NP - Will Roger's death 75 years ago

[David Morris]

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/1/6/822261/-Cheers-and-Jeers:-Wednesday

Here are some of his observations that ring as true today as they did
75 years ago:

"Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If
they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans."
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"Things will get better-despite our efforts to improve them."
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"Ten men in our country could buy the whole world and ten million
can't buy enough to eat."
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"You can't say that civilization don't advance, however, for in every
war they kill you in a new way."
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"If you ever injected truth into politics you'd have no politics."
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"A fool and his money are soon elected."
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"An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's."
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"Try to live your life so that you wouldn't be afraid to sell the
family parrot to the town gossip."
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"If all politicians fished instead of spoke publicly, we would be at
peace with the world."

And given that polls show Jon Stewart to be the most trusted newsman
in America these days, this is smirk-worthy:

"Everything is changing. People are taking the comedians seriously and
the politicians as a joke."