"Death is the release of all pain and complete cessation, neyond which our suffering will not extend. It will return us to that condition of tranquility, which we enjoyed before we were born. Should anyone mourn the deceased, then he must also mourn the unborn. Death is neither good nor evil, for good or evil can only be something that actually exists. However, whatever is of itseld nothing and which transformseverythiing eles into nothing will not at all be able to put us at the mercy of Fate." Seneca (4 B.C. - 65 A.D.)
this is just one of those quotes that kinda just changes ur day if not life you start to see death in a different way. I kno that it did mine i saw this quote at body worlds (place is awsome but that is another thread) we probally can all relate if some one close has died my aunt just past (RIP Auntie 10:47 p.m. 11/29/06)
Originally posted by 84Bill: "This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember it or overthrow it." -Abraham Lincoln, 1838
LOL
so sayeth "honest Abe" less than 3 decades before he decides people shouldnt have the right to be dissatisfied with the government
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Formula88 Member
Posts: 53788 From: Raleigh NC Registered: Jan 2001
“If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle.”
“Many of you are well enough off that the tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.”
“I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers We are the president.”
“Every nation has to either be with us, or against us. Those who harbor terrorists, or who finance them, are going to pay a price.”
“give those heathen a little taste of hell.”
-Hillary Clinton
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Jermz238 Member
Posts: 1637 From: Newark, California Registered: Jan 2006
“If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle.”
“Many of you are well enough off that the tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.”
“I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers We are the president.”
“Every nation has to either be with us, or against us. Those who harbor terrorists, or who finance them, are going to pay a price.”
“give those heathen a little taste of hell.”
-Hillary Clinton
sounds like someone i want for my leader.
i laughed at the "with us or against us" one. there ARE NO SHADES OF GREY haha
the tax one is good too. "for the greater good". reminds me of the Tau empire
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Jan 22nd, 2007
webbee Member
Posts: 1149 From: Los Angeles, Ca. USA Registered: Jun 2000
"The sum of your life is the Result of your Actions. The Actions you take are determined by how you Feel. How you Feel is determined by what you Think. And what you Think is re-inforced by the Results of your life. Think positive and positive results will come. Think negative and your life will be **** . It's your choice." - annonymous
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Jan 23rd, 2007
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Posts: 1149 From: Los Angeles, Ca. USA Registered: Jun 2000
"The most effective answer to this leadership vacuum would be a new era of political activism by ordinary citizens. The biggest, most far-reaching changes of the past century — the labor movement, the civil rights movement, the women’s movement — were not primarily the result of elective politics, but rather the hard work of committed citizen-activists fed up with the status quo. It’s time for thoughtful citizens to turn off their TVs and step into the public arena. Protest. Attend meetings. Circulate petitions. Run for office. I suspect the public right now is way ahead of the politicians when it comes to ideas about creating a more peaceful, more equitable, more intelligent society."
Dick Cheney in April 1991, then Defense Secretary:
"If you're going to go in and try to topple Saddam Hussein,you have to go to Baghdad. Once you've got Baghdad, it's not clear what you do with it. It's not clear what kind of government you would put in place of the one that's currently there now. Is it going to be a Shia regime, a Sunni regime or a Kurdish regime? Or one that tilts toward the Baathists, or one that tilts toward the Islamic fundamentalists?
How much credibility is that government going to have if it's set up by the United States military when it's there? How long does the United States military have to stay to protect the people that sign on for that government, and what happens to it once we leave?"
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Posts: 1149 From: Los Angeles, Ca. USA Registered: Jun 2000
This is the crime of which I assuse my country and my countrymen, and for which neither I nor time nor history will ever forgive them, that they have destroyed and are destroying hundreds of thousands of lives and do not know it and do not want to know it.
- James Baldwin
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RandomTask Member
Posts: 4540 From: Alexandria, VA Registered: Apr 2005
Stalkers and Shooters A History of Snipers Author Kevin Dockery
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Staff Sergeant O------ One of the things that frustrated me about being in Iraq was that this was a global war on terror, and they make specific use of the word "war." Okay, when I hear the word "war" and the United States being at war, I think back to our grandparents in World War II. Back then, the country mobilized. You had that solider who asked Rumsfeld why did he have to dig in the garage to find armor to get his Humvee across the border. Okay, so it was a setup question by a sneaky reporter looking to embarrass Rumsfeld. But we're at war. Why can't we shut down a civilian Humvee plant line and just mass produce armored Humvees if that's what's needed to be successful at this war? It's not that I'm suggesting that we go back to rationing like we did during World War II. But at some point, you have to commit to the action you undertaken. And I didn't feel like we were committed to what we were trying to do, because there were still a little bit of half @$$ed efforts going on. And that was a little frustrating
The poor man who is currently our president has reached such a point of befuddlement that he thinks stem cell research is the same as taking human lives, but that 40,000 dead Iraqi civilians are progress toward democracy," - Molly Ivins, 1944-2006
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Finally_Mine_86_GT Member
Posts: 4809 From: Hyde Park, New York Registered: Sep 2006
"Let me give you a little inside information about God. God likes to watch. He's a prankster. Think about it. He gives man instincts. He gives you this extraordinary gift, and then what does He do, I swear for His own amusement, his own private, cosmic gag reel, He sets the rules in opposition. It's the goof of all time. Look but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, don't swallow. Ahaha. And while you're jumpin' from one foot to the next, what is he doing? He's laughin' His sick, f**kin' a$$ off! He's a tight-a$$! He's a SADIST! He's an absentee landlord! Worship that? NEVER!" <---John Milton (al pacino), Devil's advocate
"We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war." - Molly Ivins
What? What do you mean can elves be evil? The Drow are evil and so are those damn Keebler elves. Little bastards may be cute but they gave me dibetes. So yeah I'd say there are evil elves.
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Toddster Member
Posts: 20871 From: Roswell, Georgia Registered: May 2001
To Saddam: "Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions." ~ Ulysses S. Grant
To all those for whom a blog passes as wisdom: "The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject." ~ Marcus Aurelius
To CBS "news" a note and a word of advise: "In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act." ~ George Orwell
To MoveOn.org: "It is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else." ~ Theodore Roosevelt
To those who forget that the terrorists started the war on terror: "Look at you in war...There has never been a just one, never an honorable one, on the part of the instigator of the war." ~ Mark Twain
To the 3000+ Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in defence of freedom: "Thank You America" ~ 50 million former slaves in the Middle East
that's 16,667 freed slaves per soldier...not a bad epitaph by any standard.
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webbee Member
Posts: 1149 From: Los Angeles, Ca. USA Registered: Jun 2000
`"My view of winning is that we are broadly on track to accomplishing our objectives, with Iraqi security forces that are capable of maintaining domestic order and denying Iraq as a safe haven for terror. I believe we are on track to get there by December of 2005." - Gen. George Casey, 2004
"I do not believe that the current policy has failed." -Gen. George Casey, 2006
"America supplying more troops while Iraqi leaders simply supply more promises is not a recipe for success in Iraq.'' - Sen. Carl Levin, 2006
"We have a failed policy, and we are not winning." - Sen. John McCain, 2006
"You have to internationalize the problem. You have to attack it diplomatically, geo-strategically." - Gen. John P. Abizaid, former Senior Commander in the Middle East
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webbee Member
Posts: 1149 From: Los Angeles, Ca. USA Registered: Jun 2000
Real heroes are men who fall and fail and are flawed, but win out in the end because they've stayed true to their ideals and beliefs and commitments. --Kevin Costner
*turns up the whiny emo music and gets out the dull razors*"
