People are not ants or bees. We do not reason or love or live or die collectively.
P. J. O'ROURKEI was very much in favor of the Iraq invasion.
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The Clinton administration launched an attack on people in Texas because those people were religious nuts with guns. Hell, this country was founded by religious nuts with guns. Who does Bill Clinton think stepped ashore on Plymouth Rock?
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Some people have facts; these can be proven. Some people have theories; these can be disproven. But people with opinions are mindless and have their minds made up about it.
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The most brilliant satire of all time was ‘A Modest Proposal’ by Jonathan Swift. You’ll notice how everything got straightened out in Ireland within days of that coming out.
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Explosion of positive rights started in 1932 with the election of Roosevelt.
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Rich people don’t like to be in the military. The shoes are ugly and the uniforms itch. Rich people don’t go in much for revolution or terrorism, either.
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You can’t get rid of poverty by giving people money.
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Death is so important that God visited death upon his own son, thereby helping us learn right from wrong well enough that we may escape death forever and live eternally in God’s grace.
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You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they’re going.
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A U.S. dollar is an IOU from the Federal Reserve Bank. It’s a promissory note that doesn’t actually promise anything. It’s not backed by gold or silver.
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Regulation creates a moral hazard.
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Globalization is simply opening the free marketplace to encompass the entire world.
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Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don’t draft people; it’s not jury duty.
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Once you’ve built the big machinery of political power, remember you won’t always be the one to run it.
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Wealth brings great benefits to the world. Rich people are heros.
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Term limits aren’t enough. We need jail.
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