kenberg Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 Reading about the latest scheme involving 800 billion, I started wondering how some famous quotes might be updated or appliede: Ev Dirksen: A hundred billion here and a hundred billion there and pretty soon we are talking about real money. Richard Nixon: I am not an investment banker. John Kennedy: Ask not what your banker can do for you, ask what you can do for your banker. Harry Truman: The buck stops here, not that a buck is worth anything anymore. (Yes, I know it was a different sort of buck.) Franklin Roosevelt: We have nothing to fear but fear itself, and this scares the crap out of me. Teddy Roosevelt: President Bush means well, he just means well feebly (Substitute Bush->Taft to get the historical quote). Herbert Hoover: It's deja vu all over again. Calvin Coolidge (Silent Cal):............. Mark Twain needs no updating: Dear Reader, imagine that you are a senator and imagine that you are an idiot. But then I repeat myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 A foolish government and its money are soon parted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 I used to be a Rebublican - they drove me to drink - that is the one thing I am indebted to them for. - W.C. Fields Thou Shalt Not Steal (Small) - Yaweh We all share this small planet - owners and sharecroppers - and we all breath the same air - John Kennedy I have always relied on the borrowing of strangers - Uncle Sam Dubois Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASkolnick Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 My favorite Mark Twain quote is the opposite of progress is Congress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 And here I thought congress was when both sides get screwed... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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