Shopping for Security

Posted on November 28, 2008 Written by Leave a Comment

“When it comes to trading Freedom for Security, we’re like the poor fools who only go to the grocery store when we’re starving; then wonder why we’re poor, fat, and have a pantry loaded with fluff.”

- Ike Pigott

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Perverse Incentives

Posted on November 13, 2008 Written by 2 Comments

“Under the federal bailout plan, the same people who stole your underpants and brewed tea through them are demanding economic assistance because no one is thirsty.”

- Ike Pigott

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Fishing

Posted on October 31, 2008 Written by 5 Comments

“Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day.

Teach a man to fish, and you’ll feed him for life.

Give a man a subsidy for fishing, and you’ll have the wrong suckers on the hook for eternity.”

- Ike Pigott

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Flying Saucers

Posted on October 26, 2008 Written by 3 Comments

“If it’s true that ‘Golf is a good walk spoiled,’ then Frisbee Golf is a good walk spoiled by hippies.”

- Ike Pigott

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Molehills out of Mountains

Posted on October 20, 2008 Written by 1 Comment

“Governments do not create prosperity, jobs, or wealth. Instead, they afford politicians the honor of leveling a mountain of opportunity so they can run for re-election on a molehill of progress.”

- Ike Pigott

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Manners

Posted on October 16, 2008 Written by 2 Comments

“When in Rome, do as the Romans do… at least until you can usurp their pagan emperor and replace him with a monotheist.”

- Ike Pigott

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Sticker Shock

Posted on October 6, 2008 Written by 4 Comments

“When you’re behind another car, the only thing more poisonous than the exhaust spilling out of the tailpipe is the noxious blend of poor thinking and irrational economics that passes for a bumper sticker.”

- Ike Pigott

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