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Oriental Redneck |
The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is that Good Men Do Nothing. - Edmund Burke (maybe) Analysis: If you do nothing in the face of evil, then how can you be a good man?  Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is looking. - Anonymous Analysis: Integrity is doing the right thing, period.  What are others that you can think of? Q | ||
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Funny Man |
Maybe the good men are not facing the evil and the "doing nothing" is simply not seeking out the evil to destroy it. Which begs the question, are all good men obligated to seek out and dispatch evil? ______________________________ “I'd like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living.” ― John Wayne | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process  |
Burke had not taken into account the effect of modern insurance. I have preached for years that the more nearly correct version of his saying is, “The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is that Good Men Have Insurance.” As far as the integrity saying goes, the “even when” excludes no cases, so what’s the difference? Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
Good point by 12131 and good insight by JALLEN. My contribution is; how come the sayings "birds of a feather flock together" and "opposities attact" are both true? "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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| Gracie Allen is my personal savior! |
^^ One is for superficial acquaintances, the other's for people you actually know. It's all about time and crises. My personal favorite: "If you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide." Yeah, well, maybe what I think about some woman's butt or my choice of boxer shorts on any given day is none of your buisness. | |||
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"Member" |
"Slow is smooth, smooth is fast." No, slow is just slow.  _____________________________________________________ Sliced bread, the greatest thing since the 1911. | |||
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| Oriental Redneck |
No need for redundancy. Q | |||
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| Gracie Allen is my personal savior! |
^^ It's not always easy to explain the concept of "don't waste any time, thought, space or energy" to 21st Century Americans. | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
 It sounds great until you realize what a sheepdog does. Yeah, it protects the flock from outside threats, but only so the shepherd can shear them of their coats or slaughter them. And if it fails to do its job it will meet the same fate. | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process |
Take it up with the Department of Redundancy Department. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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Drill Here, Drill Now |
Matthew 4:9 New International Version (NIV) Sounds great right? Reportedly, one Christian organization used it as their motto. It’s certainly Biblical. Not so fast as context is king. This is the part of the Bible where Jesus was tempted in the desert after fasting, and the devil is offering all the kingdoms of the world if Jesus bows to him and worships him. Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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Fighting the good fight |
Yeah. Similar to the gun-toting Christians who trot out Luke 11:21: "When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe." They puff out their chest and crow about how they're a strong man who's fully armed, so therefore their stuff is safe. Just like it says in the Bible, right? You even see it on ballcaps, t-shirts, tattoos, morale patches, AR dust covers, Glock slide plates, magazine baseplates, etc. etc. They neglect to examine the context... In this parable, Jesus is describing how he's stronger than the Devil. The parable continues on in Luke 11:22 with: "But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armour in which he trusted, and divides his spoils." Basically, Jesus is saying that even when the Devil is strong and in control of someone, Jesus is stronger, and can free whomever the Devil believes he controls. So that "well-armed strong man" that they're so confidently claiming to be is actually the Devil, and he's about to get his fiery ass handed to him by Jesus.  | |||
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| Ignored facts still exist |
As a rule of thumb. ....... . | |||
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| Oriental Redneck |
Whatever Christian organization uses that as motto, they are certainly not Christians, as far as I'm concerned. Q | |||
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| Freethinker |
Yup: Just as idiotic as 1 = 1 = 2 ► 6.4/93.6 ___________ “We are Americans …. Together we have resisted the trap of appeasement, cynicism, and isolation that gives temptation to tyrants.” — George H. W. Bush | |||
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| Fighting the good fight |
Right. Should be something like: "Start slow until you're smooth; once you're smooth you can go faster." | |||
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| Drill Here, Drill Now |
Q, I intentionally used the past tense because it didn’t last long as their motto. Several things could’ve happened to wind up with that motto - you get group think in meetings (meetings because none of us are as dumb as all of us) , some people don’t care about mottos and and agree quickly to get out of the meeting, some “Christians” have never read their Bible, etc Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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Now in Florida |
1 is none...two is one. 1 is not none. 1 is much better than none. | |||
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| Oriental Redneck |
The idea behind "Two is one, and one is none" is clever, but, yes, I agree, the actual line is just stupid. Q | |||
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A Grateful American |
Remember, you can't put too much water in a nuclear reactor. "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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