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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:21 AM Original message |
H.L. Mencken PREDICTED Smirko 66 years ago TODAY! |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. Simply a marvelous quote |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Rafe Colburn describes Mencken's take on the Plutocracy |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. In layman's terms |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 04:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
38. W IS aristocracy - degenerate dauphin of generations of entitlement |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. Ouch! |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Bring it on. |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. lol..Mencken was a genius |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 12:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Conover: ''Bush isn't a moron, he's a cunning sociopath.'' |
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theanarch (523 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. one correction, re: Karla Faye Tucker... |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
4. dupe |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 07:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
43. No problem. I goofed...It's 86 years to the day. |
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Totallybushed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
6. Menchken had |
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theanarch (523 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 02:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. yes, he did: |
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Totallybushed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 02:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Very good, |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-27-06 02:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
60. He had a couple of zingers about We the People... |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
7. try reading Eric Hoffer, 1951 |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 07:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
42. Thanks, grasswire! Hoffer and I feel the same way about lots of stuff. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
8. And they all thought.. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. From Urban Dictionary: unprincipled person in power |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Thanks! I've never heard |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Probably from Greek kakon, "bad or evil". |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Thanks for that! |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
45. Kakistocracy means government by the WORST. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-27-06 06:36 AM Response to Reply #45 |
55. Bush: Kakistocrat in Charge of a Kleptocracy. Say that five times fast, |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
9. by the way |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
47. Thanks, grasswire. My old tired eyes... |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
11. How can 59,054,087 people be so dumb? |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 03:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
35. Mirror, meet Diebold. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
48. We BOTH know he lost by 7-15 percent. |
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jackstraw45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
13. Wouldn't that be 86 years? nt |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I would think so, or else all this has been a dream and when I wake up I |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 07:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
41. LOL! Yeah. I'm a journalism major. |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-27-06 10:09 AM Response to Reply #41 |
58. Story of my life |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
16. K & R ! |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
49. ''A Downright Moron.'' |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
17. kick |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
50. PSYCHOTIC KAKISTOCRAT |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. And Hunter Thompson Said Something to the Effect of |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
51. Yeah. We got the degenerate part. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-27-06 06:56 AM Response to Reply #51 |
56. I've wondered why the CIA regional center was placed in Tegucigalpa. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
21. OMG, what a perfect quote. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-27-06 12:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
53. ''How George Bush became a dictator'' |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
22. "moron." He got that right didn't he! |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-27-06 12:06 AM Response to Reply #22 |
54. A perfect moron. Now something on the moron who has everything... |
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longship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
24. Mencken Pics |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-27-06 03:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
64. Great pics, longship. Here's a decent bio... |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
26. K&R. I love Mencken and I love this quotation. |
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StaggerLee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
28. Wow |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
30. 66 YEARS ago? 1920? typo? |
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European Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
31. Wrong--Raygun elected in 1980--Moron #1 |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-27-06 07:09 AM Response to Reply #31 |
57. Ford was also a useful idiot, as was "Silent Cal" Coolidge |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
33. W IS NOT the result of a perfect democracy - but of its hijacking. Gore |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
34. Does it matter that W is NOT the heart desire of the folks of this land? |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
36. The office of president and the current incumbent represent the inner soul |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 04:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Not so. Only Diebold, ES&S and a few thieves. |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
39. You are psychic, Octafish. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
40. Funny But True |
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farmbo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
44. My signature line... |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
46. K&R & Thanks for the reminder. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
52. Except he stole both elections, which is the opposite of a democracy. (nt) |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-27-06 12:10 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Been trying to highlight this - but it seems the WH/moron association |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-27-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
61. Whoa! |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-27-06 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
62. HL Mencken / Allen Watts |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-27-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. here is a link to Mencken's Essay great reading |
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