9. A good conscience is a continual non-denominational winter-solstice holiday season.

8. Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to the Bush Administration.

7. A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you get a lot of trackbacks.

6. He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for Haliburton.

5. He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else than becoming the head of the Democratic National Committee.

4. Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sun-dial in the shade? No, seriously. I'm working on this crossword puzzle. Eight letters.

3. Energy dependence on foreign oil and persistence to oppress other people with our version of freedom makes us conquer all things.

2. All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse. This, of course, being a plot by Karl Rove.

1. All would live long, but none would have adequate healthcare.

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lastmod: '2006-11-08T00:14:00.000Z'
author: John Stansbury
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