Quote Of The Day

"Today I have come bearing an olive branch and a freedom fighter's gun, Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand."
Yassar Arafat
(addressing the United Nations 1974)

 

"If you wind up with a boring, miserable life because you listened to your
mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest or some guy on TV telling you how
to do your shit, then YOU DESERVE IT."
-- Frank Zappa, from The Real Frank Zappa Book -

 

Was Bugsy spedifically attacking me? Fuck. I never even noticed that!

Dokter Atomik

 

"Major combat operations in Iraq have ended."
- George Bush, May 2, 2003

 

Here are some ideals from Ghandi
"It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head than to crawl on one's belly in order to save one's head."



"A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history."



"A principle is a principle. In no case can it be watered down because of our incapacity to live it in practice. We have to strive to achieve it, and the striving should be conscious, deliberate and hard."

 

The best way to see Darwin is 30,000 feet in the air on a plane to Europe - former Australian Prime Minister , Paul Keating.

 

"I am not into healthfoods.At my age I need all the preservatives I can get". -George Burns at 100.

 

"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it." -Voltaire.

 

I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn't find any.

 

"I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams. "
Madonna Ciccone
"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. "
Malcolm X
"I think that an objective analysis of events that are taking place on this earth today points towards some type of ultimate showdown. You can call it political showdown, or even a showdown between the economic systems that exist on this earth which almost boil down along racial lines. I do believe that there will be a clash between East and West. I believe that there will ultimately be a clash between the oppressed and those that do the oppressing. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the systems of exploitation."
Malcolm X
"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. "
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all."
Noam Chomsky

 

@squawkers7

I love this freedom statement most sung by Janis in "Me and Bobby McGee" :

"Freedom is just another word for nothing left to loose."
Kris Kristofferson

 

"I think the, uh, y'know, internet is good for, um, rock music."
- Neil Young -

 

"Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven"- A yiddish proverb

 

"When all you have is a hammer every problem looks like a nail"--Thor

 

I have more blessings than problems


one of my customers

 

"The human race has only one really effective weapon, and that's laughter. The moment it arises, all our hardnesses yield, all our irritations and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place." -Mark Tawin

 

"Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from
poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries."
-Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton

 

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.

Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1961

True then, true now.

 

i heard something really similar to that on the burning shiva channell on pot-tv.net, that humanity holds the answer to every problem in the world right now, its just a matter of acting on that knowledge and power

"I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now? Reality leaves a lot to the imagination." -John Lennon

 

If as much energy went into loving each other and improving our lives here, as went into greed and hate, what a wonderful world this would be.

Teepi
(prety much sums it up)