Quote of the Day
Russ | January 15, 2013
Seen at Legal Insurrection: I’m willing to die protecting my 2nd amendment rights. Are you willing to die trying to take them away from me? I really need one of those bumper stickers.
Quotes of the Day
Russ | October 19, 2012
The amazingly brilliant Thomas Sowell: Not since the days of slavery have there been so many people who feel entitled to what other people have produced as there are in the modern welfare state, whether in Western Europe or on this side of the Atlantic. How are children supposed to learn to act like adults, [...]
Quote of the Day
Russ | September 28, 2012
The Iranian Ayatollah receives a warm welcome upon his arrival in the Twitterverse: Brilliant. See also the Twitchy thread.
Quote of the Day
Russ | September 12, 2012
Yesterday, actually, but applicable pretty much any day, ever:
Quotes of the Day
Russ | August 30, 2012
The next Vice President of the United States, Paul Ryan: College graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms, staring up at fading Obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life. And… None of us have to settle for the best this administration offers [...]
Quote of the Day
Russ | August 20, 2012
Protein Wisdom commenter McGehee: Academics have always thought they should be in charge. They fancy themselves philosophers, and who was it that first posited the philosopher-king? Too much tenure, not enough hemlock. In response to “Supporting the 2nd Amendment is a Mental Disorder Say Connected Physicians”
Quote of the Day, the “You Didn’t Build That” Edition
Russ | July 27, 2012
I’d lately been meaning to dig this one up from the archives, prompted by recent campaign developments, but I’ve been busy.* Fortunately, Instapundit and his readers deliver: Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work [...]
Quote of the Day
Russ | June 12, 2012
Stoaty Weasel: Liberalism really is a cargo cult. The Spanish know — in a dim, inchoate way — that roads are important to a thriving modern economy, so they built little road-shaped shrines out in the ass-end of nowhere, hoping prosperity would follow. It didn’t.
Quote of the Day – “Blast from the Past” Edition
Russ | June 11, 2012
An interesting way of looking at hardship: You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn’t it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in [...]
Quote of the Day
Russ | May 20, 2012
Refuting the oh, so horribly wrong article, Why Soccer Is Better Than Football, at Hot Air Headlines: Soccer is wonderful exercise for children without enough coordination to play a sport. Commenter Ted Torgerson, getting it exactly right.
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