daily quote

[Bob]

"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none." - William Shakespeare

 

[Bob]

"Several excuses are always less convincing than one." - Aldous Huxley

 

[ottomatik]

Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
Friedrich Nietzsche

 

[poppy]

"We can’t lose all that when there’s no connection now between the shutdown and the funding of Obamacare."

"I think now it’s a lot about pride,"

Rep. Dennis Ross (R-Fla.) admitting Republicans had no reason other than hatred of the President to shut down the government.

 

[Bob]

"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal. Not to people or things." - Albert Einstein

 

[Bob]

"It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

 

[Bob]

"You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration." - James Allen

 

[Bob]

"Everything that lives, lives not alone, nor for itself." - William Blake

 

[poppy]

"Everything that lives, lives not alone, nor for itself." - William Blake

William Blake never met a Republican.

 

[poppy]

[A]s we debate this and as we make our final vote, let us not punish our seniors, let us not punish our elderly, let us not punish our military just to score political points. If the debt ceiling is not increased, America cannot pay its bills. We cannot meet existing obligations. We will not ultimately have the cash on hand to pay Social Security benefits, military retirement, Medicare benefits, unemployment benefits and other trust fund obligations. As raw as this recent election was, as bitterly contested as it was, with hurt feelings all around, we need to work together as Americans to take responsibility for our bills. Let us not default on our obligations. Let us not stop the checks to our needy who are counting on us. Let us not use our elderly as political pawns in trade for a seven second sound byte back home. They deserve better. We have a responsibility to pay our bills.

Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), encouraging his House colleagues to back a no strings attached debt limit in 2004. One of 104 Republicans who are in Congress today who voted to increase the debt ceiling under Bush without hostage threats.