Tolerance combined with personal responsibility. From tolerance comes justice and peace. From responsible behavior comes abundance. Find out. Take The Quiz.
“The human race has only one effective weapon, and that is laughter.” -Mark Twain ==
"In every child who is born, under no matter what circumstances,
and of no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again." -- James Agee
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Imagine if 50% of the money transferred to the IRS were instead transferred to the 401K of your choice -
1) - This money would be invested in industry, not squandered by the IRS
2) - You would still own the invested money, both principle and interest. You could will the account to your Grandchildren.
3) - Imagine how much more serene, cooperative and peaceful society would be with government coercion cut in half.
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The Ku Klux Klan intimidated black voters, black laborers and black artisans in order to limit competition.
Today in 2010, Texas bureaucrats test barbers, massage therapists, talent scouts and tow-truck operators. Natural business transition eliminates some vendors from business - those that are bad at carpet cleaning, poor at risk management or suck at customer service. by Mary J. Ruwart, Ph.D.OR, there is an easier method to get rid of the competition - Ask government to license your competition.
"Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there." -- P. J. O'Rourke
(1947- ) US humorist, journalist, & political commentator http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/P..J..O'Rourke.Quote.8112
The liberals are asking us to give Obama time. We agree . . . and think 25 to life would be appropriate. Leno
America needs Obama-care like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask. Leno
Q: Have you heard about McDonald's' new Obama Value Meal?
A: Order anything you like and the guy behind you has to pay for it. Conan O'Brien
Q: What does Barack Obama call lunch with a convicted felon?
A: A fund raiser. Leno
Q: What's the difference between Obama's cabinet and a penitentiary?
A: One is filled with tax evaders, blackmailers and threats to society. The other is for housing prisoners. Letterman
Q: If Nancy Pelosi and Obama were on a boat in the middle of the ocean and it started to sink, who would be saved?
A: America! Fallon
Q: What's the difference between Obama and his dog, Bo?
A: Bo has papers. Kimmel
Q: What was the most positive result of the "Cash for clunkers" program?
A: It took 95% of the Obama bumper stickers off the road. Letterman
"The tendency of all strong governments has always been to suppress liberty, partly in order to ease the processes of rule, partly from sheer disbelief in innovation."
-- John A. Hobson (1858-1940)
Source: Free Thought in the Social Sciences, 1926 http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/John.Hobson.Quote.4078
"In its narrowest acceptation, order means obedience. A government is said to preserve order if it succeeds in getting itself obeyed." -- John Stuart Mill
(1806-1873) English philosopher and economist
Source: Considerations on Representative Government, 1861 http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/John.Stuart.Mill.Quote.A7E6
"The Press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of the government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people." -- Justice Hugo L. Black
(1886-1971) US Supreme Court Justice
Source: New York Times v. Unites States (Pentagon Papers) 1971 http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Hugo.Black.Quote.73D3
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I don't know what the office pays for these. I left the gel pen and now I'm an RSVP convert. I can write with it intermittently all day w/o fatigue. Smooth, legible, large enough for a man - Maybe it's only me, but trying to write with one of those skinny pens drives me batty.
Some writers prefer a click pen but I'm happy with the cap on the RSVP. Best of all, when it stops writing, I'm always pleasantly surprised to verify visually No Ink In The Barrel. Try the medium in black but other colors are available.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuznets_curve
A Kuznets curve is the graphical representation of Simon Kuznets's discoverythat economic inequality increases over time while a country is developing, then after a certain average income is attained, inequality begins to decrease.
"As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending."
-- Andrew Jackson
(1767-1845) 7th US President http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Andrew.Jackson.Quote.A09B