Stuff We've Learned from Various Political Events
Zexaland
05-10-2005, 14:27
Add your own, comment, etc.
-A trial by fire is for the suckers.
-It's better to lie about what you thought the effects of your actions would be then lie about what you actually did, that way, you come of as wrong instead of a liar.
-Powerful friends beat morals, the people's support and honesty every day of the week.
-Mindless appeals to majority groups are the cornerstone of every successful career politican.
-There is no red or blue, only black, gray, more black and jet black.
Politics and academics don't mix.
It isn't what you know, it's who knows you.
The well thought out argument is no match for mindless rhetoric.
Sick Nightmares
05-10-2005, 17:32
If you can't beat them, indict them!
He who has the last laugh, runs your budget.
Your vote really doesnt matter, but without it, you can't bitch as bad.
"Where are the F%$king Ballons?"
He who laughs last didn't understand the joke.
Aim for the moon, if you miss out you'll land among the stars.
Life is uncertain, eat dessert first.
My tastes are very simple, I like the best of everything.
It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
"Women can rule the world - I will rule the world; I just want to get married first!" (Ally McBeal)
The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep (Alan Patrick Herbert)
The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected. --- (G. K. Chesterton)
Determine what you want, then resolve to pay the price to get it. --- Bunker Hunt
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.- Abraham Lincoln
The State is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else. - Frédéric Bastiat
One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99
who only have interests." --- John Stuart Mill
Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then. --- Katharine Hepburn
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. - Plato
Zexaland
06-10-2005, 02:17
And, of course, the most obvious lesson: all your base are belong to the Federal Government.
Neo Kervoskia
06-10-2005, 02:23
The candidate must not bleed, except on election night.
Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit.
Zexaland
06-10-2005, 08:23
The candidate must not bleed, except on election night.
I don't get it.
Unspecifistan
06-10-2005, 09:33
"Power eminates from the barrel of a gun." - Mao Tse-tung
"The best sound is always that of your friend falling off a forty-storey building." - Mao Tse-tung
"It's the economy, stupid." - William J. Clinton (because the economy nearly always decides who wins the election)
And, my favourite lesson from politics:
"There are three sorts of lies; lies, damn lies and statistics."
That real debates in society, real conflicts of ideologies and real cultural clashes rely all on the most subtle and obscure matters: the most radical is the most nuanced.
Strathdonia
06-10-2005, 11:47
And, of course, the most obvious lesson: all your base are belong to the Federal Government.
Except the ones they just sold top thier freinds at knockdown prices....
Whatever wrong you've done, there will always be a bunch of your supporters defending that action.
Passivocalia
06-10-2005, 20:30
Don't allow oppressive regimes or ideologies to spread; that kind of stuff starts World War II.
Don't try to contain any regimes or ideologies, even if they are oppressive; that kind of stuff starts Viet Nam and other such fruitless conflicts.