“I saw a couple that had been escorted out and they were confused as well, and the girl was crying, so I said ‘Why are you crying? and she said ‘I already voted for McCain, I’m a Republican, and they said we had to leave because we didn’t look right,’” Elborno said. “They were handpicking these people and they had nothing to go off of, besides the way the people looked.”

Government Trap #1: The belief that governments perform socially useful functions that deserve your support.

Government Trap #2: The belief that you have a duty to obey laws.

Government Trap #3: The belief that the government can be counted upon to carry out a social reform you favor.

Government Trap #4: The fear that the government is so powerful that it can prevent you from being free.

KEEP YOUR WITS ABOUT YOU.

"You have to get knocked down to realize how people really feel about you. I've realized that more than ever lately. The other day, I was on my way to the car. It was hailing, the streets were slippery and I was having a tough time of it. I came to a corner and started to slip. But before I could fall, four people jumped out of nowhere to help me. When I thanked them, they all said they knew about my illness and had been keeping an eye on me."

-Lou Gehrig

Pride of the Yankees on Hulu

"My only conclusion as to why it is illegal, is that Corporate America, which owns Congress, would rather sell you Paxil, Zoloft, Xanax and other additive drugs, than allow you to grow a plant in your home without some of the profits going into their coffers. This policy is ludicrous."

The Things He Carried

The last time I flew, as I stood in line for hours waiting for the TSA to process me, there was a huge billboard with a massive photo of a fireball, and the words "BUSINESS IS BOOMING" printed under it.

No one around seemed to think that it was an odd choice of imagery to display in an airport. Trust me, I asked loudly, several times.

TSA apparently means Trying to Scare your Ass.

"This is what keeps African-Americans from joining the Republican Party," she said.
"I'm really hurt. I cried for 45 minutes."

ILoveSketch from Seok-Hyung Bae on Vimeo.

Articles of Impeachment, available as a $12 book or free download.

I tried another experiment. I went to a middle-class school and chose some ninth graders, two girls and two boys. I called their physics teacher in and asked him, "What are you going to teach these children next year at this time?" He mentioned viscosity. I asked him to write down five possible exam questions on the subject. I then took the four children and said, "Look here guys. I have a little problem for you." They read the questions and said they didn't understand them, it was Greek to them. So I said, "Here's a terminal. I'll give you two hours to find the answers."

Then I did my usual thing: I closed the door and went off somewhere else.

They answered all five questions in two hours. The physics teacher checked the answers, and they were correct. That, of itself, doesn't mean much. But I said to him, "Talk to the children and find out if they really learned something about this subject." So he spent half an hour talking to them. He came out and said, "They don't know everything about this subject or everything I would teach them. But they do know one hell of a lot about it. And they know a couple of things about it I didn't know."

(The Hole in the Wall project)

"I have solved this political dilemma in a very direct way: I don't vote. On Election Day, I stay home. I firmly believe that if you vote, you have no right to complain. Now, some people like to twist that around. They say, 'If you don't vote, you have no right to complain,' but where's the logic in that? If you vote, and you elect dishonest, incompetent politicians, and they get into office and screw everything up, you are responsible for what they have done. You voted them in. You caused the problem. You have no right to complain. I, on the other hand, who did not vote -- who did not even leave the house on Election Day -- am in no way responsible for that these politicians have done and have every right to complain about the mess that you created."

-George Carlin

"The bill for Iraq over the past five years is now approaching a cumulative $500 billion, or about $100 billion per year on average."

That's about $274,000,000.00 per day, or $11,400,000.00 per hour, or $190,000.00 per minute, or $3,200.00 per second."



All you have to do is stop killing people for a half hour, and kids will be able to learn about space. Sounds like a bargain to me!

Jackass.

Beached from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

cover up from bruce gulick on Vimeo.