Thursday February 07, 2008
Something to think about:
“I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, And the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working on the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.” Abraham Lincoln, November 21, 1864
Web Masters Comment:
It did happen soon after 1864 in the Industrial Revolution when the Robber Barons such as Carnegie and Rockefeller controlled most of the Country's wealth and power and the ranks of the poor and unemployed exploded. Sounds a lot like 2008 to me.
Edward R. Murrowl:
“We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty,” he said, in 1954. “We must remember always that accusation is not proof, and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law.
“We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were for the moment unpopular.”
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." Theodore Roosevelt President (1901-1909) Republican
"A good contract with a good union is good business." John T. Dunlop, 1980
"You know, back in 2000 a Republican friend of mine warned me that if I voted for Al Gore and he won, the stock market would tank, we'd lose millions of jobs, and our military would be totally overstretched. You know what? I did vote for Al Gore, he did win, and I'll be damned if all those things didn't come true." JAMES CARVILLE
"Those who would destroy or further
limit the rights of organized labor-those who cripple collective bargaining or
prevent organization of the unorganized-do a disservice to the cause of
democracy." President John F. Kennedy
"The White House has now released military documents that they say prove George Bush met his requirements for the National Guard. Big deal, we've got documents that prove Al Gore won the election." —Jay Leno
"Outsourcing is just a new way of doing international trade. We're very used to goods being produced abroad and being shipped here on ships or planes. What we're not used to is services being produced abroad and being sent here over the Internet or telephone wires. The economics is basically the same. More things are tradable than were tradable in the past and that's a good thing."
N. Gregory Mankiw, Chairman of Bush's Council of Economic Advisers
Webmasters Comment: That may be a good thing if you are a millionaire. I bet Mr. Mankiw will not think it's a good thing when his job is outsourced to another Country.
| Quotes by Grover Norquist, a leading Republican strategist, head of Americans for Tax Reform, and onetime adviser to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and current advisor to the Whitehouse: |
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On Pat Robertson's 700 Club, Norquist said the following
about the Bush Administration, “We is them, and they is us. When I walk
through the White House, I recognize as many people as when I would walk
through the Heritage Foundation.” "We are trying to change the tones in the state capitals - and turn them toward bitter nastiness and partisanship." "Bipartisanship is another name for date rape." |
"Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything." -Joseph Stalin.
Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labor, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased. -- Adam Smith
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil. -- Grover Cleveland
Without labor nothing prospers. -- Sophocles
"I see in the near future a crisis approaching. It unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. The money power preys upon the nation in times of peace and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than a monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces, as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes. I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me & the financial institutions at the rear; the latter is my greatest foe. Corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until the wealth is aggregated in the hands of a few, and the Republic is destroyed." President Abraham Lincoln, Nov 21, 1864 (if he was still alive he would be saying that crisis has arrived)
"The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic State itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism -- ownership of government by an individual, by a group or by any controlling private power." President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
"Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome." Samuel Johnson
"Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together." Author Unknown
"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will." Frederick Douglass
It was explained to me five years ago by Thomas Hiltachk, a Sacramento lawyer who has made a specialty of drafting initiatives. When I asked what would transpire if an average citizen walked in seeking help in getting an initiative on the ballot, Hiltachk said, "I always ask the million-dollar question, which is, 'Where's your million dollars?' " By David S. Broder Wednesday, July 30, 2003; "Washington Post" Page A19