Mad Dogs and Politicians – But I Repeat Myself
By Robert Higgs • Wednesday December 15, 2010 7:18 PM PDT • 3 Comments
Encountering a mad dog one day, the cat
inquired of this menace: Republican or Democrat?
The dog’s mouth foamed freely with cash and honey,
and he said: “Who cares? It’s all about the money.”
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He then led the cat down a garden path,
all smiles and promises, till he turned in his wrath.
He attacked like the crazed beast he certainly was
and sent the cat flying in a cloud of fuzz.
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So, beware politicians you might meet on your walk;
they’ll promise you anything, but it’s just empty talk.
Don’t give them a chance to latch onto what you’ve got,
for the only good mad dog’s the one that’s been shot.
Nice!
Paul | Dec 16, 2010 | Reply
Refreshingly harsh.
DW | Dec 16, 2010 | Reply
H.L. Mencken: [edited]
• Every election is a sort of advance auction of stolen goods.
• All government is essentially organized exploitation, and almost always is the implacable enemy of every industrious man.
• A professional politician is a professionally dishonorable man. To get anywhere near high office he makes so many compromises and submits to so many humiliations that he becomes indistinguishable from a streetwalker.
• Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
Andrew_M_Garland | Dec 16, 2010 | Reply