Wednesday 8 September 2004

This is cut n' paste from an email so sorry about the >>>~~~ya know


> > Every gun that is fired, every warship launched,> every rocket fired, > > > signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those> who hunger and are > > > not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.> > > The world in arms is not spending money alone. > > > It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the> genius of its > > > scientists, the hopes of its children.> > > ~~~~~Dwight D. Eisenhower (April 1953, Washington,> D.C.)~~~~~~~~ > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> > > > > > The world has achieved brilliance without> conscience. > > > Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical> infants.> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~General Omar> Bradley~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> > > We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great> ones to public office.> > > > > >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Aesop~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> > >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> > > If pigs could vote, the man with the slop bucket> would be elected > > > swineherd every time, no matter how much> slaughtering he did on the > > > side.> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Orson Scott> Card~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> > > What luck for the rulers that men do not think.> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AdolfHitler--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> > Those who cast the votes decide nothing. > > > Those who count the votes decide everything. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Josef> Stalin~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> > > God is on everyone's side ... and in the last> analysis, he is on the > > > side with plenty of money and large armies.> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Jean> Anouilh~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> > > A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a> statistic.> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Joseph Stalin~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> > > When two elephants fight it is the grass that> suffers.> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~African Proverb> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> > > > > >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> > > "In Germany, the Nazis came for the Communists and> I didn't speak up > > > because I'm not a Communist.> > > Then they came for the Jews and I didn't speak up> because I was not a > > > Jew.> > > Then they came for the trade unionists and I> didn't speak up because I > > > was not a trade unionist.> > > Then they came for the Catholics and I was a> Protestant so I didn't > > > speak up.> > > Then they came for me. By that time there was no> one to speak up for > > > anyone." - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Martin> Niemoller~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> > >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~> > > If... the machine of government... > > > is of such a nature that it requires you to be the> agent of injustice > > > to another, then, I say, break the law.> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Henry David> Thoreau~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> > > " How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a> single moment To improve > > > the world."> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Anne> Frank~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

interesting...how well did the book sell?

Irma La Douche said...

not like hotcakes. just a handful so far, but I did it for fun and I had my fun ;)