Stimulus or sedative? - The Firearms Forum

red14 · 03-09-2010, 08:10 AM

""Abraham Lincoln once asked an audience how many legs a dog has, if you called the tail a leg? When the audience said "five," Lincoln corrected them, saying that the answer was four. "The fact that you call a tail a leg does not make it a leg." ""
by Thomas Sowell.

Below is the complete article by Thomas Sowell.

He is right on target.

http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell030910.php3

carver · 03-09-2010, 08:21 AM

Kinda like the blind men and the elephant!

Trouble 45-70 · 03-09-2010, 01:04 PM

Another bullseye for Thomas Sowell.

red14 · 03-09-2010, 08:51 PM

If only more people would read what he says.

He is one of the few who really 'tell it like it is'.

Marlin T · 03-09-2010, 09:45 PM

Thomas Sowell

Gotta love that guy!

38 special · 03-10-2010, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by red14

""Abraham Lincoln once asked an audience how many legs a dog has, if you called the tail a leg? When the audience said "five," Lincoln corrected them, saying that the answer was four. "The fact that you call a tail a leg does not make it a leg." ""
by Thomas Sowell.

Below is the complete article by Thomas Sowell.

He is right on target.

http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell030910.php3

Excellent article.

03-09-2010, 08:10 AM	#1
red14 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N FLA Posts: 3,913	Stimulus or sedative? ""Abraham Lincoln once asked an audience how many legs a dog has, if you called the tail a leg? When the audience said "five," Lincoln corrected them, saying that the answer was four. "The fact that you call a tail a leg does not make it a leg." "" by Thomas Sowell. Below is the complete article by Thomas Sowell. He is right on target. http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell030910.php3 __________________ I never argue, I state my opinion, and support my position. -->

03-09-2010, 08:21 AM	#2
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,276	Re: Stimulus or sedative? Kinda like the blind men and the elephant! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

03-09-2010, 01:04 PM	#3
Trouble 45-70 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: NE Ar. W. of Black River Contributor Posts: 2,703	Re: Stimulus or sedative? Another bullseye for Thomas Sowell. __________________ Psalm 12 verse 8: The wicked walk on every side when the vilest men are exalted.

03-09-2010, 08:51 PM	#4
red14 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N FLA Posts: 3,913	Re: Stimulus or sedative? If only more people would read what he says. He is one of the few who really 'tell it like it is'. __________________ I never argue, I state my opinion, and support my position.

03-09-2010, 09:45 PM	#5
Marlin T Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 7,857	Re: Stimulus or sedative? Thomas Sowell Gotta love that guy! __________________ "But the simple truth--born of experience--is that tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people." Judge Alex Kozinski - United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government. - Thomas Paine Did you read todays GOOD shooting? >>>KEEPANDBEARARMS.COM <<<