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To: Bald Eagle who wrote (320949)	11/18/2002 9:04:02 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Another way of looking at it was the New York Times article "Moderation is no Virtue" which pointed out that the new Democratic Leader in the House is exactly as far left of center as the Republican leader in the House is right of center: "... In all the chortling, a few political realities got lost. Yes, Ms. Pelosi is a liberal's liberal, with a rating from Americans for Democratic Action of 100 percent and a district that gave just 15 percent of its presidential vote to George W. Bush. But she is no more of a liberal than Representative Tom DeLay, the new majority leader of the Republicans, is a conservative, with his zero ratings from the A.D.A. and the League of Conservation Voters. The two representatives represent the heart of their parties' caucuses in the House with far more ideological purity than either party would like to admit." "It's perfectly symmetrical," said Charles Cook, an independent expert on Congressional elections. "I don't know that San Francisco is any further from the ideological 50-yard line than Sugar Land, Tex., is," he added, referring to the hometown of Mr. DeLay. Message 18243679 Both parties are playing to their bases... not the 'center'.

To: Bald Eagle who wrote (320949)	11/18/2002 12:35:06 PM
From: JDN	Respond to of 769670

Dear Bald Eagle: I have read many things on this thread. So I thought I would contribute these quotes of TRUTH for the benefit of all. JDN § A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money. --G. Gordon Liddy § Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. --Douglas Casey (1992) § Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. --P.J. O'Rourke § Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. --Frederic Bastiat § Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. -- Ronald Reagan (1986) § I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. --Will Rogers § If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free. --P.J. O'Rourke § If you want government to intervene domestically, you're a liberal. If you want government to intervene overseas, you're a conservative. If you want government to intervene everywhere, you're a moderate. If you don't want government to intervene anywhere, you're an extremist. --Joseph Sobran (1995) § In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. --Voltaire (1764) § Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. --Pericles (430 B.C.) § No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session. --Mark Twain (1866) § Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. --Mark Twain § Talk is cheap-except when Congress does it. § The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. --Ronald Reagan § The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. --Winston Churchill § The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. --Mark Twain § The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. --Herbert Spencer (1891) § There is no distinctly native American criminal class save Congress. --Mark Twain § There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences. --P.J. O'Rourke (1993) § We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. --Winston Churchill