MORE CHAIN MAILS:
(Mine are all humorous; sorry! A lot of political humor, too. My grandfather likes to send them to me... funny email forwardy politcal humor things! ^^)
Government TruismsSuppose you were an idiot.
And suppose you were a member of Congress.... But then
I repeat myself.
- Mark Twain
I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into
prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and
trying to lift himself up by the handle.
- Winston Churchill
A government which robs Peter to pay
Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
- George Bernard Shaw
Democracy must be something more than
two wolves and a sheep voting on what to
have for dinner.
- James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer
of money from poor people in rich countries
to rich people in poor countries.
- Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at
Georgetown Univ.
Giving money and power to government is like
giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
- P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
Government is the great fiction, through which
everybody endeavors to live at the expense of
everybody else.
- Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
Government's view of the economy could be summed
up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it.
If it keeps moving, regulate it.
And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
- Ronald Reagan (1986)
I don't make jokes.
I just watch the government and report the facts.
- Will Rogers
If you think health care is expensive now,
wait until you see what it costs when it's free!
- P.J. O'Rourke
In general, the art of government consists
of taking as much money as possible from one
party of the citizens to give to the other.
- Voltaire (1764)
Just because you do not take an interest
in politics doesn't mean politics won't take
an interest in you!
- Pericles (430 B.C.)
No man's life, liberty, or property is safe
while the legislature is in session.
- Mark Twain (1866)
Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it.
- Unknown
The only difference between a tax man and a
taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
- Mark Twain
The ultimate result of shielding men from the
effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
There is no distinctly native American criminal
class...save [certain Presidents and] Congress.
-Mark Twain
What this country needs are more
unemployed politicians.
- Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)
A government big enough to give you everything you want,
is strong enough to take everything you have.
- Thomas Jefferson
"Government is not the solution to our problem;
government is the problem. ...
if no one among us is capable of governing himself,
then who among us has the capacity to govern someone
else?"
~ Ronald Reagan, First Inaugural Address, January 20
Woohoo for lighthearted, funny political humor... I just don't want to start a political flame war with any of it, so calm thyselves if you want to say something ^^ Remember that not all of these reflect my personal views; I just found them funny for one reason or another. I don't mind laughing at myself, as long as it's funny, and the same should apply to politics. So... instead of retorting with an anti-whatever-political-theory complaint, why not post an opposing funny chain mail? ^^
...The only reason I say this is because I've ended up in such wars before, and wouldn't like to see that here.
Shall post more later