Quote of the Day!

[McGyver]

I'm gonna start this thread with the hope that it will become the Most Read Thread of Our Group!  Post your BEST QOTD!

Today's quote is from my FAV neo-con and 2012 candidate(I wish!), Fred Thompson:

" According to recent school enrollment figures, Hispanics are fleeing Arizona before the state's new immigration law takes effect.

Shame on those people for racially profiling themselves like that."

[McGyver]

Can't leave out this one!  From Fred, again:

" Another cargo ship is trying to breach the Gaza blockade, and Israel's prime minister has vowed the ship will not reach land.

Ya know, these "activists" need to learn that, when your plan is to bring a knife to a gunfight, having a second knife won't change the outcome."

LMFAO!

[fightingquaker13]

That right there is Funny!
FQ13

[McGyver]

Last one for today:

Fred Thompson: "The UN is complaining that US drone strikes don't "respect the rules of war".

Really? Because all MY rulebook says is "keep killing terrorists until you win".

[philw]

Bessie Braddock: Winston, you are drunk, and what's more, you are disgustingly drunk.
Winston Churchill: Bessie, my dear, you are ugly, and what's more, you are disgustingly ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober and you will still be disgustingly ugly.

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[alfsauve]

Patton I believe:

“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.”

I'm surprise Tzu didn't include it in the Art of War.

[PegLeg45]

“The 1911 pistol remains the service pistol of choice in the eyes of those who understand the problem. Back when we audited the FBI academy in 1947, I was told that I ought not to use my pistol in their training program because it was not fair. Maybe the first thing one should demand of his sidearm is that it be unfair.” — Col. Jeff Cooper, GUNS & AMMO, January 2002

[fightingquaker13]

“The 1911 pistol remains the service pistol of choice in the eyes of those who understand the problem. Back when we audited the FBI academy in 1947, I was told that I ought not to use my pistol in their training program because it was not fair. Maybe the first thing one should demand of his sidearm is that it be unfair.” — Col. Jeff Cooper, GUNS & AMMO, January 2002

If I'm speaking the words "use" and "sidearm" with a straight face and in the same sentence we've passed "fair" (whatever that is) about three exits back. Good for Colonel Cooper.

It brings to mind my dear departed Great Great Uncle Burt. He ran guns to the IRA (actually the IRB then) back in the twenties in exchange for whiskey. I came home to my Grandad's house in Ocala where we were visiting. I was maybe 8 or 10, I forget. What I do remember is that I had a bloody nose and a black eye from getting my butt kicked by some local kids at the park. I was crying and feeling very put upon. My "sweet" old uncle asked me what happened. I explained that they didn't like out of towners and I didn't go to the Baptist church, so they beat me up. He then asked "So some proddy's beat you and you let them"? To which I said "There were three of them, and one of me, it wasn't fair". That sweet old man of 80 years then slapped me hard enough to drop me on my ass. His words? "Boy, the only fair fight is one you walk away from and the other fellow doesn't". I didn't even complain about the slap to my folks because even as young as I was, I figured I earned it and learned something worthwhile from a hardass SOB. Tough love and one of my favorite quotes.
FQ13 who loves the South and is proud of his less than law abiding redneck heritage.

[tombogan03884]

God bless the good work  

[Dakotaranger]

"What kind of sissy doesn't sleep without a gun under his pillow."  Madeline Weston, "Burn Notice" 06/10/2010