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Bear Tracks Archive
Johnny Silver Bear

(Editor's Note: Bear Tracks is a weekly newsletter comprised of a reflection on the past week's news as well as commentary and projections.

05.03.14- The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

04.26.14- The Ultimate Enemy We Must Take On & Out

04.19.14- It Is Better to Light a Candle than to Curse the Darkness

04.12.14- We be many and they be few. They need us more than we need them.

04.05.14- I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

03.29.14- When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is.

03.22.14- "The effluent is about to hit the affluent."

03.15.14- "Reality leaves a lot to the imagination."

03.01.14- “If you truly seek the Truth, there is one thing you must have above all else:
An unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong, about everything...”

02.22.14- The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.

02.15.14- Better to be pissed off than pissed on.

02.08.14- There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

02.01.14- I changed my car horn to sound like gun shots. It's amazing how much faster people move out of the way.

01.25.14- Never turn your back on a charging turtle

01.18.14- Finance is the art of passing money from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

01.11.14- You Don't Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows

01.04.14- Rich is better than poor, if only for financial reasons

12.28.13- True friends stab you in the front.

12.21.13- To err is human, to moo is bovine.

12.14.13- Anything not worth doing is worth not doing well.

12.07.13- Everyone seems normal...until you get to know them.

11.30.13- Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival

11.23.13- If I offend you with my opinions, you should hear the ones I keep to myself.

11.16.13- The only time my education was interrupted was when I was in school.

11.09.13- Fortune does not change men, it unmasks them.

11.02.13- Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.

10.26.13- A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.

10.19.13- All right everyone, line up alphabetically... according to your height.

10.12.13- Never insult anyone by accident.

10.05.13- If everything is under control, you are going too slow.

09.21.13- Under our current bastardized version of capitalism, man exploits man.
Under communism, it's the other way around.

09.14.13- If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.

09.07.13- Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.

08.31.13- Don't tell mom I'm a banker, she thinks I play piano in a whorehouse.

08.24.13- Puritanism: the haunting fear that somewhere, someone is having a good time.

08.17.13- I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.

08.10.13- I don't believe in astrology. I am a Sagittarius and we're very sceptical.

08.03.13- First things first - but not necessarily in that order.

07.27.13- If God is watching us, the least we can do is be entertaining.

07.20.13- Debt is normal. Be weird.

07.13.13- My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.

07.06.13- I can't believe that cop put me in the backseat after I clearly called shotgun

06.29.13- People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

06.22.13- Knowledge is realizing that the street is one-way, wisdom is looking both directions anyway.

06.15.13- How Can I Miss You if You Won't Go Away?

06.08.13- If the Good Lord's Willing and the Creek Don't Rise...

06.01.13- Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town.

05.25.13- Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

05.18.13- House Guarded By Shotgun 3 Days A Week. Guess Which Days.

05.11.13- Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

05.04.13- Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.

04.27.13- A dyslexic man walks into a bra...

04.20.13- The economy is so bad the Mafia is laying off judges

04.13.13- There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men

04.06.13- A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on Paul's Support.

03.30.13- A word to the wise isn't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

03.23.13- My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to $1.50 a can. That's almost $10.50 in dog money.

03.16.13- Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the five-dollar haircut you used to get for two dollars when you had hair.

03.02.13- Life is not about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but how well you bounce.

02.23.13- Don't be afraid to take a big step; you can't cross a chasm in two hops.

02.16.13- The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits

02.09.13- We May Be Lost, but we're making good time

02.02.13- If we don't change course, we may end up where we are heading

01.26.13- Opportunities always look bigger going than coming

01.19.13- There's too much youth; how about a fountain of smart

01.12.13- Sixty-five-year-old, one owner, needs parts ...Make offer.

01.05.13- Lead me not into temptation, I can find it by myself

12.29.12- Never Underestimate the Power of Stupid People in Large Groups

 

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