It's all very well to run around saying regulation is bad, get the government off our backs, etc. Of course our lives are regulated. When you come to a stop sign, you stop; if you want to go fishing, you get a license; if you want to shoot ducks, you can shoot only three ducks. The alternative is dead bodies at the intersection, no fish, and no ducks. OK?
(Getting Control of the Frontier, Gainsville Sun, March 22, 1995)
Stichwörter: society government rules regulation big-government
I believe all Southern liberals come from the same starting point--race. Once you figure out they are lying to you about race, you start to question everything.
Molly IvinsStichwörter: politics
I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil.
And that no one knows the truth.
As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office.
Molly IvinsStichwörter: humor politics texas
So keep fighting for freedom and justice, beloveds,
but don't forget to have fun doin' it. Be outrageous... rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. And when you get through celebrating the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was!
What you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.
Molly IvinsI dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults.
Molly IvinsNext time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention."
[Shrub Flubs His Dub, The Nation, June 18, 2001]
Stichwörter: humor politics elections george-w-bush texas presidents
When politicians start talking about large groups of their fellow Americans as 'enemies,' it's time for a quiet stir of alertness. Polarizing people is a good way to win an election, and also a good way to wreck a country.
Molly IvinsStichwörter: politics elections polarization
It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America.
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