The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    THE SUNDAY QUIZ

     

    Under heaven nothing is more soft and yielding than water.

    Yet for attacking the solid and the strong, nothing is better.

    It has no equal.

    The weak can overcome the strong.

    The supple can overcome the stiff.

    Under heaven, everyone knows this.

    Yet no one puts it into practice.

    Therefore the Sage says:

     

                         He who takes upon himself the humiliation of the people

                                            is fit to rule them.

                         He who takes upon himself the country's disasters deserves

                                            to be king of the universe.

     

    The truth sounds paradoxical.

     

    Tao Te Ching (Ch-78)

     

    No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

     

    Heraclitus


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    It has been too damn long. Time for another list. A LIST OF QUESTIONS FOR THE AGES.

     

    1. Why do modern day NAZIS  call everybody else NAZI'S?
    2. Why was the Clean Air Act not called the Dirty Air Act?
    3. Why was the Patriot Act not called the Dictatorship Act?
    4. Why was the Middle Class Tax Relief Act not called the Rich People's Take All Act?
    5. How can a repub senator author 'end of live counseling provisions' and then attack them as promoting euthanasia?
    6. How can repub Romney set up a program for universal health coverage in Massachusetts and attack the same program nation-wide?
    7. If there has to be someone between a doctor and her patient, why must he be an insurance agent?
    8. If the Dems have 60 senators, why am I worried about cloture?
    9. How come every time I go outside without a hanky, my nose drips?
    10. How come Cheney is not in jail?
    11. How come Feith is not in jail?
    12. How come Gonzo is not in jail?
    13. How come _______________** is not in jail?
    14. How come Tom Ridge complains about issuing an alert just prior to the election of 2004 when no alert issued?
    15. How come Tom Ridge does not complain about obeying certain edicts for alerts at other times that effected the elections?
    16. How come w is getting ten million to write a book when he cannot read, speak or write good?
    17. How come repubs say things and then, even when the video is played, deny they ever said such things?
    18. How come repub adulterers stay in office when they voted to impeach MY PRESIDENT?
    19. How come every time I find myself outside with a hanky, my nose does not drip?
    20. Who really would want Michelle Bachman's body anyway?
    21. How many roads must a man walk down......
    22. Where in the fuck DID that cigarette go....OH JEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ!!!!
    23. Why am I supposed to be more concerned with mock executions than the actual executions?
    24.  If Joe the plumber is not a Joe and not a plumber why cannot I be a bank examiner?
    25.  Why is money worth so little these days even though it's covered in cocaine?
    26.  Why is Sarah Palin?
    27.  Why cannot I plan better on $133/month after rent is paid?
    28.  Why does the government give the airwaves away for free and for 30 + years I got a water bill?
    29.   If the Fed lends money to banks for 0% interest, how can a bank not make a profit?
    30.  Why is 'liberal' such a good adjective for a bartender, and such a bad adjective for a politician?
    31.   How many repubs does it take to tell the truth?*

     

     

     

     

    BUSH:   http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/03/george_w_bushs_book_the_decide.html & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7JY6i9gi1Q

     

    RUSH:    http://mediamatters.org/columns/200908210050

     

    RIDGE:  http://mediamatters.org/research/200908210056

     

    BACHMAN:  http://pamshouseblend.com/diary/12596/michele-bachman-no-governmental-control-on-my-body

     

    ADULTERY:  http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/dikkday48yahoocom/2009/08/the-hammer-of-justice.php

     

    ROADS:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ced8o50G9kg

     

    CLOTURE:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloture

     

    EXECUTIONS:  http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/

     

    COCAINE:  http://www.slate.com/id/2225893/

     

    BECK:   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/20/whoopi-goldberg-calls-gle_n_205845.html

     

    EUTHANASIA:  http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1917525-2,00.html

     

    * One. And where is he or she again?

    ** Come on folks, wake the frick up, fill in the blank. At least a thousand answers possible.