Showing posts with label popular philosophy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label popular philosophy. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Democracy & ice cream

"Democracy" is not only two wolves and a sheep voting on lunch, it's 310 million Americans going to Baskin & Robbins and deciding on one flavor. --L. Reichard White, July 20, 2013, 13:22:32
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Sunday, June 16, 2013

A little help please - - -

I heard yesterday that "There are some questions one just doesn't ask."  What are they so I can ask them?  --L. Reichard White, Sunday, June 16, 2013 2:48 PM


Tuesday, June 4, 2013

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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Monday, June 3, 2013

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


Sunday, May 26, 2013

Bad girls - - -

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


Friday, March 8, 2013

What controls governments?

Customers control businesses -- and can put them out of business by not patronizing them anymore.  What exerts the same control over governments?  --L. Reichard White, Friday, March 08, 2013 12:56 PM



Thursday, February 7, 2013

Are YOU in the majority?

"...the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted Jan. 9-13 among 1,502 adults, finds that 53% think that the federal government threatens their own personal rights and freedoms" Majority Says the Federal Government Threatens Their Personal Rights | Pew Research Center for the People and the Press


RELATED: UNCOMMON SENSE: The REAL Fear Factor 

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

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



Monday, January 14, 2013

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


Thursday, December 20, 2012

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


Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Who's government is it anyway?

Look folks, it is NOT "our" government. It is "THEIR" government -- unless you can afford to hire a lobbyist or make a huge campaign bribe. --L. Reichard White, Tuesday, December 04, 2012 3:41 PM


How do you know it doesn't exist?

Just because you don't know about it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. --L. Reichard White, Tuesday, December 04, 2012 6:58 AM



Friday, November 30, 2012

Just not up to the job

There are periods in history when curmudgeonly behavior isn't up to the task at hand.  Now, for example. --L. Reichard White, November 30, 2012, 08:36:54