Patrick Banks:
CLASS OF 1980
Portage Central High SchoolClass of 1980
Portage, MI
Patrick's Story
Patrick's schools include Portage Central High School.
One of Patrick's favorite quotes is:""I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
-- Thomas Jefferson
I'll believe the government can operate our health care system when they produce a single program under budget, the VA and Indian Affairs hospitals are run to their constituents' satisfaction, and Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid become solvent. -- Me
''Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated''. '' Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another''. Gilbert Keith Che...Expand for more
sterton, 1874 - 1936
"Consider the lily." - Life of Brian, trying miserably to paraphrase Matthew 6:25.
"We have no government armed in power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our Constitution was made only for a religious and moral people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other." — John Adams
"Girl you thought he was a man
But he was a muffin
He hung around till you found
That he didnt know nuthin
Girl you thought he was a man
But he only was a-puffin
No cries is heard in the night
As a result of him stuffin"
-- Frank Zappa, Muffin Man. I believe this applies to our Pres. Obama, as the world unravels. He's an empty suit, and we're about to see that charisma means squat without leadership and backbone.".
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