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    Quote of the week.

    Once again, from the inimitable H. L. Mencken:


    “If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.”
    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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    From JACKYL, She Loves My Cock.
    Don't Let the Bastards wear you down. Gen Joseph "Vinager Joe" Stillwell.

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    When you really wish to prove your erudition and intelligence...be profane. — Oswald Bastable
    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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    "An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens." Thomas Jefferson, 1813

    Honest men, in government, are so few and far apart nowadays.
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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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    "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." H.L. Mencken
    Where are we going and why are we in this handbasket???

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    Yo...Nashorn...see this shit? This is why I started this series of posts.

    alismith and weevil are with the program...get with the program!
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Oswald Bastable View Post
    When you really wish to prove your erudition and intelligence...be profane. — Oswald Bastable
    Similar: "Profanity is the effort of a feeble mind trying to express itself forcibly".
    Gentlemen may prefer Blondes, but Real Men prefer Redheads!

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    “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” - - Walter Elias Disney

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

    "Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value." - - Albert Einstein
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    "It'll never be today again." Flo from the Progressive Insurance Commercial
    "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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