"The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've exhausted all
the alternatives." -- Winston Churchill

"I'd rather vote for something and not get it than vote for something I don't want, and get it." -- Eugene V. Debs, Five-Time Socialist Candidate for President (1855-1926)

The following is based on a discussion I had with my fiancée, Kristen. We were talking about her beliefs and God. The conversation was sparked by a book called The Inescapable Love of God.

"BE IT RESOLVED, That the Republican Party is the party of the open door. Ours is the party of liberty, the party of equality for all and favoritism for none.

"[These rules] assure that the Republican Party is open and accessible to all Americans."

-- The rules of the Republican Party As adopted by the 2004 Republican National Convention August 30, 2004

Someone didn't get the memo...

One of the most stressed aspects of the way our government works is the "checks and balances" system put in place by the architects of our constitution. These devices are usually taken to reference the way the three co-equal branches operate with respect to each other. Let us not, however, forget the most important check. Our constitution begins with "We the people..." We are the most important check on the government. Let us never fail in our duties.

"When the intellectual history of this era is written, it will scarcely be believable." -- Noam Chomsky

"It's not my business to do intelligent work." -- Donald Rumsfeld

"Don't let anybody make you think that God chose America as His divine messianic force to be -- a sort of policeman of the whole world. God has a way of standing before the nations with judgment, and it seems that I can hear God saying to America: 'You are too arrogant! If you don't change your ways, I will rise up and break the backbone of your power.'" -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Asked soon after Carl's Death:
"Didn't [Sagan] want to believe?"
Ann Druyan (Carl Sagan's wife) responded, "He didn't want to believe. He wanted to know."

"I think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination in every aspect of life, and to challenge them. Unless a justification for them can be given, they are illegitimate, and should be dismantled, to increase the scope of human freedom." -- Noam Chomsky

"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws." -- Tacitus, 56-120 A.D.