On this day in United States history in 1913, the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, giving the Federal government the power to collect a tax on income.
"Expecting a carjacker or rapist or drug pusher to care that his possession or use of a gun is unlawful is like expecting a terrorist to care that his car bomb is taking up two parking spaces."
"Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks to expand the job rate in the United States." 
"The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people." - - James A. Garfield [...] 
TITLE: Breach of Trust: How Washington Turns Outsiders Into Insiders.
This one I found in the book Breach of Trust written by Tom Coburn:
This one is in the book Breach of Trust, written by Tom Coburn:
On this day in United States history in 1973, a most tragic event transpired.
"Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower taxes -- and who has not proceeded to vote for the very spending projects that make tax cuts impossible?"
TITLE: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
500 Days of Summer.
Very Bad ThingsThis is a Discography Of The Moment for the pop singer Kelly Clarkson! LOL!
This is my son's favorite picture of Captain America. Good taste in my opinion.
"A government that is large enough to supply everything you need is large enough to take everything you have." 
"If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law."
TITLE: The Campaign Manager: Running and Winning Local Elections
Recently found this "mockumentary" on Netflix and had to check it out. Just came in the mail today.
TITLE: The 10 Big Lies About America: Combating Destructive Distortions About Our Nation
TITLE: Crimson Empire
While I am on the subject of All/Descendents, I wanted to go ahead and post this interview I did a while back with the guitar player for both bands, Stephen Egerton. In my opinion, this guy is just amazing and one of the best guitar players [...] 
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That is right!
Got this picture from a Facebook application:
Dave recently posted a video of theirs over on 
This next installment of Beatlemania 2009 is a list of what I consider to be the Top 3 Beatles Albums. This is a list of studio albums only, not compilation albums. This are listed in reverse order of preference (i.e. like a countdown).
Here are the standings after week 1:
