I
was watching the first 2012 presidential debate the other night, with several
of my imaginary friends who found it quite entertaining, based on some of their
comments during the procedure. I jotted a dozen of them down to share with you.
1)
"He's not completely useless -- he could be used as a bad example."
2)
"I would follow him anywhere, but only out of morbid curiosity."
3)
"He sets low personal standards then fails to achieve them."
4)
"Does fairly well when cornered like a rat."
5)
"Hard to believe he beat out 1,000,000 other sperm."
6)
"His family tree has no branches."
7)
"He should go far -- the sooner the better."
8)
"Has delusions of adequacy."
9)
"When he open his mouth, it's only to change whichever foot was previously
there."
10)
"Somewhere a village is being deprived an idiot."
11)
"He's so dense light bends around him."
12)
"If you stand close enough to him, you can hear the ocean."
Yes,
most of my imaginary friends are chuckleheads. They observe the folly of non-imaginary
humanoids and are not bashful about expressing opinions of the absurdity of
those who eagerly seek to be governed (administered, supervised) by other
non-imaginary humanoids.
Some
quotes by previous U.S. Presidents who seemed to understand the true role of
government.
"Government
is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous
servant and a fearful master." George Washington (U.S. President #1)
"Remember,
democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There
is never a democracy that did not commit suicide." John Adams (U.S.
President #2)
"I
predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from
wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
Thomas Jefferson (U.S. President #3)
"I
believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by
gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden
usurpations." James Madison (U.S. President #4)
"It
is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into
a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty."
James Monroe (U.S. President #5)
"You
will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I
hope you make good use of it." John Quincy Adams (U.S. President #6)
"The
duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well
as all other branches of business, protecting all in their legal pursuits,
granting exclusive privileges to none." Andrew Jackson (U.S. President #7)
"The
less government interferes with private pursuits, the better the general
prosperity." Martin Van Buren (U.S. President #8)
"America
will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln (U.S.
President #16)
The
ever-expanding power and control of the central national government is not
rendered harmless by the good intentions those who created it -- a power base
attracts those who seek to promote self-interest and control others, therefore
the scope of government should always remain limited in order to insure
individual freedom.
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Quote for the Day -- "Talkers are usually more articulate
than doers, since talk is their specialty... The big divide in this country is
not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers
and doers." Thomas Sowell
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Bret Burquest is the author of 9 books, including THE REALITY OF
THE ILLUSION OF REALITY and 11:11 EARTH TIME (available on Amazon). He lives in
the Ozark Mountains with a dog named Buddy Lee and where imaginary friends
occasionally have lively conversations.
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