“When done right - or wrong, depending on how you look at it - deficits remove liberal options from the table. Suddenly there's no money for building bridges or inspecting meat. Not surprisingly, running up a deficit is a strategy favored by the wrecking crew for its liberal-killing properties.” LooksDoneRunningBuildingTablesStrategyPropertyKillingBridgesMeatRemoveCrewDeficitNo MoneyBuilding Bridges Author:Thomas Frank
“Authority is not a quality one person 'has,' in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.” LooksPersonsQualityAuthorityRelationPropertySuperiorsSaneInterpersonalInterpersonal Relationship Book:The Sane Society Source: The Sane Society
“Every time you look at a house in Los Angeles, the real-estate agent will tell you that someone famous once lived there. It always seemed irrelevant to me: Does a property gain value just because Alfred Hitchcock used to eat breakfast there?” LooksDoeRealUsedValuesHouseGainsPropertyAgentsLos AngelesBreakfastEstatesIrrelevantHitchcockEstate Agents Author:Bill Vaughan