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Saturday, November 11, 2006

Andy Rooney Spells Out The Differences Between Democrats and Republicans

"Democrats (I think to myself) are liberals who believe the people are basically good, but that they need government help to organize their lives. They believe in freedom so fervently that they think it should be compulsory. They believe that the poor and ignorant are victims of an unfair system and... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Why Politicians Can So Boldly Mislead, Misrepresent, Misdirect, Lie

"Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics." -- Richard Brinsley Sheridan, dramatist, The Duenna, act 2, sc. 4, l. 62-3 Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, October 27, 2006

Why Ignoring Public Opinion Can Hurt Your Political Career

"With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed. Consequently, he who moulds public sentiment, goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or pronounces decisions." -- Abraham Lincoln Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, October 23, 2006

Are You Talking About Bush, And Rove, And Mehlman, And Cheney, And...?

"The problem with ideology is, if you've got an ideology, you've already got your mind made up. You know all the answers and that makes evidence irrelevant and arguments a waste of time. You tend to govern by assertion and attacks." -- President Bill Clinton, speech at Georgetown University, Oct.... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, October 22, 2006

Dubya Commits Prophetic Freudian Slip?

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." -- President George W. Bush, August 5, 2004 Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, October 20, 2006

A Thought On The 109th 'Do Nothing' American Congress

"The world is wearied of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians." -- Benjamin Disraeli Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, October 14, 2006

The Continuing Violence In Our Schools

"The proclivity for extraordinary violence is not just an ailment of the mind, as psychologists like to think. Nor is it only a malaise of the society, as sociologists believe. It is both of these things, but it is also a sickness of the body as distinct and definite as cancer or leprosy." -- Dr.... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, October 8, 2006

Congress And The Quest For The Fountain Of Youth (Not About Foley)

"We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress." -- Will Rogers Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, October 2, 2006

The Military Commissions Act And Selective Suspension Of Habeus Corpus

"The administration of George W. Bush is not a dictatorship, but it does manifest the characteristics of one in embryonic form." -- Jonathan Schell Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 30, 2006

A Fellow Republican Refutes The "Over There" Argument

"Iraq is the latest battlefield in this war. Many terrorists who kill innocent men, women, and children on the streets of Baghdad are followers of the same murderous ideology that took the lives of our citizens in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania. There is only one course of action against... Sign in to see full entry.

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