The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
Albert Einstein
Category Archives: Quote of the Day
Quote of the day–Darrell Huff
A well-wrapped statistic is better than Hitler’s “big Lie”; it misleads, yet it cannot be pinned on you.
Darrell Huff
How to Lie with Statistics
Copyright 1954
[I was reminded of this book when reading this from the Violence Policy Center. The VPC ignores all the murders in Washington D.C. due to the repressive gun laws and focuses on a subset of the suicides.–Joe]
Quote of the day–Bruce at mAss Backwards
Vini. Vidi. Boom.
[I came. I saw. I blew stuff up.]
Bruce at mAss Backwards
The winning Boomershoot 2006 slogan entry.
Congratulations Bruce.
Quote of the day–David Yassky
Whenever there’s a shooting, there’s almost always two people who are responsible, the one with the gun and the one who sold him the gun.
David Yassky
New York City Council Member
City Gun Control Bill Would Punish Dealers
April 12, 2006
Epoch Times
[Is the same true when there is a stabbing? Or a hit and run? How about in a beating with a baseball bat? David Yassky has mental problems.–Joe]
Quote of the day–Lethal Laws
In the 20th Century “gun control” is an essential pre-condition for genocide. Until and unless a hate-driven group gets control of the government mechanism and disarms its intended targets, genocide simply cannot and does not occur.
Lethal Laws — “Gun Control” is the Key To Genocide
Page 12
by Jay Simkin, Aaron Zelman, and Alan M. Rice
Copyright 1994
ISBN 0-96442304-0-2
Quote of the day–Steven Gerri
There is nothing wrong with having nothing to say unless you insist on saying it.
Steven Gerri
April 10, 2006
[A frustration of mine with all politicians.–Joe]
Quote of the day–Ehud Olmert
Israel will have no contact with the Palestinian Authority, which is a hostile entity, and will work toward preventing any entrenchment of the Hamas government’s rule.
Anyone who fires a rocket and anyone who participates in terror acts will be dealt with without hesitation.
Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
April 9, 2006
Israel exerts diplomatic, military pressure on Hamas
Reuters
[With nearly all the foreign aid to Palestine cut off and Hamas unable to pay the government workers and many people about to go hungry things may get very “interesting” soon. When people get hungry their motivation for “less than lawful” activities is dramatically increased. With Israel ready, willing, and able to respond to these “less than lawful” activities there is likely to be significant bloodshed in the near future and most of the blood will be Palestinian.–Joe]
Quote of the day–Henry Kissinger
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad name.
Henry Kissinger
1992 Daily Curmudgeon Calendar
Quote of the day–Alan Gottlieb & Joe Waldron
Laws against guns on school campuses have not prevented a single school shooting. Laws against murder have not stopped murders. Laws restricting the firearm rights of law-abiding citizens have penalized the wrong people, while criminals intent on breaking the law and harming others keep doing it.
Stop trying to hoodwink the public into believing that one more restriction on law-abiding gun owners is going to stop the Kyle Huffs of the world, because it isn’t, and the gun-control extremists know it.
Alan Gottlieb & Joe Waldron
Don’t let gun-control extremists exploit Capitol Hill tragedy
Seattle Times April 7, 2006
[It’s giving the the gun-control extremists too much credit to think they “know it”. They shun factual knowledge and confuse deeply felt beliefs for knowledge. They then wallow in their emotions and the emotions of others to reinforce their beliefs. I have Just One Question for these gun-control nut cases.–Joe]
Quote of the day–President George W. Bush
They kill innocent men, women and children to achieve their objective. These folks cannot be appeased. We can’t hope that nice words will change their point of view.
And so the decision I made right off the bat is we will find them, and we will hunt them down, and we will bring them to justice before they hurt America again.
President George W. Bush
President Discusses Global War on Terror at Kansas State University
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas
January 23, 2006
Quote of the day–The Gun Guys
More guns means more violence, no matter what. Trained or not (and many carriers aren’t anymore), anyone who’s carrying a concealed weapons represents a threat to those around them.
The Gun Guys
Our Country’s Crazy Concealed Carry Laws
April 4, 2006
[I guess the police carrying guns means more violence and are a threat to those around them too. Let’s get rid of them. I have just one question for these nuts.–Joe]
Quote of the day–Xenia Huffman-Scott
I’m going to my room and sulk now. Because it looks like I have feces rubbed all over my face.
Xenia Huffman-Scott
After makeup to imitate a jackal was applied to her face for the play Jungle Book. Her post on the play is here.
April 1, 2006
Quote of the day–Dwight D. Eisenhower
We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Quote of the day–Jeff Cooper
We note with amazement that Bill Clinton has had the chutzpah to pose as a devotee of Theodore Roosevelt. For a draft dodger to presume to align himself with the hero of San Juan Hill is possibly the crowning impertinence of the 20th century.
As it has been mentioned, the Clinton administration may be quaintly characterized as “the evil of two lessers.”
Jeff Cooper
From Jeff Cooper’s Commentaries
Vol. 4, No. 11
September 1996
Quote of the day–Greg Hamilton
I saw an ex-marine buddy of mine back down two Seattle Seahawks in a bar once — scariest thing I have ever seen. This guy is only about 5’8″, the Seahawks just towered over him. Things escalated to the point where they said, “We are going to mop the floor with you and what do you think you are going to do about it?” The ex-marine eyes are just as black as death and he said, “I don’t know, but we’ll find out if you try.”
This was the perfect thing to say. It didn’t challenge them, and it wasn’t submission (although submission and running might have been a good way out for most people). It drew a line for them and told them there WOULD be a response if they stepped over it. His body language made it clear that he would respond. The Seahawks backed down — they didn’t feel a need to find out what the response might be.
Greg Hamilton (paraphrased)
Self Defense Instructor
February 5, 1997
Quote of the day–Lethal Laws
The successful imposition of “gun control has not stabilized Guatemala politically. In effect, “gun control” ensures that only the wealthy may lawfully own firearms. However, they tend to settle political problems with firearms. What the “gun control” laws achieved – some 90 years after the first such was enacted – was to clear the way for mass murder.
Lethal Laws — “Gun Control” is the Key To Genocide
Page 229
by Jay Simkin, Aaron Zelman, and Alan M. Rice
Copyright 1994
ISBN 0-96442304-0-2
Quote of the day–Carl J. Truscott
The 2005 edition of the Federal Firearms Regulations Reference Guide provides information designed to help you comply with all the laws and regulations governing the manufacture, importation, and the distributions of firearms and ammunition.
Carl J. Truscott
Special Message From the Director
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
Washington, DC 20226
ATF Publication 5300.4
[With nearly 250 pages of Federal law and regulation it appears either I or someone else misunderstand the meaning of “shall not be infringed.” I can think of better ways to help me comply than publishing this tome.–Joe]
Quote of the day–G.K. Chesterton
Nowadays a citizen can hardly distinguish between a tax and a fine, except that the fine is generally much lighter.
G.K. Chesterton
1992 Daily Curmudgeon Calendar
Quote of the day–Abdul Raoulf
Rejecting Islam is insulting God. We will not allow God to be humiliated. This man must die.
Abdul Raoulf
Islamic cleric, who is considered a moderate.
March 24, 2006
LifeSiteNews.com
[This attitude is something the entire world must address.–Joe]
Quote of the day–Ansarullah Mawlazezadah
The religion of Islam is one of tolerance, therefore, if he recants his Christian faith, he will not be executed.
Ansarullah Mawlazezadah
Trial judge in the case of Abdul Rahman an Afghani former medical aid worker and Christian convert from Islam.
March 24, 2006 LifeSite