“…oh yes, and isn't her effortless command of the English language inspiring?…” - fran
…as is her lack of tenacity when it comes to remaining in office! Oh, and for those enamored with sentence diagramming, be sure to read and look at: “Diagramming Sarah. Can Palin's sentences stand up to a grammarian?” http://www.slate.com/id/2201158/ And from both sides of the Atlantic: “Sarah Palin: Every English teacher's worst nightmare” http://www.blueoregon.com/2008/09/sarah-palin-eve.html and “Sarah Palin's political gibberish” http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2008/oct/02/sarah.palin.election.language On Mar 23, 1:46 pm, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > "What I dislike most about Obamacare though is this notion that the > leftists in Washington think that they can pass this thing through, > cram it through, with disregard to consider the will of the people, > disregard of these constitutional legal traditional processes which > have thus far been used in America's processes to allow policy to be > adopted that do adhere to the will of the people." > -- Sarah Palin > > Wow! Deep, deep thoughts! Have I got this right ... a group of > leftists in Washington, unelected by the American people, have pushed > through a proposal of an unelected president, in an illegal, > unconstitutional extra-parliamentary way? The people of the USA are > indeed fortunate to have advocates of due process and constitutional > parliamentary procedures such as Ms. Palin ... (oh yes, and isn't her > effortless command of the English language inspiring?) > > Francis > > On 22 Mrz., 04:23, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Let it all hang out. Marx and Stalin and Mao quotes welcome. Paine > > and Jefferson quotes appreciated. > > > "A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot > > survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, > > for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves > > amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling > > through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. > > For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar > > to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he > > appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He > > rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night > > to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so > > that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor > > is the plague." -- Marcus Tullius Cicero > > > "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more > > corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." > > "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will > > herald the end of the republic." > > "The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You > > have to catch it yourself." > > ---Benjamin Franklin > > > dj- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
