FOGLIFTING: October 2008

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October 2008

October 27, 2008

Do you "Barak Hussein Obama" solemnly swear that you will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of your ability, preserve, protect, and defend teh Constitution of the United States...

I can't even bear to think of hearing this... from a man who said specifically that the founders placed unreasonable limits on what government can do.

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My Favorite Quotes

"There's a three-word lexicon to explain ---: need, greed and compassion. 'Need' means wanting someone else's money. 'Greed' means protecting your own money. And 'Compassion' means politicians facilitating the transfer."
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"Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings."
William James:
"Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power."
William James:
"To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly."
William James:
"There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self."
William James:
"The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."
William James:
"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."
William James:
"Don't sweat the petty things, or was it 'don't pet the sweaty things'? I've forgotten and I'm drunk."
Oscar Wilde: Humor
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
Thomas Jefferson: Politics
"If pigs could vote, the man with the slop bucket would be elected swineherd every time, no matter how much slaughtering he did on the side."
Orson Scott Card: Politics