To give credit where credit is do Indigo on America Blog relayed this stor .In my mind this applies very much to the idiots like Bernard Madoff that got us into this mess.
Kurt Vonnegut and Saul Bellow were at a convention years ago where a major entrepreneur was the speaker.
“You know,” Kurt said [...]
From an E-Quaintance of mine C.G.
And the purpose of the state, the sole purpose to my mind is the protection and enhancement of the lives of it’s citizens. If it isn’t, it’s just some street gang writ large.
“Without our playstations, we are a third world nation”-
Ani DiFranco
From Craigslist of all places.
I’ll caution you there is some rough language but the mans still has a point. Dollar for dollar The US Government is a one of worst values out there.
Originally on Reddit
An actual clever idea that might you know, work .
Its directed the the UK but would do just fine here. The extra cash BTW is a round up and exchange rate bump.
Suggested by Zuzu over on Boing Boing. It really belongs under quotes of the greats but its going under strange sources to make it easy for find.
How many of you have broken no laws this month?
John Gilmore
And folks the answer is, not one of you. Something to think about.
This quote is filed under Wisdom from Strange Sources as I am not a Ayn Rand fan.
There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power government has is the power to crack down on criminals. When there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to [...]
“A conservative is a liberal who got mugged and liberal is a conservative who got arrested. Correspondingly a Libertarian is a person who understands what government really does.
The All Powerful Nateboi but it this way
Any governmental procedure that relies on people not being jerks is doomed to failure.
This is true of Communism. This is true of Socialism. This is true of Libertarianism. This is true of Objectivism (though arguably, that concept is pointedly *about* people being jerks…). This is true [...]
Simple but true.
Remember, 50% of the people you meet are below average” -
Steven Wright.