May 2011
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“The doctrine of hatred must be preached as the counteraction of the doctrine of...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson - Self-Reliance
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“What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule,...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson - Self-Reliance
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“My goal in life is getting those ideas out, not even having it be a partisan...”
– Ron Paul
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Activists for the poor... please. →
From the comments:
“I’m shocked they didn’t ask WalMart to provide unicorns that shit rainbows.”
All of these so called “activist groups for the poor” need to pull their heads out of their own asses and realize the best thing you can do for these so called “poor” people is to leave them alone and stop attempting to impose absurd request upon...
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““Alcohol didn’t cause the high crime rates of the ’20s and ’30s, Prohibition...”
– US District Judge James C. Paine, addressing the Federal Bar Association in Miami, November, 1991 (via combattant-de-la-liberte)
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Hostages to the weakest... →
We could solve this problem by letting people with real rifles have a pot shot at panic inducing morons who do not think before they act.
It is depressing that we as an entire population are at times held at bay by the weakest among us.
Unfortunately, and unlike animals, we prop up our weak and allow them to remain weak; wasting countless amounts of research, time, and money.
Random fragments of rainy seasons: John Cale -... →
First Evening by Arthur Rimbaud
Her clothes were almost off; Outside, a curious tree Beat a branch at the window To see what it could see. Perched on my enormous easy chair, Half nude, she clasped her hands. Her feet trembled on the floor, As soft as they could be. I watched as a ray of pale light, Trapped in the tree outside, Danced from her mouth To her breast, like a fly on a flower. I...
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“Everybody gets a tag. If you listen to a Velvet Underground record, you...”
– Elliott Smith
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I have no sympathy for lecherous, mooching,... →
Wait, could it be, that people actually need to take responsibility for themselves and are not entitled to anything that was earned by others? Gasp! Say it isn’t so. You mean we don’t deserve the rewards earned from a successful person? Even though we benefit from the fruit they produce we also deserve their reward for producing the fruit, right?
I have no sympathy for lecherous,...
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“I was gonna get a candy bar; the button I was supposed to push was...”
– Mitch Hedberg
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“The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by...”
– Ayn Rand
“Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental...”
– Hunter S Thompson (via musicneversleepspal)
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Free Market Farming... Not so fast. →
“Farm groups insist these programs are the reason Americans enjoy an abundance of inexpensive food. But the real reason is that American agriculture is so productive, steadily producing more and more crops with fewer workers. Cheap meals are a tribute to the ingenuity and resourcefulness of our farmers, not the brilliance of our politicians.”
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Saving The Postal Service... →
“Even postal preservationists end up undermining the utilitarian importance of post offices. In his 2006 book Preserving the People’s Post Office, Christopher W. Shaw, a project director at Ralph Nader’s Center for Study of Responsive Law, says the USPS serves as a symbol of “our nation’s democratic aspirations by serving everyone equally” and provides a vital...
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“Please write me at length about your adventures - I hear you were seen running...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald - Letter to Ernest Hemingway - 1927
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“I want to wander through valleys with you, drink out of leaves for cups, sit on...”
– Katherine Mansfield, from a letter to husband John Middleton Murry (via elanoravira)
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Everytime I fall asleep there exists just enough space between my arms and chest for only you.
Like a hand to a well worn ball glove, when I find you, the fit will be effortless.
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I slowly exhale into the air you breathe.
I will preserve a breath of air from each day,
hold it inside, down tight, collecting it.
For one day, you will be drowning in the reality of yourself,
and I will not help you.
I will stand at your side and watch you,
waiting until the moment you alone take a life giving breath.
Only then will I unlock that which I have been saving,
holding inside, down tight, I slowly exhale into the air...
this is my blargh: Diversity Perversity - Walter... →
ivegotfirstworldproblems:
http://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2011/04/06/diversity_perversity
“Part of looking like America means if blacks are 13 percent of the population, they should be 13 percent of college students and professors, corporate managers and government employees. Behind this vision of justice…
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The rich "shouldn't" be paying more in taxes.... →
… even if some of them are ready and willing to do so. They SHOULD be paying what they are required, and anything beyond that is a personal decision. The government SHOULD be spending within the limitations of our countries income. No wonder the American populous feels they are entitled to things which they have not earned nor can afford; their government has trained them to be this way...
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“To love is to value. Only a rationally selfish man, a man of self-esteem, is...”
– Ayn Rand - The Virtue of Selfishness
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“Love is blind, they say; sex is impervious to reason and mocks the power of all...”
– Ayn Rand
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i found a flower not yet blossomed.
it was then,
the momentary hesitation of your voice,
i found a flower not yet blossomed.
like an ant to a peonie,
enclosed beauty the reward,
i set to work.
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Census worker won't take no for answer - Chicago... →
shecallsmeartemis:
continuum:
Couple says questions too personal, threatened with fine if don’t comply.
I’m sorry but some of the things they want to know—when someone leaves for work, how much they earn—could easily be found from a number of other beaurocratic tools in place right now, such a traffic cameras, vehicle registration, insurance information, IRS filing… This is out of control.
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“Love is implicit in every connection. It should be. Thus when absent it makes us...”
– Dave Eggers
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“You have what I can afford to give. You are a panhandler, begging for anything,...”
– Dave Eggers
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“And there is a chance that everything we did was incorrect, but stasis is itself...”
– Dave Eggers
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“I like the dark part of the night, after midnight and before four-thirty, when...”
– Dave Eggers 