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toubab1020
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 Posted - 18 Mar 2014 : 22:14:41
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Sent to me by a friend
I have more I will post in a few weeks time
Don't worry folks you don't have to write any opinions or reply
On second thoughts IT IS ALL ABOUT POLITICS,Politicos welcome to post.
The very last line in this post is all my own work,will I ever be quoted,I doubt it
n my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a government.
John Adams
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams
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If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
Mark Twain
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Suppose you were an *****. And suppose you were a member of government. But then I repeat myself.
Mark Twain
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I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
Winston Churchill
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A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
George Bernard Shaw
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Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Casey
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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
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Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
Frederic Bastiat, French economist(1801-1850)
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I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
Will Rogers
I suppose this is the man,maybe not, who knows.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Rogers
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If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free!
P.J. O'Rourke
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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kayjatta
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Posted - 19 Mar 2014 : 07:09:15
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Interesting quotes Toubab. The underlying philosophy in all except in that of Mark Twain is neoliberalism. Many quotes like these may often serve as great 'soundbites', but they are not supported by reality. Neoliberalism, whether under Thatcher, Reagan, or Gen. Pinochet is seriously problematic....
Thank you.
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toubab1020
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Posted - 19 Mar 2014 : 10:54:48
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Thanks for your posting, it took a bit of thought which quotes to include that would gain responses from bantaba readership,you have highlighted this,so politicos MAY consider pushing keys on the computer keyboard,I must admit that when I saw the names,I had no idea at all who they were,hence the associated links against some names  .
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Originally posted by kayjatta
Interesting quotes Toubab. The underlying philosophy in all except in that of Mark Twain is neoliberalism. Many quotes like these may often serve as great 'soundbites', but they are not supported by reality. Neoliberalism, whether under Thatcher, Reagan, or Gen. Pinochet is seriously problematic....
Thank you.
Kayjatta is not an ..... :)
Here again you have exposed my lack of understanding of technical words .
I had to look up the meaning of neoliberalism.
My signature explains who I am well,so for those like me who do not use or understand such technical and specialist words here is a plain English link that will help you
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/neoliberalism |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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kayjatta
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Posted - 20 Mar 2014 : 06:09:53
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Thanks for looking it up Toubab. I have no idea why I keep assuming that everyone knows just as much as I do .
The second definition is close enough to what I mean - hence my grouping together of Thatcher, Reagan and the deadly Pinochet, all of whom firmly stood for neoliberal ideals with Pinochet taking more extreme measures...
I wish Momodou would allow me to give details of why I think Twain is different .... :) |
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Momodou
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Posted - 20 Mar 2014 : 11:01:44
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Originally posted by kayjatta
I wish Momodou would allow me to give details of why I think Twain is different .... :)
Why not? You are most welcome. Perhaps we should move the topic to the right forum for "politicos" |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 20 Mar 2014 : 16:45:22
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I would get less readership of my posting if you did that  |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20 Mar 2014 : 20:29:13
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Toubab 1020. All your quotes are POLITICOS and more;
""The West behaves towards the Islamic world like a monkey with a grenade," Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who is known for his sharp tongue, wrote on Twitter."
"As Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said, the U.S. is like "a monkey with a hand grenade" in the Mideast." Read more at Godfather Politics
Also "Odd. A British diplomat once said giving African and Middle Eastern countries independence was like giving a child of ten a latchkey, a bank account, and a shotgun.”"
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toubab1020
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Posted - 20 Mar 2014 : 21:06:18
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KOBO,I did mention that in my first post:
"On second thoughts IT IS ALL ABOUT POLITICS,Politicos welcome to post."
That's me done on this theme here, until the next installment.
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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toubab1020
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Posted - 20 Mar 2014 : 21:12:56
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Did say I was going from here,but must just post this...obviously
Not surprising,Dmitry Rogozin is a Russian and would say that,AND he is a twitter user as well,tell everybody everything , get noticed worldwide
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22 Mar 2014 : 06:27:47
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Toubab 1020. Hope you can understand this visual message below
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toubab1020
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Posted - 22 Mar 2014 : 11:14:01
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I think so,ALL the media embellishes the truth by using "Double entendre" in order to get more readers,viewers,listeners to sell their businesses for more $ or £s to pay the shareholders big bosses
,and undefined others or for personal enhancement and financial gain of a powerful person,because the owners of such media are frightened of the powerful person.
so NO media tells the plain unvarnished truth or gives clear accurate facts,just like all politicians.
Is my perception of your visual image above correct?,please answer yes or no. (I like "simple" & uncomplicated)
If NO is answered to my question above please explain in simple plain understandable English words your perception of your posted image.
Thanks
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22 Mar 2014 : 13:09:21
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| Yes. Agree with your views and one have to be very careful with media power to sell a story. Not all reports are factual and reliable. |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 22 Mar 2014 : 16:10:41
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So KOBO,I solved your puzzle 
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Originally posted by kobo
Yes. Agree with your views and one have to be very careful with media power to sell a story. Not all reports are factual and reliable.
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Some very interesting quotes
