If you want to use transport energy more efficiently, build better roads. A Prius sitting in traffic gets 0 MPG. – pdb on Facebook
Quote of the Day – Fuel Efficient Edition
July 15, 2009
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Quote of the Day – To the Moon Edition
July 11, 2009Whenever you hear a politician start a sentence with, “If we can put a man on the moon … ,” grab your wallet. – Jonah Goldberg
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Quote of the Day – Penance Edition
July 10, 2009This Congress and Administration aren’t about jobs. It’s about making middle class folks pay for our sins. A permanently reduced standard of living will be our penance. – Sebastian
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Quote of the Day – All Enemies Edition
July 2, 2009It’s days like this that remind me that the phrase “foreign and domestic” wasn’t put in our country’s various oaths of service on a whim. – Bruce
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Quote of the Day – Titles Edition
June 26, 2009How would George Washington — a man who actually turned down the presidential salary and preferred being called “Mr. President” over other ‘too majestic’ sounding titles — react if he could see the current state of American politics, exemplified by what Senator Boxer did last week? At a recent hearing, Boxer had the gall to scold a Brigadier General for not referring to her as ‘Senator.’ She said ‘I’ve worked so hard to get this title’. Excuse me, Babs? You are a socialist who won an election in California – most wouldn’t call that ‘hard’. Maybe you should worry a little more about the country (and YOUR state) going broke – and worry a little less about your fancy title? Besides, with the 29% approval rating Congress is sporting, I wouldn’t be bragging about that title I’d be hiding it. – Glenn Beck
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How small a person do you have to be…
June 26, 2009To be in this conversation?
Brig. Gen. Michael Walsh, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was testifying on the Louisiana coastal restoration process in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. He began to answer one of Boxer’s questions with “ma’am” when Boxer immediately cut him off.
“You know, do me a favor,” an irritated Boxer said. “Could say ‘senator’ instead of ‘ma’am?’”
“Yes, ma’am,” Walsh interjected.
“It’s just a thing, I worked so hard to get that title, so I’d appreciate it, yes, thank you,” she said.
“Yes, senator,” he responded.
Senator, if you really need your ego stroked that badly, we don’t need you in Washington. Yes, we know you are a senator, and I could probably understand if he was addressing you by your first name or something, but he was showing an appropriate level of respect for your position already. Your comments are more appropriate for a monarchy than a Republic.
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Quote of the Day – Grown Up Edition
June 6, 2009We need a new political party in Washington, to get the checkbook away from the 537 people who have been kiting checks like a runaway teenager who boosted mom’s purse. Not the G.O.P., because they’re part of the problem.
We will call ourselves the G.U.P.: the GrownUp Party, and our motto will be “No we can’t!” – Tam
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Quote of the Day – Smaller Government Edition
June 4, 2009If I thought that our current level of government was the perfect level of government – which I certainly do not – I would still fight for a smaller government, in order to keep it the same size, because the nature of government is to grow. I want as few of my life choices and activities – and tax dollars – to fall under government purview as is humanly and civilly possible.
Or do you really like the way they run the DMV? – Lissa
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Quote of the Day – Government (dis)services Edition
May 30, 2009However, make no mistake about it. The government doesn’t want to be efficient. Power is not obtained by doing what is required, but by fooling the populace into believing they need everything and making it impossible to obtain. Then, the government can ‘step in’ and ‘help’. Eventually, you end up with 106 useless or less important departments to fund while cutting out those that are essential. – Robb
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Quote of the Day – Worthless Edition
May 28, 2009Although they also got a whole bunch of GM stock certificates, which are about as worthless a medium of exchange as Confederate money these days. (Although they’ll probably be as collectible in the future, and for the same reason.) – Tam
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