Simply Sunday

Yesterday's trip home on the Black Ice took a lot out of me. I was not ready to get out of bed this morning. (Of course the fact that Jon was over and was in a talkative mood and kept me up late didn't help either but that is OK. That is what this old Uncle is for)

The whole deal is that I really didn't accomplish a darn thing today except the laundry. I didn't go out of the house and I didn't shave. I heated some soup up for lunch and ordered a Pizza in for supper. This afternoon I slept. I has a hard time keeping awake so I just slept in the recliner. The tension of driving on the black ice and seeing so many cars and trailers, etc. in the ditch just took a lot out of me. So in lieu of "my" wit and wisdom today I give you some Ageless Wit and Wisdom sent by Anne. Thanks Anne and for the rest of you. ARTYRL - Hugs, j

'If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed,
if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.'
-Mark Twain

Suppose 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

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)

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 inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
-Winston Churchill

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 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