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 ..............




Friday, January 24, 2014

"Ah, yes, I remember it well ..........."

This hit on my daughter Melissa's birthday
It was a doozy
We lived in the country, we did pretty well, snowed in a few days.
Some of our group finally made it down the road, aged Bessie Shannon
lived there all alone. Power, of course, was out, she was huddled in a closet.
layered in clothes, with a couple of candles burning, comfortable as could be.
As Nat King Cole would sing, "Unforgettable"