“A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles. It is true that in the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the horrors of a war and long oppressions of enormous […]
So I guess I need to bring the balance here back toward the ‘silly,’ and not so much the ‘old’ or ‘bear’ part. How about a quote? “When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘Present’ or ‘Not guilty.’” That would be from Teddy. Teddy Roosevelt. (did […]
I found this at the Consumerist (which is a must read, in my view), and it is an awesome graph of exactly where US income taxes are spent. Update: Oops. Consumerist is still great, but I found this at Boing Boing. My bad. [warning: don’t try this on dialup, or have a snack and tasty […]