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Title: Zinger Mencken Quote
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Published: May 30, 2012
Author: Mencken
Post Date: 2012-05-30 10:52:23 by christine
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Views: 258
Comments: 14

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#1. To: christine (#0)

These men stay in office til 70, 80, 90 even 100 years olde, proof positive that the voters are brainwashed, programmed and....VERY STUPID...

Cynicom  posted on  2012-05-30   11:02:36 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: christine (#0)

"Rep. Ralph Hall, R-Texas,.......at 89, the oldest member of the House of Representatives,....... won a GOP primary battle Tuesday to tea party challenger Steve Clark".

Cynicom  posted on  2012-05-30   11:10:20 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Cynicom (#2) (Edited)

Ralph Hall, D-Rockwall(back in the D-days here), was a rep when I was a kid; for freak's sake.

Turd doesn't have the decency to die or go away.

Break the Conventions - Keep the Commandments - G.K.Chesterson

Lod  posted on  2012-05-30   12:42:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: christine (#0)

I paid a buncha money, got all the way through college, and I never heard Mencken's name breathed once.

Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. - H. L. Mencken

randge  posted on  2012-05-30   12:52:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: randge (#4)

got all the way through college,

Elitist...

snicker

Cynicom  posted on  2012-05-30   12:53:57 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Cynicom (#5)

Worked my way through.

I was employed all the way and paid the bill - unlike some elitists.

Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. - H. L. Mencken

randge  posted on  2012-05-30   12:55:44 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Lod (#3)

Turd doesn't have the decency to die or go away.

It is that lust for power, position and pelf that drives them.

Cynicom  posted on  2012-05-30   12:56:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: randge (#6)

I was employed all the way and paid the bill - unlike some elitists.

Wouldnt you rather be of the elite than just one of the unwashed rubes like me????

Cynicom  posted on  2012-05-30   12:58:51 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: randge (#6)

I was employed all the way and paid the bill - unlike some elitists.

I'm with you, randge, but then most all I knew thought that was the only way to obtain a higher education.

Phant2000  posted on  2012-05-30   13:29:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: Phant2000, Cynicom (#9)

I did read Mencken though in High School.

Some of my teachers were pretty cool.m ;]

Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. - H. L. Mencken

randge  posted on  2012-05-30   13:41:53 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: randge (#10)

I read Silas Marner, forced, helped me a great deal later in life. Right...

Cynicom  posted on  2012-05-30   14:36:44 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: Cynicom, randge (#11)

http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/George_Eliot/Silas_Marner/

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2012-05-30   16:29:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#13. To: Cynicom (#8)

Wouldnt you rather be of the elite than just one of the unwashed rubes like me????

No. You can call me Rube Jr.

Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)

Esso  posted on  2012-05-30   19:05:58 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#14. To: Esso (#13)

No. You can call me Rube Jr.

When one admits to being a Rube, there is nothing more they can turn their tongues to, that inflicts pain.

Cynicom  posted on  2012-05-30   19:47:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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