“There's a certain part of the contented majority who love anybody who is worth a billion dollars.” LovePoliticalCertainPoliticsMajorityDollarsBillionsFunny ValentineFunny Valentines Day CardSilly Love Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For maximum comprehension, do not start listening until the first clause is concluded. Begin instead at the word 'BUT' which begins the second, or active, clause. This is the way to tell a liberal from a conservative - before they tell you. Thus: 'I have always believed in a strong national defense, second to none, but...(a liberal, about to propose a $20 billion defense cut).” WayFirstsPoliticsBeliefStrongCuttingListeningPoliticianOppositesConservativeActiveSentencesDefenseBillionsMaximumAlways BelieveProposeComprehensionClausesNational Defense Author:Frank Mankiewicz
“Here is an educational bombshell: Take from all of today's industrial nations all their industrial machinery and all their energy-distributing networks, and leave them all their ideologies, all their political leaders, and all their political organizations, and I can tell you that within six months, two billion people will die of starvation, having gone through great pain and deprivation along the way.” PeopleWayI CanTwoWisdomTodayPainPoliticalDiesPoliticsEnergyNationsLeaderEconomyGoneMonthsSixOrganizationEducationalBillionsIdeologyLiberalismSix MonthsMachineryStarvationDeprivationPolitical LeadersBombshells Author:R. Buckminster Fuller
“In sectors like energy, I haven't been arguing for more spending per se; I've been arguing that it doesn't make sense for us to spend $4 billion subsidizing an oil industry that's mature and very profitable. We should be using that money to finance clean energy of the future.” ShouldPoliticsEnergyHavensIndustryCleanClimate ChangeSpendingOilArguingBillionsFinanceMake SenseMatureProfitableClean EnergyOil Industry Author:Barack Obama
“Someone is an ignoramus who would say that, 'Oh, we had three hurricanes this year. This proves that somehow the climate is warming.' The earth is 4.5 billion years old, and you're going to say that we had four hurricanes and so it proves a theory?” YearsRealityEarthScienceThreePoliticsNaturePartyHistoryFourGenerationsTheoryProveClimateBillionsIdeologyTeaFree SpeechHurricanesTea Party Author:Rand Paul
“Standardized tests are an indicator of the kind of service taxpayers are receiving - and whether schools, educators and policymakers are doing their jobs. In the United States, taxpayers spend almost $600 billion annually on public education, so it's not unreasonable to ask what all that money is producing. In fact, it's irresponsible not to know.” KnowsKindStatesFactsRealitySchoolJobsAsksPoliticsLeadershipWorkJusticeUnitedMoneyEducationUnited StatesPolicyTaxesTestsStrategyBillionsIdeologyReceivingTaxpayersIrresponsibleEducatorUnreasonablePublic EducationIndicators Author:Michelle Rhee
“Hell, we spent $200 Billion to get a scared guy who needed a shave out of a fox-hole! And he may even die of prostate cancer before we even get a chance to try him, dammit!” TryingMayGuyDiesPoliticsChanceHellNeededCancerScaredBillionsHolesFoxesProstateProstate Cancer Author:Ted Turner