Some­where, in a secure, undis­closed loca­tion, John Ashcroft is chuck­ling. Pres­i­dent Obama cam­paigned on a promise to restore trans­parency to gov­ern­ment. But now the time has come to renew the USA Patriot Act, the bete noire of civil lib­er­tar­i­ans. When the Obama administration’s point man on the leg­is­la­tion came to Capi­tol Hill on Wednes­day, he sounded very much like his pre­de­ces­sors in the Bush administration. 

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25 September 2009
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Insult can Injure?

Not so long ago, Rep. Joe Wilson’s ver­bal assault on the pres­i­dent — “You lie!” — might have pro­duced a much dif­fer­ent out­come. Instead of the U.S. House rebuk­ing Wil­son, we might be enter­tain­ing the prospect of a duel. In early Amer­ica, call­ing some­one a liar wasn’t a child­ish insult but a direct chal­lenge to one’s honor, an appro­pri­ate response to which var­ied by region. Where duel­ing was com­mon — as in Wilson’s home state of South Car­olina — so were insults. 

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25 September 2009
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Using the Mirror of Life

Often, we are so stuck in our old beliefs and pat­terns that we aren’t able to see the changes we need to make. Even when we feel frus­trated about our prob­lems, we may not rec­og­nize what we need to learn to change things. That is why we need to use the mir­ror of life.

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23 September 2009
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5 pearls of wisdom to remember

# Money can’t buy hap­pi­ness, but some­how, it’s more com­fort­able to cry in a BMW than on a bicy­cle.
# For­give your ene­mies, but remem­ber their names.
# Help a man when he is in trou­ble, and he will remem­ber you when you are in trou­ble again.

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17 September 2009
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Victims of Alcohol

Well, to be hon­est, not of alco­hol, but rather of “good friends” ))
Any­way, in order not to get in such sit­u­a­tions that will make you very ashamed after­wards, one should know their lim­its and don’t get drunk that much.

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17 September 2009
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Useless but Amazing facts 2

Like:
10% of the world’s pop­u­la­tion is left-handed.

Eisteddfod is an annual meet­ing of Welsh poets and musi­cians for competitions.

SCUBA stands for Self Con­tained Under­wa­ter Breath­ing Apparatus.

On aver­age, we spend 5 years wait­ing in line for var­i­ous rea­sons. (Thanks to Jenn for that!)

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17 September 2009
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Useless but Amazing Facts 1

Like:
Din­ner Spe­cial — Turkey $2.35; Chicken or Beef $2.25; Chil­dren $2.00

For sale: antique desk suit­able for lady with thick legs and large drawers.

Now is your chance to have your ears pierced and get an extra pair to take home, too.

We do not tear your cloth­ing with machin­ery. We do it care­fully by hand.

Hand­made gifts for the hard-to-find person.

Wanted. Man to take care of cow that does not smoke or drink. 

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17 September 2009
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Worst pick up lines

1. Your name must be Daisy, because I have the incred­i­ble urge to plant you right here!

2. Roses are red, vio­lets are blue, I like spaghetti, let’s go screw

3. Just call me milk, I’ll do your body good

4. Your body’s name must be visa, because it’s every­where I want to be

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8 September 2009
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Funny old age quotes

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Funny Old Age Quotes — Funny Quotes about Old Age
Old age isn’t so bad when you con­sider the alter­na­tive.
More funny Mau­rice Cheva­lier quotes
*** Age–that period of life in which we com­pound for the vices that we still cher­ish by revil­ing those that we no longer have the enter­prise to com­mit.
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7 September 2009
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Funny Quotes

The rea­son why worry kills more peo­ple than work is that more peo­ple worry than work.
Robert Frost

The eas­i­est job in the world has to be coro­ner. Surgery on dead peo­ple. What’s the worst thing that could hap­pen? If every­thing went wrong, maybe you’d get a pulse
Den­nis Miller

Hard work never killed any­body, but why take a chance?
Edgar Bergen

Doing noth­ing is very hard to do…you never know when you’re fin­ished.
Leslie Nielsen

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