Mencken-based De-Programming
In honor of the start of the Nuremburg Rally portion of our quadrienniel power dance, a few quips from the only modern journalist that Mark Twain might have approved of, H.L.Mencken... "Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend so much time making each other's speeches, that by the time election day is past there is nothing much to do save turn the sitting rascals out and let a new gang in. " " Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. " " For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." " I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant." " It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public offi...