“Now, you have to tighten your belts, because we, your leaders, mis-spent your hard-earned money.”

—  Bill Hicks

Know what would make tightening my belt a little easier? If I could tighten it around Jesse Helms' scrawny little chicken-neck.
Rant in E-Minor (1997)

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