Thomas Jefferson said in 1802: "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies."

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."-- Thomas Jefferson

"When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout." .... jbd

"When once a job you have begun, do no stop till it is done. Whether the task be great or small, do it well, or not at all." .... Anon

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein

Television is one daylong commercial interrupted periodically by inept attempts to fill the airspace in between them.

If you can't start a fire, perhaps your wood is wet ....

When you elect clowns, expect a circus ..............




Monday, September 2, 2013

A POP Quiz .............

I received this from Ernie in California. It was in an email, and the answers were scrolled down. I have not seen them, and I will post them tomorrow. I have a number of answers, see how you do.

Six trivia questions to see how much history you know. Be honest, it's kind of fun and revealing. If you don't know the answer make your best guess. Answer all the questions (no cheating) before looking at the answers: The answer is NOT Obama

Who said it? (1) "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
A. Karl Marx
B. Adolph Hitler
C. Joseph Stalin
D. None of the above

(2) "It's time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few......  And to replace it with shared responsibility,,,,,for shared prosperity."
A. Lenin
B. Mussolini
C. Idi Amin
D. None of the Above

(3) "(We) .....can't just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people."
A. Nikita Khrushchev
B. Josef Goebbels
C. Boris Yeltsin
D. None of the above

(4) "We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own ... in order to create this common ground."
A. Mao Tse Dung
B. Hugo Chavez
C. Kim Jong Il
D. None of the above

(5) "I certainly think the free-market has failed."
A. Karl Marx
B. Lenin
C. Molotov
D. None of the above

(6) "I think it's time to send a clear message to what has become
the most profitable sector in (the) entire economy that they are
being watched."
A. Pinochet
B. Milosevic
C. Saddam Hussein
D. None of the above