Some quotes from Will Rogers who was a very popular humorist during the time of "The Great Depression":
"There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you."
and
"This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby get's hold of a hammer!"
and
"You can't say that civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way!"
His comments helped the American people to laugh at themselves as well as give the government some much needed chiding during the Great Depression. In general, the American people dug in and made the best of a desperate situation.
I have listened to the kinds of political diatribes we have today and wonder how have we become so venomous, so unyielding about differences, so willing to take away freedoms so dearly purchased?
Of course, Donald Trump is not alone in his nastiness. He is just one of many who sling mud with abandon, or as with Hillary Clinton, simply lie like a rug and get away with it.
We aren't a very good people anymore.
We have lost our way as our foundations have been eroded.
May God have mercy on us.
"There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you."
and
"This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby get's hold of a hammer!"
and
"You can't say that civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way!"
His comments helped the American people to laugh at themselves as well as give the government some much needed chiding during the Great Depression. In general, the American people dug in and made the best of a desperate situation.
I have listened to the kinds of political diatribes we have today and wonder how have we become so venomous, so unyielding about differences, so willing to take away freedoms so dearly purchased?
Of course, Donald Trump is not alone in his nastiness. He is just one of many who sling mud with abandon, or as with Hillary Clinton, simply lie like a rug and get away with it.
We aren't a very good people anymore.
We have lost our way as our foundations have been eroded.
May God have mercy on us.