Political one liners

From: http://thecrux.com/are-you-ready-for-hillary/

But one thing we should never say about politics is that it can’t get worse.

Ron Paul wrote:For all their alleged anti-fascism, today’s neoconned conservatives and progressives both support the use of force to reshape society and the world.

And what else is fascism

Ron Paul wrote:Unfortunately, evidence that giving up liberty does not increase security has never deterred those who spread fear to gain support for increased government power.

From: http://townhall.com/columnists/thomasso ... sletterad=

Such negative consequences of mismatching minority students with institutions, for the sake of racial body count, have been documented in a number of studies, most notably "Mismatch," a book by Richard Sander and Stuart Taylor, Jr., whose sub-title is: "How Affirmative Action Hurts Students It's Intended to Help, and Why Universities Won't Admit It."

When racial preferences in student admissions in the University of California system were banned, the number of black and Hispanic students in the system declined slightly, but the number actually graduating rose substantially. So did the number graduating with degrees in tough subjects like math, science and engineering.

Can we afford to lose people with ability? A technical civilization can use all it can get


From: http://personalliberty.com/declare-inde ... rrectness/

On college campuses throughout the country today, students misguided by the notion that uncomfortable situations and conversations should be avoided at all costs are being coddled by college administrators who believe total comfort is more important than learning to think about and debate tough topics.

If weightlifters or runners took it easy in training . . ..

One of the best quotes to come out of the Brexit Referendum, (after the results had become known).

'Who are all these ghastly people & where did they come from?'

biochem wrote:The old quote (so old that it's highly disputed who said it first)

"Don't be so open minded that your brains fall out."

seems to apply to Europe a great deal these days.

That would be true if there were any brains to fall out. Most of the time all it does is expose the big gaping holes where the brains should have been.

Rincewind wrote:

biochem wrote:The old quote (so old that it's highly disputed who said it first)

"Don't be so open minded that your brains fall out."

seems to apply to Europe a great deal these days.

That would be true if there were any brains to fall out. Most of the time all it does is expose the big gaping holes where the brains should have been.

One problem is that brains can be and often are misused. Someone who is bright can use their brains to find excuses not to follow the facts, instead of changing their mind when some fact disagrees with their favorite theory.

Seeking real truth is a re-iterative process of closer and closer approximations to reality. It can only be done by recognizing that some assumptions are always incorrect, and being willing to find and change them. PS, working to find where your own assumptions are wrong is a fun hobby


From:

http://townhall.com/columnists/thomasso ... sletterad=

If there were a contest for the most stupid idea in politics, my choice would be the assumption that people would be evenly or randomly distributed in incomes, institutions, occupations or awards, in the absence of somebody doing somebody wrong.

This assumption requires that there is no result from effort, habits, or other differences.

Same Source:

Are women and men not to be allowed to make different decisions as to how they choose to spend their time and live their lives?

Real freedom always produces differences. Regimentation is what produces identity of results, poor results. Someone commented that socialism ends in evenly distributed poverty. IIRC, there was a SF short story (name forgotten) where a handicapper general produced identity of results. The differences enrich us - I can't story tell like DW, but enjoy his books


Same Source:

How long will we continue to take something that has never happened, and never had much chance of happening, as a norm?

The facts, nothing less than the facts, please

From:

http://ild.org.pe/publications/articles ... -on-terror

But in an atmosphere of deprivation and frustration, those who make false promises easily attract adherents.

ie. Demogogues. They don't normally improve anything either


From:

http://constitution.com/america-owes-ni ... y-hillary/

Whether or not she is elected, just the fact of the failure of the Justice Department to indict Hillary on any of her many crimes demands that America gives Richard Nixon, or at least his legacy, a huge apology.

18.5 minutes vs thousands of emails. I do not think America owes Nixon an apology. I think we have forgotten how critical it is to have good consistent tests


Cruz is the only one who had the courage to stand up in public at the RNC and not endorse Trump. When the choice is between a criminal and a demagogue we are voting short term, with our feelings instead of our brains. AFAIK, even most animals have feelings

DDHv wrote:IIRC, there was a SF short story (name forgotten) where a handicapper general produced identity of results.

"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut

From:

http://townhall.com/columnists/terrypau ... sletterad=

Talk show host and columnist Dennis Prager warns, “We have gone from protecting the unfortunate to supporting the irresponsible."

From:

http://townhall.com/columnists/thomasso ... sletterad=

Too many people in the media and in academia abandon their roles as conduits for facts and take on the role of filterers of facts to promote social and political agendas.

The net lets us dig up facts. It is important to choose to spend some time digging deep behind the popular presentations, especially those who disagree with you. Otherwise, you are unlikely to find errors in your assumptions. Presuppositions are allowable, pigheadedness isn't.


From:

http://personalliberty.com/politicians- ... ng-people/

In other words, the unskilled teenager shouldn’t have an opportunity to work for less in order to develop skills that will help him later in his career, and the person wanting to work a second or third job shouldn’t have an opportunity to earn extra income at a rate not approved by government.

The economy is very complex. The latest super computers handle the data choke problem by using many less capable processors instead of one very fast one.

Could this be why economies with real freedom do better over the long run than those which try to run from the top

More than a one liner, but worth sharing
JimandCindee Plunk
July 21 at 8:11pm ·

LETTERMAN'S TOP 10 REASONS TO VOTE DEMOCRAT!!
Every person should read

#10. I vote Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry whatever I want. I've decided to marry my German Shepherd.

# 9. I vote Democrat because I believe oil companies profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene, but the government taxing the same gallon at 15% isn't.

# 8. I vote Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would.

# 7. I vote Democrat because Freedom of Speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.

# 6. I vote Democrat because I'm way too irresponsible to own a gun, and I know that my local police are all I need to protect me from murderers and thieves. I am also thankful that we have a 911 service that gets police to your home in order to identify your body after a home invasion.

# 5. I vote Democrat because I'm not concerned about millions of babies being aborted so long as we keep all death row inmates alive and comfy.

# 4. I vote Democrat because I think illegal aliens have a right to free health care, education, and Social Security benefits, and we should take away Social Security from those who paid into it.

# 3. I vote Democrat because I believe that businesses should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as the Democrat Party sees fit.

# 2. I vote Democrat because I believe liberal judges need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit fringe kooks who would never get their agendas past the voters.

...And, the #1 reason I vote Democrat is because I think it's better to pay $billions$ for oil to people who hate us, but not drill our own because it might upset some endangered beetle, gopher, or fish here in America. We don't care about the beetles, gophers, or fish in those other countries.

You can't have the government take away the freedom of only the people you don't like. It takes everybody's freedom.

How is it that after fifty years of 'The War On Poverty' and 'The War On Drugs' we have more drugs and poverty than ever before?