“It's responsible for the sloppiness and imprecision of the War on Terror, for example. It's responsible for taking people's tax dollars and spending the country into debt on useless wars and pointless pork projects to buy votes. It's responsible for bailing out the banks instead of standing up for the people the banks cheated. It's responsible for plenty.” PeopleWarCountryExampleTaxesProjectsStandingVoteResponsibleDollarsTerrorDebtSpendingPlentyUselessPointlessCheatedWar On TerrorPorkTax DollarsBailing OutSloppiness Author:Timothy Hallinan
“It would be hard to find a single example in history in which a group that cast more than 50 percent of the vote got away with calling itself the victim... Women are the only 'oppressed' group to share the same parents as the 'oppressor'; to be born into the middle class and upper class as frequently as the 'oppressor'; to own more of the culture's luxury items than the 'oppressor'.” HardWould BeCultureParentBornClassGroupsShareMiddleExampleCallingPercentVoteVictimCastsLuxuryMiddle ClassOppressedItemsOppressorsUpper ClassLuxury Items Book:The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex Source: The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex
“I think that, that it would be hard for New Hampshire to vote for somebody who was a fundamentalist minister, affable as he is. He does seem to actually want to write, for example, a prohibition against abortion into the Constitution , which Ronald Reagan, for all his talking about it, never tried to do one time.” ThinkingWantWritingDoeHardSeemsWould BeTalkingExampleVoteConstitutionMinistersAbortionOne TimeProhibitionFundamentalistHampshireNew HampshireAgainst AbortionAffable Author:Mike Huckabee
“We wield an enormous influence over the world through how we choose to vote and what we choose to buy. Again, it's the power of numbers. If voters hold their leaders responsible for doing something about global warming, it will get done. If most people refuse to buy products from companies that, for example, wrap products in more plastic than necessary, pretty soon the plastic wrapping will stop.” PeopleIfsWorldDoneNumbersCompanyLeaderInfluenceExampleProductsVoteResponsibleRefuseEnormousGlobal WarmingVotersPlasticWrapsWrapping Book:Heatstroke: Nature in an Age of Global Warming Source: Heatstroke: Nature in an Age of Global Warming
“The big secret to winning elections is to get more votes than your opponent. My friend Representative Robin Hayes is a good example to study.” BigsWinningSecretStudyExampleMy FriendsVoteElectionOpponentsRepresentativesRobinsGood ExamplesWinning Elections Author:Jesse Helms