Ah, that explains it

Wednesday One-Liners No Function Beer Good Without

Belligerent wino: I am the government!

--Caton Ave, Brooklyn

via Overheard in New York, Apr 25, 2007

The Western Syndicate's Foray into Linguistics

The Hyperactive Voice: An Anthropological Linguistic Study of the Oboioboioboiwikantsitstil (The Speculative Grammarian)

It is Too Early

I have to agree with the Anchoress. It is too early to talk about a Presidential election that is two years off. I think it is unhealthy for the republic to be in a permanent election campaign.

I could get into politics this way

Even Unopposed, Candidate Gets No Votes
MISSOURI CITY, Mo. (AP) - Joe Selle didn't exactly get voted out office this week, but he wasn't re-elected, either.
Selle, who was running unopposed for City Council, didn't get any votes at all. Not even one from himself.(more)

Cow

Hamburgers, That's How
Non-native presenting for speech class: Everyone has cows in their life. Cows at home. Cows at work. Cows in our families. Cows can take over everything. But how do we get rid of the cows?
Teacher: Chaos. It's pronounced 'chaos.'

Truman College
Chicago, Illinois

via Overheard Everywhere, Apr 4, 2007

But how do you fit the US inside the shrinkwrap?

US Constitution version 2.0 (InfoWorld)

America's Financial Founder

Another good article up on Supply-Side Forum, this one about Alexander Hamilton.

My favorite quote is:

The end of fighting was only the beginning of the struggle of the new country, faced with a worthless currency and dismal credit rating. John Witherspoon, President of the College of New Jersey, later Princeton, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, described it well: “For two or three years we constantly saw and were informed of creditors running away from their debtors, and the debtors pursuing them in triumph, and paying them without mercy.”

The theology here is innovative

Wednesday One-Liners Throw Their Pennies Down the Well

Hipster: ... So he said, 'I wish Jesus was alive now. I'd invite him to join MySpace.com and I'd force him to be my friend.'

--Q train crossing the East River

Overheard by: Beth Smith

via Overheard in New York, Mar 21, 2007

Want a fig

This one too.

"Nothing great is produced suddenly, since not even the grape or the fig is. If you say to me now that you want a fig, I will answer to you that it requires time: let it flower first, then put forth fruit, and then ripen."

Notes from Epictetus

This first one probably sounds familiar.

"We must be afraid of neither poverty nor exile nor imprisonment; of fear itself only should we be afraid."

Also this one was resonating with me, although I'm not angry at anyone right now.

"Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit."