99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name. | |
— Steven Wright | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Where Does This Leave Us? |
2018 | Or A Small Blue Planet |
2017 | To Infinity And Beyond |
2016 | And Some Unawake, Too |
Winds And Reign | |
2015 | Natural Shapes |
2014 | Seeing The Light |
2013 | Requirements |
2012 | Tricked Again |
2011 | Liberty And Justice For Earth |
2010 | Home Again, Home Again, Jig-A-De, Jig… |
Posts Tagged ‘Steven Wright’
The Other 1%
Posted in Humor, Quotes, tagged Humor, Lawyers, Quotes, Steven Wright on June 14, 2020| 3 Comments »
#IncometentDonald Says The Economy Will Rebound Quickly
Posted in Humor, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #IncompetentDonald, Humor, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Steven Wright on May 4, 2020| Leave a Comment »
If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something. | |
— Steven Wright | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | A State With No Business |
2018 | Reflections |
2017 | Opposites Attract |
2016 | Completely Unreasonable |
Starting To Be A Reacher | |
2015 | Avengers Assemble II |
But If I Had To Perish Twice… | |
2014 | Turning Pages |
2013 | We Are All Accountable |
2012 | American Sign Language |
2011 | Happy Disproof |
2010 | Book Review – Managing Your Government Career |
Is That Why Love Hurts?
Posted in Humor, Quotes, tagged Conscience, Feeling Good, Humor, Quotes, Steven Wright on October 27, 2019| Leave a Comment »
A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good. | |
— Steven Wright | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | And Honest Politicians |
2017 | Maya, Maya |
2016 | Give Value |
2015 | Believe In Substitution |
2014 | Pragmatic Religion |
2013 | How’s Your View? |
2012 | Giants Win Game 3 Of The 2012 World Series 2 To 0!!! |
Still Haven’t… | |
Accidental Me | |
2011 | What Is Your Ratio? |
2010 | Giants Win Game 1 With 11 Runs Scored – Repeat 11 Runs!! |
I May Have Started Too Soon
Posted in Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Catching Up, Falling Behind, Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, Steven Wright on June 5, 2019| 6 Comments »
The sooner you fall behind, the more time you’ll have to catch up. | |
— Steven Wright | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | But Me |
2017 | A Little More, Please |
2016 | In Full Vigor |
2015 | A Good Lad |
2014 | Who Dare Not Speak |
2013 | I Love Beer |
2012 | Trial By Jury |
2011 | First Class |
Got Knowledge? | |
It’s Only Funny If You’re Old Enough To Know What “Film” Was
Posted in History, Humor, Quotes, tagged Film, History, Humor, Jokes, Photographic Memory, Quotes, Steven Wright on June 2, 2019| 1 Comment »
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don’t have the film. | |
— Steven Wright | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Bourne Wicked Blonde |
First Things First | |
2017 | This Explains A Lot |
2016 | Me Too |
2015 | A Proper Price |
2014 | Well Hard |
2013 | Because I Can |
Eloquence, n. | |
2012 | Why Bother? |
2011 | Peculiar Notions |
#IncompetentDonald: On The Road To Ruin
Posted in History, Politics, Quotes, tagged #IncompetentDonald, 2020 Census, Alaska, Car Mechanics, Delaware, Democrats, Gerrymandering, History, House Of Representatives, Humor, Images, Montana, MSNBC, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Politics, Quotes, Re-Districting The House Of Representatives, Republicans, Senate, South Dakota, Steven Wright, This is the best explanation of gerrymandering you will ever see - Article, Vermont, Washington Post, Wyoming on November 14, 2018| Leave a Comment »
My mechanic told me “I couldn’t fix your brakes, so I made your horn louder.” | |
— Steven Wright | |
[Without any significant accomplishments (which the majority of Americans actually supported) during his first two years as President, #IncompetentDonald chose to use the mid-term elections campaign to spread hate and fear. The results were a (not surprising) repudiation of the President where the number of Americans voting against Republicans increased from three million votes (Trump vs. Hilary popular vote loss count) to over six million (nationwide total – see image below) in the House and twelve million (nationwide total) in the Senate. It is only the fact that Republicans outnumber Democrats in States with smaller populations which has allowed them to retain control of the Senate. In the United States, each State gets two Senators irrespective of the State’s population. The House, on the other hand, gets Districts assigned based on populations with a minimum of one. Some of the States with smaller populations (Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming) only have one Representative (called “at large”) with their “District” being the entire State. The Senate is “inherently” less “democratic” for the nation by design. Additionally, by only having one-third of its members up for re-election in any given election, it is also “inherently” more moderating (i.e. “conservative”) in representing the overall population of both the State and the nation. (The Senate is the “brake” in this metaphor.) Because the entire House of Representatives is up for re-election each election period, the House tends to reflect the political swings in the electorate more quickly and more radically – direction and degree – when the country is shouting “Stop” or “Speed-up”. (The House is the “horn”.) | |
Of course, the comparison of vote totals above – numbers for President, House and Senate – are comparing apples to oranges to bananas. And / but, they also do NOT take into account the significant gerrymandering done as of the 2010 census, which heavily tilted the House Districts in favor of the Republicans. This makes the wins by the Democrats even MORE impressive! It remains to be seen if those changes will remain when we go back into a Presidential turnout. It also highlights the importance of Democrats working at the State level to regain control of as many State governorships and legislatures as possible heading into the next (2020) census and subsequent House redistricting. The number of seats is controlled at the Federal level, but the actual redrawing of the Districts is done by the individual States. | |
This last part, the census and the redistricting is why it is vitally important for the electorate (the voters) to stay active during the run-up to 2020 (the census) and then immediately after through 2022, when the redistricting will normally occur. In other words, you (voters seeking to make a progressive difference) can’t go to sleep between now and 2022 or the Republicans can continue and increase their relative positions through 2032. By the way, the gerrymander is not (by any means) unique to the Republicans. The Democrats have also used it to protect their seats. The difference is the modern day use of computers to track voters and then specifically target the isolation of opposition voters to maximize their count while minimizing their effect. For example, one State (Pennsylvania) had 51% of the vote (Democrats), but seated 5 out of 18 Districts (28% of the House seats) in 2012 because Republicans controlled the State legislature. So, a word to the wise… If you want to keep the house after 2020, stay awake and stay active! | |
Finally, for an excellent explanation of Gerrymandering, please read the linked article: “This is the best explanation of gerrymandering you will ever see“, which appeared in the Washington Post a few years back. I re-read it every year to remind myself of what is at stake. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | He Says, It Says |
2016 | Marriage Advice |
2015 | To James (and ‘Tasha) |
2014 | Ssshhush, You Are Not Alone |
2013 | So I Chose Living… |
2012 | For However Short A Time… |
2011 | Take A Deep Breath And Continue (Or Not) |
2010 | Tootsie-Roll Day |
Oh, Well…
Posted in Health, Humor, Quotes, tagged Health, Humor, Kidney Stones, Living Forever, Quotes, Steven Wright on July 26, 2018| 2 Comments »
I intend to live forever. So far, so good. | |
— Steven Wright | |
[Yesterday I went for a couple of ultrasounds to investigate some pain I’ve been experiencing… It turns out I have a cyst in my groin area, another one in my left kidney, and a stone to go with it. Spherical, approximately 1cm. Fortunately, it’s not currently obstructing the plumbing. So, it looks like a trip to the urologist in the near future and then an out-patient trip to the hospital for some rock-splitting. This will be my third go round. I had it done twice back in the 1990’s. It’s no fun, but it’s definitely better than the alternative – trying to live with a large kidney stone. | |
Ah, the joys of aging less than gracefully… — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Two Views Of The Starting Line |
2016 | Never Had It, Never Will (Donald Trump) |
2015 | 20/20 |
2014 | All Of My Best Ideas Come While Walking… |
2013 | Learn To Learn |
2012 | I Remind You |
2011 | Respect And Prestige |
2010 | Living Legends (Willie Nelson) and the Gettysburg Address |
So Far, So Good
Posted in Quotes, tagged Quotes, Steven Wright on April 17, 2011| Leave a Comment »
In Other Words…
Posted in Humor, Quotes, tagged Humor, Quotes, Steven Wright, Synonym on July 2, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Quite Please!
Posted in Humor, Quotes, tagged Humor, Quotes, Shoot a mime, Steven Wright on July 2, 2010| Leave a Comment »
If you shoot a mime, do you have to use a silencer? | |
— Steven Wright | |
(What if you’re both in a library? — kmab) | |
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In A Hostage Situation…
Posted in Humor, Quotes, tagged Hostage situation, Humor, Multiple personalities, Quotes, Steven Wright on July 2, 2010| Leave a Comment »
If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation? | |
— Steven Wright | |
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