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Comment# · Good (3 ratings) · submitted 8 Feb by
jambone9
Whether you love or hate your country, you have every right to criticize it if it does wrong.
Comment# · Fair (3 ratings) · submitted 8 Feb by
jambone9
There are three types of government-by the people, for the people, and over the people.
Comment# · Good (one rating) · submitted 30 Jan by
Jambone9
Freedom of speech does not necessarily mean freedom after speech.
Jabo James, in
Law and Politics and
Life and Death
Comment# · Fair (4 ratings) · submitted 23 Jan by
jambone9
Hookers and politicians know how to prostitute themselves.
Comment# · Excellent (2 ratings) · submitted 21 Jan by
Jambone9
It matters little if a government is democratic or totalitarian. In either case, someone does step on someone else's back.
Comment# · Excellent (one rating) · submitted 18 Jan by
jambone9
The U.S. Constitution does not guarantee freedom from speech.
Comment# · Fair (3 ratings) · submitted 17 Jan by
Jambone9
Verdicts in trials by jury could become more decisive with 13 jurors.
Comment# · Excellent (one rating) · submitted 17 Jan by
Jambone9
Your failure to vote may result in a government or a lack thereof not at all to your liking.
Comment# · Fair (3 ratings) · submitted 17 Jan by
Jambone9
A government no more represents the people than a warden in a penitentiary represents the inmates.
Comment# · Fair (2 ratings) · submitted 17 Jan by
Jambone9
You can help make fools out of voters only once every 4 or 5 years, depending on the country.
Comment# · Fair (4 ratings) · submitted 11 Jan by
jambone9
What's the big deal about organized crime? Isn't law enforcement organized?
Comment# · Excellent (3 ratings) · submitted 11 Jan by
jambone9
When you fail to vote, you deserve all the consequences.
Comment# · Fair (3 ratings) · submitted 11 Jan by
jambone9
The I.R.S. can instill more terror than al-Qaeda or Hammas.
Comment# · Fair (4 ratings) · submitted 11 Jan by
jambone9
The I.R.S. can instill more terror than al-Qaeda or Hammas.
, in
Law and Politics
Comment# · Poor (2 ratings) · submitted 11 Jan by
jambone9
There is more law and order in TV series and in movies than there is in real life.
Comment# · Good (4 ratings) · submitted 25 Dec
If physics is the universe's operating system, then an intelligence estimate is life's core dump.
John Alejandro King, a.k.a. The Covert Comic, in
Law and Politics and
Altruism and Cynicism
Comment# · Fair (4 ratings) · submitted 12 Dec
Mission criticality does not imply criticality of mission.
John Alejandro King, noted CIA author (www.covertcomic.com), in
Law and Politics and
Success and Failure
Comment# · Good (9 ratings) · submitted 30 Nov
"Some times it is more important to support your friends when they are wrong, than to support them when they are right."
William Lamb, Lord Melbourne -- also Prime Minister, A measure of the enduring values of personal loyalty., in
Law and Politics and
Altruism and Cynicism
Comment# · Fair (1055 ratings) · submitted 1997 (updated 1999)
I either want less corruption, or more chance to participate in it.
Ashleigh Brilliant, Brilliant Thoughts (copyright info: www.ashleighbrilliant.com), in
Altruism and Cynicism and
Law and Politics
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