Should we, or should we not...

[piece-itpete]

Sadly Mencken was before my time.

Can you imagine Royko with the Chicago machine running the country! He'd be in sarcastic journalistic heaven

Pete

[Charles]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Sadly Mencken was before my time.

Can you imagine Royko with the Chicago machine running the country! He'd be in sarcastic journalistic heaven

Pete

My all time favorite Mencken quote, to the best of my recollection:

"A journalist is someone who is unable to differate between a bicycle wreck and the end of civilization."

Chas

[finnbow]

A few more from the sage of Baltimore:

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.

An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.

Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by finnbow

A few more from the sage of Baltimore:

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.

An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.

Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

Very good, Finn.

Chas