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Makes me wonder
— Bumper sticker of
the week: Thou shalt not kill — unless otherwise instructed.
— Quote of the week:
ŅTrue patriotism is an act of love. If your country is about to run into the
street without looking, there is absolutely nothing disloyal about crying,
ŌStop.ÕÓ Sam Smith, How to be a Patriot.
— Makes me wonder:
„ DonÕt you ever wonder about toilets? You fill them up with all
kinds of nasty stuff, flush, and bingo, gone. Where does all that crap go?
„ I sit in front of this computer and wonder, how did this thing
get so smart? I donÕt know anybody smart enough to make it this smart.
„ I canÕt come to terms with carpet cleaner. I prefer Resolve.
You put it on a stain, and it disappears. I wonder where it goes? IÕve been
thinking of putting some on my fingers and shaking hands with Bush. What do you
think?
„ I often wonder if weÕll make it as a species? Homo sapiens.
Some days I think the universe would be better off if it just chewed us up and
spit us out. Another billion years or so, maybe we would climb back out of the
primordial ooze for a second time. Sort of a second chance.
„ Cell phones. Makes me wonder what would happen if we had to
use wires?
„ I wonder why aliens only show up in remote places and only
make themselves known to nut cases? Just once IÕd like to see them show up at a
town meeting.
„ I wonder how you can win an election without getting the most
votes? I wonder which Bush thought that up?
„ If you think you got an exclusive arrangement with God, and
that He or She favors your politics, or ideology, or your country, or military,
or even our specific religion, I wonder whoever led you to believe such crap?
There are a lot of different Stairways to Heaven.
— IÕm sitting here in
Florida contemplating retirement. The temperature is 82. ItÕs 16 back home. My
decisions for this a.m.: Go to the beach, go to the dog track, golfing, or just
sit around the pool. Retirement is tough. There are a lot of decisions to be
made.
— The State of the
Union: It sounded like the same old story. Bush is obsessed with Iraq. I could
have saved him a lot of time and embarrassment. His speech could have been a
whole lot shorter. The state of the union: Bad.
— I get a kick out of
Republicans. They cry about how reliant we are on the government. They donÕt
want to help the poor. They donÕt want price regulations. They donÕt want
universal health-care. Those things depend on the government. My question is,
who exactly do you think the government is? I always figured it was us. When we
ask the government for help, or when we ask it to underwrite, for instance,
universal health-care, we are asking us to do that, for us. And it is us who
need those things, now. I donÕt buy the crap that we canÕt afford it, or that
the government shouldnÕt be doing those things. ThatÕs a diversion that rich
Republicans love to use. Well, itÕs time to confront them on their ŅthatÕs
socialismÓ crap, or Ņthe government shouldnÕt be doing those things.Ó Stand up
and tell them theyÕre wrong. Universal health-care is a whole lot more useful
and necessary than universal war, or more tax cuts for the rich. It is time to
take back what is rightfully ours.