Tuesday, June 5, 2012

COLOR RIOT, part 2

Okay, here are some more flowers from Amsterdam.  I don’t want you getting dizzy from too much color too often.  Enjoy!























































Great Quotes about Politics

*The problem with political jokes is they get elected.
        ~Henry Cate, VII

* We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
        ~Aesop

* If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these campaign speeches there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven.
        ~Will Rogers

* Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
        ~Plato

* Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
        ~Nikita Khrushchev



2 comments:

  1. Seeing that sign naming the variety, I now see why a Dutch friend named his daughter Irene. There's a bit of context there.

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  2. I bet the scent of all those hyacinths was overwhelming!

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