Political Aphorisms. Will try not to forget to include...

 

Political Aphorisms

 

 
If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.

 

~Jay Leno~
 

 

The problem with political jokes is they get elected.

 

~Henry Cate, VII~
 

 

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office

 

~Aesop~

 

If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these State of the Union speeches, there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven.

 

~Will Rogers~

 

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

 

~Nikita Khrushchev~

 

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.

 

~Clarence Darrow~
 

 

Why pay money to have your family tree traced; 
 go into politics and your opponents will do it for you.

 

~Author unknown~
 

 

Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, 
 go out and buy some more tunnel.

 

~John Quinton~
 

 

Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, 
 by promising to protect each from the other.

 

~Oscar Ameringer~
 

 

I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, 
 I will stop telling the truth about them.

 

~Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952~
 

 

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.

 

~ Tex Guinan~
 

 

I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

 

~Charles de Gaulle~
 

 

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

 

~Doug Larson~
 

 

There ought to be one day -- just one -- when there is open season on Congressmen

Reflecting… This is all factually (and historically) correct -- and verifiable if one would decide to do some research toward that end… if you even go back further… in 732 AD the Moslem Army which was moving on Paris was defeated and turned back at Tours, France, by Charles Martell.

                    
… in 1571 AD the Moslem Army / Navy was defeated by the Italians and Austrians as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to attack southern Europe in the Battle of Lapanto.
                    
… in 1683 AD the Turkish Moslem Army, attacking Eastern Europe, was finally defeated in the Battle of Vienna by German and Polish Christian Armies.
                        
… this crap has been going on for 1,400 years and half of these damn politicians don't even know it!  If these battles had not been won we might be speaking Arabic and Christianity could be non - existent; Judaism certainly would be... And let us not forget that Hitler was an admirer of Islam and that the Mufti of Jerusalem was Hitler's guest in Berlin and raised Bosnian Muslim SS Divisions: the 13th and 21st Waffen SS Divisions who killed Jews, Russians, Gypsies, and any other "subhumans".
        
Reflecting

A lot of Americans have become so insulated from reality that they imagine that America can suffer defeat without any inconvenience to themselves.

                
Pause a moment, reflect back.  These events are actual events from history. They really happened!  Do you remember?
  1.In 1968 , Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by a Muslim male.  

    2. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by  Muslim males.
    3. In 1972 a Pan Am 747 was hijacked and eventually diverted to Cairo where a fuse was lit on final approach and it was blown up shortly after landing by Muslim males.

    4. In 1973 a Pan Am 707 was destroyed in Rome, with 33 people killed, when it was attacked with grenadesby Muslim males.
    5. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by Muslim males.
    6. During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by Muslim males.
    7. In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by Muslim males.
    8. In 1985, the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by Muslim males.

    9. In 1985, TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a US Navy diver trying to rescue passengers

        was murdered by Muslim males.
    10. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by Muslim males.
    11. In 1993, the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by Muslim males.
    12. In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by Muslim males.
    13. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles to take down the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the passengers. Thousands of people were killed by Muslim males.

    14. In 2002, the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against Muslim males.
    15. In 2002, reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and beheaded by -- you guessed it -- Muslim males.
    16. In 2013, Boston Marathon Bombing 4 Innocent people including a child killed, 264 injured by Muslim males.
            

            
No, I really don't see a pattern here to justify profiling, do you?  So, to ensure we Americans never offend anyone, particularly fanatics intent on killing us, airport security screeners will no longer be allowed to profile certain people.

        
Absolutely No Profiling!  They must conduct random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, secret agents who are members of the President's security detail, 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips, and Medal of Honor winner and former Governor Joe Foss, but leave Muslim Males, alone lest they be guilty of profiling.
      

Have the American people completely lost their Minds, or just their Power of Reason?

        
Let's send this to as many people as we can so that the Gloria Allreds and other stupid attorneys along with Federal Justices who want to thwart common sense, feel ashamed of themselves -- if they have any such sense.

      

As the writer of the award winning story "Forrest Gump" so aptly put it, "Stupid Is As Stupid Does"

        
Each opportunity that you have to send this to a friend or media outlet… Do It!

OR SIT BACK, JUST KEEP BITCHING AND DO NOTHING.Remember this, the next time Obama praises Islam and appoints Muslim Brotherhood- connected people to Presidential staff positions, and don't forget Hilary Clinton while Sec. of State, her highest ranking aide was the daughter of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood.

We'd better take our head out of a hole in the ground and get involved to stop this.

 

 

2014 OSCAR RESULTS

One Citizen Speaking...

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2014 OSCAR RESULTS Posted: 02 Mar 2014 09:13 PM PST Welcome to the 2014 Oscars, where self-indulgent douchebags, mostly progressive socialist liberal democrats, try to convince themselves and others that what they do is “art” and that they are somehow above the fools that were employed to entertain the “royals” and their sycophants at court events. And the Oscar goes to .... Best Picture:  "12 Years a Slave" Best Supporting Actor:  Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club"  Best Supporting Actress:  Lupita Nyong'o, "12 Years a Slave"  Best Director:  Alfonso Cuaron, "Gravity" Best Actor:  Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyer's Club"  Best Actress:  Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"  Best Original Screenplay:  "Her"  Best Adapted Screenplay: "12 Years a Slave" Best Animated Feature:  "Frozen"  Best Foreign Feature:  "The Great Beauty," Italy  Best Visual Effects:   "Gravity"  Best Cinematography:  "Gravity"  Best Costume Design:  "The Great Gatsby"  Best Documentary Feature:  "20 Feet from Stardom"  Best Documentary Short:  "The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life"  Best Film Editing:  "Gravity"  Best Makeup and Hairstyling:  "Dallas Buyers Club" Best Music (Original Score):  "Gravity"  Best Music (Original Song):  "Let It Go" from "Frozen"  Best Production Design:  "The Great Gatsby"  Best Short Film, Animated:  "Mr. Hublot"  Best Short Film, Live Action:  "Helium"  Best Sound Editing:  "Gravity"  Best Sound Mixing:  "Gravity"  Funny ... Ellen Degeneres said that this year's theme is "Heroes in Hollywood." Can you even begin to imagine the irony of a Hollywood where everyone is scared of everyone else and the only helping hand ever extended is to push someone else under the bus lest they get the gig you wanted? How very politically correct to have a moderately funny lesbian as a headliner – as these actors and others put on yet another show to convince America and others that these people actually care about the nation they denigrate and demean. How revealing is it to have a team of writers sweating backstage and providing real-time comedic takes for the hosts to use as if the host were doing anything more witty than reading a TelePrompTer. I guess the funniest performances that are given no Oscars are the faux greetings between the well-paid shallow, self-absorbed actors and the well-paid douchebag executives that pretend that they know what will make a entertaining, informative, and profitable motion picture. Pretty much why these genius executives turn to bankable stars of the moment, sequels, prequels, and spin-offs rather than green-light truly original material. Of course, the funniest inside Oscar joke is the one that they never tell the “flyover country” audience, that the Oscar show is produced by the velvet mafia for the velvet mafia. The first joke of the evening was a lesbian Ellen Degeneres acknowledging Jonah Hill (who bared it all in the film Wolf of Wall Street), saying "Honestly, you showed us something in that film that I have not seen for a very, very long time." A not-so-subtle reference to his penis.  Compounded by coming out of a commercial break and Ellen saying to Jonah, "No, I don't want to see it." I have not changed my mind much from the 2009 Oscars … For most people, the annual OSCAR’s telecast is entertainment … Another chance to see narcissistic actors (no more actors and actresses now, they are all politically correct genderless “actors”) and the people who create their fantasy lives involved in a real-life soap opera. For some, a chance to worship celebrity, the so-called “American royalty where name and face recognition is more important than the acts that propelled them to the stage. An intersection between the sane and insane, the famous and the infamous. Another chance for social interaction where people discuss the odds of this or that person (or film) winning the prize. To see how people looked on the red carpet. Waiting in anticipation for the faux pas or gaffe – and perhaps a full meltdown or wardrobe malfunction. And some actually believe that the night is not just another Hollywood self-celebratory congratulatory “see and be seen” affair and is about rewarding actual achievement. But the truth is far different. First and foremost, this is a money-spinning venture that helps to fund the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. The worldwide television rights to this event are expensive – and do not, as many believe, flow to fund charities. Second and even more important, this is a mass-marketing event; a chance to further publicize the wares of those who inhabit the “fictional” Hollywood. To create additional buzz. To drive people who would not normally patronize the movies to see films which are hardly worth the $100 or so it takes to go to the movies today. (With the cost of tickets, parking, popcorn, dinner, baby-sitter, etc.) Why else would studios, production companies and the performers themselves spend great sums of money promoting their performance and product? Answer: for commercial advantage, of course. Just another night of worldwide publicity to hawk their wares.  But it is all Hollywood smoke and mirrors … Hollywood is a mythical place. Where smoke and mirrors create bankable illusions. Where you are what you say you are and personal and professional re-invention and rehabilitation after a major stumble is de rigueur. Where your house, car, clothes and accessories are only props to move your personal story forward to capturing more money, sex and power. Hollywood is a state of mind that really does not exist. Twentieth Century Fox is in West Los Angeles. MGM is in Culver City. Disney is in Burbank. Only Paramount and Universal actually are in and around the old Hollywood. In actuality, Hollywood was a dirty, grimy place where streetwalkers openly plied their trade and tourists came to marvel at the facade the was said to be famous. Now, through the help of your tax dollars, Hollywood is making a comeback, it is being re-vitalized into another money-making tourist trap for those who want to believe. But the famed studios themselves are controlled by large conglomerates and filming takes place far away from the fabled studio lots of yore. But it is even worse than you might imagine … Hollywood represents the home of the politically correct. The multi-millionaire limousine liberals who own multiple mansions, cars, yachts and planes and who want to tell you how to live in order to preserve the planet. The people who need to dictate how we live to give their own lives relevance and meaning – perhaps to convince themselves that they are actually worth the millions they are paid for whatever talents they need to mouth the words of others with enough sincerity to make them believable. And, for the more cynical among you, another chance at self-promotion – to be seen doing “good works” and becoming a beloved ambassador to the world’s potential audiences. These are the far-left, liberal democrats who fund the causes that are moving American life beyond the bounds of main street America. Unless you have grown up in this atmosphere, it is unlikely that you will see reality in exactly the same way that people from Manhattan to Malibu see it: special privileges for those who are wealthy, famous or simply powerful because of their current position as the head of this or that studio. An assault on our freedoms … Truth be told, Hollywood is not as much about preserving our freedoms, as it is about converting our freedoms into their own special privileges. In the guise of fighting content piracy, Hollywood has pursued draconian laws which now impact almost every citizen in the United States. How many people realize that recording and motion pictures are internally coded with identifying information? And that your computer and electronic devices which read and/or reproduce this content are forced, by law, to have circuitry and software which recognizes this coding and responds accordingly – tagging each copy you make with your identifying information along with the original source of the content? For many years, you could not purchase a digital recorder in this country – until these recorders contained the requisite safeguards against content counterfeiting. How many people realized that each blank CD contained a hidden royalty that was paid into a fund that was to compensate artists for purloined content and which was divided up among the big record producers and others who could exert a claim on these funds in proportion to the creative product they produced? How many people realized that Hollywood, more than any other party, sought to nullify the original copyright compact that was made by the American people: a monopoly on profiting from your content in exchange for putting the work into the public domain after a specific period of time?  With Hollywood pushing the time for monopolistic exploitation further and further out – primarily to keep commercially profitable works from falling into the public domain. And when that was not enough, to institute the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) which criminalized the breaking of the electronic wrapper protecting any content – even that content which was already in the public domain. How many people realize that Hollywood attempted to subvert the Justice Department into becoming its investigatory and prosecution arm to ferret out and punish content piracy – shifting the burden of these commercial and civil costs to the American people? I, for one, am not willing to exchange a few moments of diversion or pleasure for a reduction in my freedoms. As a content creator, I have seen my work reproduced and handed out by people in the government who should have known better. It is a fact of life that there will be those who want to use your product or services without payment. In some instances, personal use, not mass sharing or commercial distribution, some exchange of materials is to be permitted and even encouraged. Think of buying a book and loaning it to your friend. Perfectly acceptable. Especially considering that I donate my unwanted books, CDs and DVDs to my local library. Now consider re-printing the digital version of the book and distributing it to all your friends: definitely not cool. And if you do it for some form of profit – you should be prosecuted. But, that is not to say that I am willing to allow big brother to monitor my actions and invade my privacy just to prevent this from happening. In this regard, I support the closure of mass file-sharing systems and the protection of digital content. All with due process. And, hopefully under an international law which supports my ownership claims. But I draw the line at the invasion of my privacy – just to prevent a “potential occurrence of copyright infringement.” Bottom line .. So before you worship that character and/or the actor who might play a cool part – consider that it is all smoke and mirrors. The actor is not the person they are portraying. Minus the script, many of these actors are unbelievably stupid or naive. Others are downright self-absorbed and narcissistic while others are self-loathing, paranoid or extremely fragile in terms of self-esteem. Not exactly your everyday, hard-working, tax-paying citizen whose collective services are crucial to the survival of the world -- the unsung heroes who defend our country and keep the wheels of commerce moving. So, should you want to maintain the proper perspective on Hollywood and its denizens, just remember the answer to a simple riddle. When is a star not a star? The answer says it all: when there is a bigger star in the room. Take care of yourself and your family first. Be safe and be well. -- steve  Could Harrison Ford have shown any less emotion with his introduction to the first of the films nominated for best picture?  His lifeless, deadpan delivery of "riveting and rauccous, it's a wild exhilarating ride" left me wondering if Indiana Jones was ready to kick the bucket. Time to go somewhere else to avoid this sad display of narcissim. -- steve

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE COMCAST - TIME WARNER CABLE MERGER AND ITS IMPACT ON CUSTOMERS Posted: 02 Mar 2014 02:58 PM PST When comedians are not being liberals, they sometimes tell the truth ...   All I can say is that "many a truth is spoken in jest." Just ask Hillary Clinton who has "taken responsibility" for the Administration's failure in Benghazi. Perhaps "We the People" should provide the consequences by turning our back on a corrupt, lying, cheating, aging politician and telling her what we really think about her and her cheating husband at the ballot box. Imagine what Bill Clinton can do as the "First Dude" when the Wife is out playing politics with our future? How many bedrooms can he use in an afternoon? Think reponsibly ... Steve

Putin playing chess, Obama playing marbles!

Rogers: Putin 'running circles' around US | TheHill
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Obama betrays both the US and the Ukrainian people, just to prove his flexibility and allegiance to Putin!!!

Krauthammer’s Take: Obama Tells the World We Aren’t Going to Do Anything About Invasion of Ukraine | National Review Online
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Obama Skips National Security Team Meeting on Russia, Ukraine ... Too busy Flaggulating!

Obama Skips National Security Team Meeting on Russia, Ukraine

While Obama quivers, flaggulates and hides under his sheets...Putin begins invasion!

Kremlin Clears Way for Force in Ukraine; Separatist Split Feared - NYTimes.com
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