Thought for the Day

"….the American Legion put out a statement on Friday about
Dr. Petzel’s resignation saying almost exactly the opposite of what Carney suggested.
“This move by VA is not a corrective action, but a continuation of business as usual,”
American Legion National Commander Daniel M. Dellinger said in a statement.
“Dr. Petzel was already scheduled to retire this year, so his resignation now really won’t make that much of a difference.”
The statement — which can be found on the at the top of the American Legion’s website —
goes on to say the real problem is at the top of VA.
“Secretary [Eric] Shinseki and Under Secretary [Allison] Hickey remain on the job.
They are both part of VA’s leadership problem, and we want them to resign as soon as possible.”

Thought for the Day

"Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity.
Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and
endowments of the human mind."
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Thought for the Day

“But the fact that some geniuses were 

laughed at does not imply that all who 

are laughed at are geniuses.

They laughed at Columbus, 

they laughed at Fulton, 

they laughed at the Wright brothers.

But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.” 

 Carl Sagan

Thought for the Day

Believe you can you're halfway there.
         Theodore Roosevelt

Thought for the Day

“They are constantly trying to drive us

 into a corner because we have an 

independent position,because we 

maintain it and because we tell

 it like it is and don’t engage in hypocrisy.

But there is a limit to everything. 

And with Ukraine, our Western partners

have crossed the line, playing the bear and 

acting irresponsibly and unprofessionally.”

and,

“Today, it is imperative to end this hysteria, to refute the 

rhetoric of the Cold War and to accept the obvious fact: 

Russia is an independent, 

active participant in international affairs. 

Like other countries, it has its own 

national interests that need to be taken 

into account and respected.”

Vladimir Putin

(justifying the Russian "invasion" of Ukraine)

Thought for the Day

"You see, as Americans we're not 

defined by class, and we will 

never be told our place.

What makes our nation exceptional is 

that anyone, from any background, 

can climb the highest of heights."

Rick Perry 

Thought for the Day

"It is as hard and severe a thing to 

be a true politician as to be truly moral."

Francis Bacon

"Politics is war without bloodshed 

while war is politics with bloodshed."

Mao Tse-Tung

Thought for the Day

“Our education system is in shambles with undisciplined children

disrupting the classroom, denying other youngsters the opportunity

to learn well, and a system that will not allow teachers or administrators

the ability to bring discipline and accountability into play. Until discipline

is brought into the learning cycle our children will continue to fall behind.”

Bill Barlow

Thoughts for the Day

“There are no globalized, youth-led, grassroots

 social movements advocating for democratic 

culture across Muslim-majority societies.

There is no equivalent of Al-Qaeda 

without the terrorism.”

Maajid Nawaz

“We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place 

an Afghan government under President Karzai

 that would be able to control the country,

make sure al-Qaeda didn't come back, and 

make sure the Taliban wasn't resurging. 

It didn't work out.”

Colin Powell

“True enough, Osama bin Laden is dead and 

other al-Qaeda leaders have joined him. 

But, the assassination of Ambassador Chris 

Stevens and three other Americans 

in Benghazi is a brutal reminder that 

radical Islamic terror groups 

have not disappeared and certainly 

are not dormant.”

Bob Beauprez 

Thought for the Day

“While most of today's jobs do not 

require great intelligence, 

they do require greater

frustration tolerance, 

personal discipline, ...

organization, management, 

and interpersonal skills 

than were required

two decades and more ago.

These are precisely the skills

that many of the young people who are

staying in school today,

as opposed to two decades ago, lack.”

James P. Comer

Thought for the Day

“The president of the United States believes the 

Cold War is over; fine — it’s over. 

But Putin doesn’t believe it’s over,”

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)

[at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee annual conference]

Thought for the Day

Just 10% of Americans account for 65% 

of all health care expenditures 
on an annual basis.

(source: John Hopkins Palliative Cost Program).

(Do you suppose it’s feasible for our healthcare system to address the 10%? Effect?)

Thought for the Day (Post Tax Day Thoughts)

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

“………consumption comes from three 
sources: income, savings, and
 borrowings. Stating the obvious,

 income comes only from income. 

Our point? FairTax opponents

will tell you that the consumption base, 

the base for national sales tax, 
isn’t stable and can’t be trusted—

but in reality it’s the 

income tax base that’s unstable

and can’t be trusted. 

The consumption base is much more predictable.” 

 Neal Boortz, FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics

Thoughts for the Day (A Day of Patriotism-Tax Day)

The IRS! They're like the Mafia, 

they can take anything they want!

Jerry Seinfeld

We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, 

because, as citizens, we feel a strong 

patriotic duty not to go to jail.

Dave Barry

We don't want the efficiency of the federal 

government and the compassion of the 

IRS to run our health care.

Todd Akin 

Thoughts for the Day

“The more expansive government is, the more 

perils people face in daily lives, 

be it from IRS agents or from child support 

services, or from other agencies that often 

have little or no legal restraints on their power.”

James Bovard

“Article II of the articles of impeachment against

 Richard Nixon was just the simple fact that he 

talked about and suggested the potential use 

of the IRS against one or two political opponents.”

Monica Crowley 

Thought for the Day

Do what you say you're going to do

Do it when you say you're going to do it

Do it well

Be accountable for it!

Thought for the Day

"It is foolish and wrong to 

mourn the men who died.

Rather we should thank 

God that such men lived." 

General George S. Patton Jr.

Thought for the Day

"A goal should scare you a little, 

and excite you a lot."

Joe Vitale 

Thought for the Day

People spend too much time finding other 

people to blame, too much energy finding 

excuses for not being what they

are capable of being, and not enough 

energy putting themselves

on the line, growing out of the past, 

and getting on with their lives.”

J. Michael Straczynski 

Thought for the Day

“One of the great intellectual failures of the 

American intelligence community,

and especially the counterterrorism 

community, is to assume if someone

hasn't attacked us, it's because he can't 

or because we've defeated him.”

Michael Scheuer

(former CIA officer)