Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Mark Twain Seemed to Know Our Congress

Three classic quotes from Twain seem to apply very well today:

"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself."

"All Congresses and Parliaments have a kindly feeling for idiots, and a compassion for them, on account of personal experience and heredity."

"It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress."
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No this does not apply to all of them, just the overwhelming majority. And definitely to Congress as a whole for what they are doing to the American taxpayer.