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Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 14:10:11 EST
Subject: Interesting and humorous posting on government

Hello, Dear Cryoneters,

I usually refrain from reposting jokes or forwardings I receive. 

But, since government is highly relevant re: cryonics these days, the 
following are germane.

Cynical, but accurate, very pithy.  Forwarding follows:


ALL YOU'LL EVER NEED TO KNOW TO UNDERSTAND GOVERNMENT!


Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.
But, I repeat myself.
-- Mark Twain

We 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

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the
support of Paul.
-- George Bernard Shaw

A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to society, which he
proposes to pay off with your money.
-- G. Gordon Liddy

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on
what to have for dinner.
-- James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people in rich
countries to rich people in poor countries.
-- Douglas Casey, Classmate of W.J.Clinton

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys
to teenage boys.
-- P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to
live at the expense of everybody else.
Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short
phrases:
If it moves, tax it.  If it keeps moving, regulate it.  And if it stops
moving, subsidize it.
-- Ronald Reagan (1986)

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
-- Will Rogers

If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it
costs when it's free.
--P.J. O'Rourke

If you want government to intervene domestically, you're a liberal.
If you want government to intervene overseas, you're a conservative.
If you want government to intervene everywhere, you're a moderate.
If you don't want government to intervene anywhere, you're an extremist.
-- Joseph Sobran, Editor of the National Review at one time (1995)

The art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from
one party of citizens to give to the other.
-- Voltaire (1764)

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean
politics won't take an interest in you.
-- Pericles (430 B.C.)

No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in
session.
-- Mark Twain (1866)

Talk is cheap-except when Congress does it.
-- (Unknown)

The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite
at one end and no responsibility at the other.
-- Ronald Reagan

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings.
The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
-- Winston Churchill

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the
taxidermist leaves the skin.
-- Mark Twain

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools.
-- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)

There is no distinctly native American criminal class save Congress.
-- Mark Twain

There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you darn well
please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take
the consequences.
-- P.J. O'Rourke (1993)

What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
-- Edward Langley, Artist 1928-1995

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first thing
to be bought and sold are legislators.
-- P.J. O'Rourke



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ALL YOU'LL EVER NEED TO KNOW TO UNDERSTAND GOVERNMENT!


Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.
But, I repeat myself.
-- Mark Twain

We 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

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the
support of Paul.
-- George Bernard Shaw

A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to society, which he
proposes to pay off with your money.
-- G. Gordon Liddy

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on
what to have for dinner.
-- James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people in rich
countries to rich people in poor countries.
-- Douglas Casey, Classmate of W.J.Clinton

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys
to teenage boys.
-- P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to
live at the expense of everybody else.
Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short
phrases:
If it moves, tax it.  If it keeps moving, regulate it.  And if it stops
moving, subsidize it.
-- Ronald Reagan (1986)

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
-- Will Rogers

If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it
costs when it's free.
--P.J. O'Rourke

If you want government to intervene domestically, you're a liberal.
If you want government to intervene overseas, you're a conservative.
If you want government to intervene everywhere, you're a moderate.
If you don't want government to intervene anywhere, you're an extremist.
-- Joseph Sobran, Editor of the National Review at one time (1995)

The art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from
one party of citizens to give to the other.
-- Voltaire (1764)

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean
politics won't take an interest in you.
-- Pericles (430 B.C.)

No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in
session.
-- Mark Twain (1866)

Talk is cheap-except when Congress does it.
-- (Unknown)

The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite
at one end and no responsibility at the other.
-- Ronald Reagan

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings.
The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
-- Winston Churchill

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the
taxidermist leaves the skin.
-- Mark Twain

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools.
-- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)

There is no distinctly native American criminal class save Congress.
-- Mark Twain

There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you darn well
please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take
the consequences.
-- P.J. O'Rourke (1993)

What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
-- Edward Langley, Artist 1928-1995

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first thing
to be bought and sold are legislators.
-- P.J. O'Rourke


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