September 2011
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“But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is...”
– Lysander Spooner, No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority
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“After the attacks, the government gave itself the power to read every email,...”
– Mr. Finch, Person of Interest
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“I’ve tasted fire I’m ready to come alive / I can’t just shut it up and fake that...”
– Switchfoot, Afterlife
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“What position [does one] adopt about the genocide of NATO in Libya? Does anyone...”
– Fidel Castro
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“Does grace lessen the obligation of man, or increase it?”
– Finis Jennings Dake
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“The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.”
– Mark Skousen, Persuasion Versus Force
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“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things...”
– Henry Louis Mencken, Prejudices: Third Series
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“No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it...”
– Thomas Sowell
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“The only truly consistent man is he who will, for the sake of being right today,...”
– Frederick Douglass, The Constitution and Slavery
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“You own me with whispers like poetry / Your mouth is a melody I memorize / So...”
– The Civil Wars, Tip Of My Tongue
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“But the libertarian sees no inconsistency in being ‘leftist’ on some...”
– Murray Rothbard, For A New Liberty
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“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that...”
– Albert Camus
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Pinocchio
Me: You're kinda like my Pinocchio - little by little, I see you turning into a real girl!
Elle: I can't believe you compared me to a not very bright wooden puppet who, by the way, gets turned into a donkey and eaten by a whale before he turns real.
Me: Haha - well, can you truly say your dating experience was any better than being eaten by a whale?
Elle: Touché.
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“The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual...”
– Ayn Rand, Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
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“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where
I love you directly...”
– Pablo Neruda, XVII
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“In studying the Bible as a young man, I found intimations of the idea that forms...”
– Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death
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Jobs
I’m getting sick and tired of people talking about jobs, the reason being that they treat jobs as being an end unto itself. Do you think people in rural India sit around wondering when the government will provide them with jobs? Guess again. While India may have a lot of poverty, it’s not because of unemployment; a villager will occupy himself by working on the field, or finding a way...
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Awkward Sharks
Elle: I didn't know what to do! Steve is like an awkward shark in the water of kind bible study girl fish. We bleed niceness and it just causes a feeding frenzy.
Me: Haha - yeah, that's definitely not Sarah. I just loved it every time she would interrupt him.
Elle: Yes. She's a dolphin. Still nice, but doesn't really put up with any crap from awkward sharks.
Me: Hahaha - you're really sticking to this analogy, huh?
Elle: Yes lol.
