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Quote of the Day – Politics Edition

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This one’s from Alger:

The Slaughter Rule…

AND THE DISCUSSION of it at the Volokh Conspiracy persuade me ever more thoroughly of my hypothesis that the Dems do not intend to pass “Health Care,” but that they are convinced they must be seen to have tried. As the solutions to the deadlock and the statements made about it become ever more risible, one is forced to conclude that they don’t really want this one. They’re just faking it.

One more thing they can blame on the Republicans for not being “bipartisan” about come election time.

Quote of the Day – Déjà vu Edition

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When I was young I was taught through soft, humorous suggestions — nobody really stating it word-for-word — that blathering away about the communists taking over, was a sign of dementia.

It must be true. The older I get, the more signs I see that they are, and have been for awhile.

— mkfreeberg, House of Eratosthenes, U.S. Mulls “Black Box”

I said pretty much exactly this on the latest edition of Vicious Circle.

Quote of the Day – Twofer Edition

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Taken in its entirety from Vanderleun. First, a quote from IMAO, then Vanderleun’s addendum:

Conservatives tend to treat as hobbies what liberals treat as occupations. – IMAO

It deserves to be part of the catechism of losing. I’d also observe that it is the habit of conservatives to bring a calm and logical argument to an ideological gunfight.

I’m sure our resident Leftist will object. After all it’s been the Leftist’s argument all along that they’re the “reality-based” community, willing to discuss, negotiate, and reason, but from my perspective that’s just typical of their projection issues.

Quote of the Day – Pissed Off Edition

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I don’t know what makes a politician get to Washington and immediately assume that every problem in the world can be fixed by more rules, another federal agency, and a few tax dollars, but a majority of them get that way. And the rest, who don’t, get into the “my esteemed colleague” mode, addressing people like Barney Frank as if her were of sterling character and his ideas of no more import than a difference in the color of the carpet.

I’m tired of the silence that signifies assent.

— Mostly Cajun, It’s getting near time . . .

Quote of the Day – Reality Edition

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Unix-Jedi put the last part of this into a comment, and I liked it so much I went searching for the source. The original is, apparently, old enough that the source is unknown, but it’s still accurate today:

Reality is the murder of a beautiful theory by a gang of ugly facts.

Theory and reality are only theoretically related.

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice.

In practice there is.

I may make this the new official motto of TSM!

Quote of the Day – Supreme Court Edition

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This one comes from Tuesday’s oral arguments in the McDonald v. Chicago case, argued by Alan Gura. It would have been QotD Wednesday, but I already had two in queue before it:

States may have grown accustomed to violating the rights of American citizens, but that does not bootstrap those violations into something that is constitutional.

Abso-fracking-lutely. And thank you Alan Gura for having the testicular fortitude to stand there and SAY IT. If I ever meet you again, the beer’s on me.