Phyllis Schlafly was, among other things, very kind when she had no particular reason to be, and was much funnier than you'd think.— Kevin D. Williamson (@KevinNR) September 6, 2016
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Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father and first prime minister of Singapore who transformed that tiny island outpost into one of the wealthiest and least corrupt countries in Asia, died on Monday morning. He was 91.Smitty: Why I am not a campaign manager
#DarrellBevell also thinks Kennedy could have slouched more.
— Peyton's Head (@PeytonsHead) February 2, 2015
Richard Sherman sees one upside to losing the Super Bowl http://t.co/qbUXzCmLkf
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) February 2, 2015
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| Ben Franklin's words still hold truth today... |
“…I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means.—I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I travelled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer. There is no country in the world [but England] where so many provisions are established for them; so many hospitals to receive them when they are sick or lame, founded and maintained by voluntary charities; so many alms-houses for the aged of both sexes, together with a solemn general law made by the rich to subject their estates to a heavy tax for the support of the poor. Under all these obligations, are our poor modest, humble, and thankful; and do they use their best endeavours to maintain themselves, and lighten our shoulders of this burthen?—On the contrary, I affirm that there is no country in the world in which the poor are more idle, dissolute, drunken, and insolent. The day you passed that act, you took away from before their eyes the greatest of all inducements to industry, frugality, and sobriety, by giving them a dependence on somewhat else than a careful accumulation during youth and health, for support in age or sickness. In short, you offered a premium for the encouragement of idleness, and you should not now wonder that it has had its effect in the increase of poverty. Repeal that law, and you will soon see a change in their manners. St.Monday, and St. Tuesday, will cease to be holidays. SIX days shalt thou labour, though one of the old commandments long treated as out of date, will again be looked upon as a respectable precept; industry will increase, and with it plenty among the lower people; their circumstances will mend, and more will be done for their happiness by inuring them to provide for themselves, than could be done by dividing all your estates among them.”
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| Margaret Thatcher, RIP. Dies after stroke at 87. |
And.... it's morning. Sorry to read of Maggie's passing, but at least there's now someone with some backbone in Heaven. R.I.P. c(_)
— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) April 8, 2013
RIP, great lady. RT @foxnewsradio: Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died according to her spokesman Lord Bell.
— Sister Toldjah (@sistertoldjah) April 8, 2013
"The spirit of envy can destroy. It can never build"- from Margaret Thatcher's 1975 Conservative Party Conf speech==> michellemalkin.com/2013/04/08/the…
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) April 8, 2013