Why do governments lie?

Governments lie. ...If they told people the truth, they wouldn't last very long. --Historian Howard Zinn.

R2D2 OR TERMINATOR 2?

"R2D2 OR TERMINATOR 2?" --L. Reichard White.

Do YOU know any Pro-government Fundamentalists?

"Pro-government Fundamentalist: Someone who believes governments are necessary but can't explain why." --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

The REAL reason "they" want you working - - -

"OF COURSE governments want you to have a job -- they get HALF of everything you make." --L. Reichard White 

Well, SHOULD they??

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

THE barrier - - -

Only one thing stands in the way of the denizens of D.C. solving the problems they've caused: Math. --L. Reichard White, Tuesday, October 15, 2013 9:22 AM

Trouncing Rube - - -

The idiots have created a health care contraption that makes Rube Goldberg look like a Swiss watchmaker. --L. Reichard White, October 6, 2013, 07:30:58

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Who dunnit?

Remember folks, when the stuff hits the fan, it wasn't your friends, neighbors, family or other citizens that caused the problems, it was The Government. --L. Reichard White, Monday, September 30, 2013 5:15 AM

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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Temporarily limited

Temporarily limited government is better than when it inevitably becomes unlimited - - - --L. Reichard White, Tuesday, September 10, 2013 8:21 PM

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

Bombed into prosperity?

You CAN bomb people into prosperity -- the people who make the bombs get rich. --L. Reichard White, August 27, 2013, 04:12:25

Uplifting?

OK, I can't take these lying, hypocritical military-industrial-congressional-media complex talking heads any more. Going to switch to something highly ethical, real, and uplifting by comparison instead: Just changed channels to Jerry Springer - - -  --L. Reichard White, Monday, August 26, 2013 4:45 PM

Austerity - - -

"Austerity" = "You get to spend your money instead of the government spending it for you." --L. Reichard White, Sunday, August 04, 2013 8:27 PM

What's the difference between governments & market-based organizations?

The key difference between private market-based institutions and government institutions is we have practical ways to control market-based institutions.  --L. Reichard White, July 23, 2013, 17:22:19

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Is government your friend?

Government has no friends only slaves. --Jon Smith

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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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"Unfettered Capitalism" - - -

"Unfettered Capitalism" = protected from competition -- usually by "regulation" -- (and/or subsidy) by a government. Otherwise "capitalists" are seriously fettered by "we the customers." Which is why the capitalists engineer protection -- usually by regulation -- (and/or subsidies) from a government.  --L. Reichard White, Saturday, July 20, 2013 10:54 AM

P.S. This is the ultimate result of what, when applied to bank bailouts, is called "moral hazard" as businesses learn how to get governments to underwrite their operations -- using taxpayers' money. 

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