry

    “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” - - John F. Kennedy

    “Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.” - - James Dean
    “I have little patience with people who take the Bill of Rights for granted. The Bill of Rights, contained in the first ten amendments to the Constitution, is every American’s guarantee of freedom.” - - President Harry S. Truman, “Years of Trial and Hope”

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    "Begin where you are." 8,789 Words of Wisdom
    "Valar morghulis; valar dohaeris."

    Commucrats are most efficient at converting sins and crimes to accidents or misunderstandings.-Oswald Bastable

    Making good people helpless won't make bad people harmless.

    Freedom isn't free.

    "Attitude is the paintbrush that colors our world." TV Series, Haven.

    My Spirit Animal has rabies.

    I'd rather be an American than a Democrat.

    "If you can make a man afraid, you can control him" Netflix Series, The Irregulars

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    "The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws."---Ayn Rand
    Where are we going and why are we in this handbasket???

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    "Mystery is about perception."

    "History explains why we are where we are."

    "A complete person does not accuse others of creating his misfortunes."

    "Never underestimate your enemy."

    from 8,789 words of wisdom
    "Valar morghulis; valar dohaeris."

    Commucrats are most efficient at converting sins and crimes to accidents or misunderstandings.-Oswald Bastable

    Making good people helpless won't make bad people harmless.

    Freedom isn't free.

    "Attitude is the paintbrush that colors our world." TV Series, Haven.

    My Spirit Animal has rabies.

    I'd rather be an American than a Democrat.

    "If you can make a man afraid, you can control him" Netflix Series, The Irregulars

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    "No matter how bad things get; they can always get worse, so quit crying and go find the asshole who took it"

    my grandpa when i was 8 after my brand new Schwinn "stingray" got stolen

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