Things that end up where they shouldn't 2

I'll be away this weekend , so I doubt I'll be posting, In the meanwhile, here's another in the series of things, that shouldn't have happened the way they did.

Things that end up where they shouldn't - 1

Similar to the post from Saturday, only the problem has been reversed.

Government lessons!

Some of these are in my own personal quote file, but I think the rest need to be put in the file too.


Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress....
But then I repeat myself. - Mark Twain

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. - Winston Churchill

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. - George Bernard Shaw

A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man ....which debt he proposes to pay off with your money. - G Gordon Liddy

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. - James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

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 at Georgetown University

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. - Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. - Ronald Reagan (1986)

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. - Will Rogers

If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! - P.J. O'Rourke

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. - Voltaire (1764)

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you! - Pericles (430 B.C.)

No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain (1866)

Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it. - Unknown

The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. - Ronald Reagan

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. - Winston Churchill

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. - Mark Twain

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. - Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)

There is no distinctly native American criminal class...save Congress. - Mark Twain

What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. - Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. - Thomas Jefferson

Blatantly stolen from Mr. Completely and The Attic Downstairs; both excellent blogs.

Don't mess with Karma

Whether or not you believe in karma, chances are you can appreciate it when people get their comeuppance. I find it particularly satisfying whenever this involves an arrest for criminal activity.

For instance, take the story of the would be bicycle thief who was chased down by a papergirl. Aside from being arrested, he will now be known as the guy who couldn't get away from the girl that delivered the morning paper. Good news really does travel fast.

Of course there is no law against corny jokes, though they could make people want to hurt you.

Speaking of getting hurt, a little warning to people who think they can make an easy buck by snatching purses. Be careful who you pick on. You never know who is going to fight back.

And best of all, our last newsmaker really should find something a little quieter to do. Not only did he lose his shirt (his would be victim ripped it off) but he got hit by two (not one; TWO!) cars before being picked up by the police.

It just goes to show that true justice does not involve the police.

Public Service Announcment

Don't try to drink and spell either.

Right tool for the job?

Everyone needs a helping hand from time to time, like the unfortunate soul who managed to run a car off of this pier.



But what happens when the wood be hero of the story does something that...well, let's say he should have known better.


Hmm, now this is more of a problem. Having had one mix up, apparently people tried to fix things by calling in the crane they should have used in the first place.


The car was out of the water in no time, but what's this? They're trying to rescue the crane that fell into the drink earlier.


Any chance of quitting while you're ahead?


I guess not. Now how are they going to explain this?

Quote of the unspecified temporal interval

Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three major categories - those that don't work, those that break down, and those that get lost

Russell Baker

Just what I needed

It appears I've salvaged all that I can from my burnt out harddrive.

When I got home I started getting boot failures and unusual clicking/grinding noises, so I finally bit the bullet and bought a new tower. I tried to salvage data from the old harddrives only to find out that the secondary HD (not my boot drive) was the one that wasn't working properly. I was able to run it long enough to copy the essential data, but now it refuses to let me read any files at all.

So what do you do with a dead drive?



I'm not sure if there's any practical usage, but this one looks fun. Meet the HD Grinder!!

World's worst, alarm clocks

I'm currently fighting the effects of the time change from Singapore to central US (11 or 13 hours depending on how you figure it) so I figured this would be a good time to dig up the list of worlds worst alarm clocks.

My personal favorites are numbers 3 and 4: the blowfly and the drill sergeant.


Supposedly this thing will start flying around and making noise until you shut it off, making it virtually impossible to sleep. I don't know how well it would fly, but I suspect something like this would also drive a cat crazy first thing in the morning. This may require an experiment.



When you need motivation in the morning I can think of few things as effective as a bugle in the ear and a raspy voice shouting commands. I could definitly use this thing until my body settles in here.

Mr. Completely

I noticed a bump in my hit counter stats this week so I started checking on where the visits were coming from. Apparently Mr. Completely, who I added to the blogroll not long ago, noticed the site and gave me a free plug.

One good turn deserves another, so be sure to visit his site too. He has plenty of interesting posts, especially if you're interested in firearms!

Thanks for the hits and the kind words!