How can you recognize true believers?

You can always recognize true believers. They're the folks who attack you for having an open mind. --L. Reichard White.

The LAW OF UNIVERSAL INEQUALITY:

"No two things or events are ever the same -- even if you give them the same name.

The 'same' thing never REMAINS the same." --L. Reichard White.

What happens to an unchallenged lie?

"An unchallenged lie becomes an unquestioned truth." --L. Reichard White.

Don't be silly - - - of COURSE you're not a failure!!

"You haven't failed, you just haven't succeeded yet."  --L. Reichard White.

No, you can't do that!

"You can't impose "order," it evolves. When you mess it up, it has to evolve all over again." --L. Reichard White, Thursday, May 01, 2014

Well, SHOULD they??

"Should governments obey their own laws?" --rhetorical question

What is "National Security?"

"A specious concept that allows a government to introduce and enforce a continuous series of ever increasingly totalitarian diktats in order to erode personal freedoms under the guise of an 'outside' threat." --Darren 'BigD' Groves

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Nothing to hide?

"IF one has nothing to hide ... THEN one has nothing to fear ... so why is the NSA in such a panic?" --aletheia

Where Chaos Comes From

Chaos doesn't come from folks with many different ideas, it comes when someone tries to impose one of those ideas on everyone.  --L. Reichard White, Friday, July 05, 2013 11:31 AM

It's NOT us.

Always remember, The U.S. is NOT us. --L. Reichard White, Tuesday, June 25, 2013 5:17 AM

Necessity really IS a mother - - -

The greatest strength is not born until necessity readies the canal for birth. --Dr. Amanda Kim Case, Saturday, June 15, 2013 12:11 PM

What do you have to hide?

The correct answer when asked "What do you have to hide?" is, "I don't know, but with all the laws on the books, I'm sure there must be quite a few things." --L. Reichard White, June 15, 2013, 08:26:20

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Responsibility or blame?

We cannot begin to sort ourselves out until we understand that there is such a thing as responsibility, that it has nothing to do with blame, that blame is a fixed, socially-agreed-upon thing, while responsibility is self-defined, something we choose to take upon ourselves independent of social agreements, and is only as great as we are great. -- Victims and Blame by Dean Blehert

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Do you support slave owners?

"To presume to have the authority to remove another's inherent right to self-determination is the assumption of the slave owner." --Dr. Amanda Kim Case, June 3, 2013

Bad girls - - -

Nearly all girls are bad girls some of the time.  --L. Reichard White, Sunday, May 26, 2013 5:54 PM

Looting mechanism?

Mainly, governments are looting mechanisms -- mainly they loot their "citizens." --L. Reichard White, Monday, February 11, 2013 1:51 PM

What happens if you don't?

If you don't program yourself, someone else will. -L. Reichard White, February 7, 2013, 08:57:21

What matters most?

It's not what you do that matters most to you, it's how you feel about what you do.  --L. Reichard White, 1967

Which is better?

Compromise is what you do when you have to.  Co-operate is what you do when you want to.  Co-operate is better.  --L. Reichard White, Monday, January 14, 2013 9:46 PM

What happened?

When I was growing up, hitmen, snipers and spies were bad guys -- and whistle-blowers and hackers were good guys. What happened? --L. Reichard White, December 20, 2012, 17:24:01