Category Archives: Quote of the Day

And its a twofer! The Paulster has been running TV ads here in Washington for a couple weeks now. After Pooper Tuesday, you could possibly say that he should have spent his money a little better. Lee at the leftist … Continue reading →

Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government’s purposes are beneficial. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. Louis D Brandeis … Continue reading →

Sailor Curt corrects yesterday’s QotD It’s like taking a bucket of water from the deep end and, after inefficiently conveying it to the shallow end, slopping a good 1/4 of the contents of the bucket into the dirt during the … Continue reading →

Walter Williams on the “Stimulus Ribbate” It’s like taking a bucket of water from the deep end of a pool and dumping it into the shallow end. Funny thing—the water in the shallow end doesn’t get any deeper. Walter Williams … Continue reading →

Found, surprisingly, in the Seattle Times’ Letters to the Editor section over the weekend The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. Winston Churchill And after last night’s results from Florida, I do have to … Continue reading →

It all started out so innocently. On Friday, “tgirsch” at the LeanLeft blog proposed a new firearms law. I’d like to propose a new state law. Basically, I think that there are a lot of fraudulent gun purchases being made, … Continue reading →

For making all sound so simple for the folks who read the Seattle Times Letters to the Editor section, I present a man who lives up to his name “Faltering economy could get $100 billion lift” [News, Jan. 12] assumes … Continue reading →

Why America kicks ass If you fly into Camp David on a helicopter, it’s instant arousal. But if you have to go to a European summit in Brussels, its so depressing you’re impotent for a week. Anonymous friend of Gideon … Continue reading →

More from yesterday’s subject I have seen England pass through three or four such critical seasons as I have described; through such seasons the United States will have to pass in the course of the next century, if not of … Continue reading →