Re: Sean Penn to head Cannes filmfest jury in 2008

On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 21:25:21 -0800, "Jim Beaver" <jumblejim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Every person I have talked to about it cringes when these
disrespectful (and inferior) people insult their betters. I know
of no more core value among ordinary Americans that their
desire for respect to be shown to holders of high office.
That you call it triviality only shows how out of touch with
average Americans you are.

I'm not so sure. Bashers of holders of high office is an equally strong
core American value .. As Mark Twain put it, "Congress is America's only
native criminal class."

And, some favorites from Will Rogers:

A fool and his money are soon elected.
Will Rogers

About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a
prayer and closes with an investigation.
Will Rogers

Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the
closest our country has ever been to being even.
Will Rogers

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to
us with both a House and a Senate?
Will Rogers

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to
vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.
Will Rogers

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
Will Rogers

Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they
agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.
Will Rogers

Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the
politicians as a joke.
Will Rogers

I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.
Will Rogers

I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him
"father."
Will Rogers

I don't know jokes; I just watch the government and report the facts.
Will Rogers

If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny
things passed in one session of congress.
Will Rogers

If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.
Will Rogers

If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year
with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.
Will Rogers

It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for
you.
Will Rogers

It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.
Will Rogers

Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.
Will Rogers

Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.
Will Rogers

Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft.
Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.
Will Rogers

On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only
nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what
it does.
Will Rogers

Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.
Will Rogers

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be
defeated.
Will Rogers

Politics is applesauce.
Will Rogers

The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His
way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then
the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.
Will Rogers

The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has
to do is get up every morning and say, "How is the president?"
Will Rogers

The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party
is worse than the other.
Will Rogers

The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit
that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the
best.
Will Rogers

The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse
every time Congress meets.
Will Rogers

There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
Will Rogers

Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
Will Rogers

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when
the baby gets hold of a hammer.
Will Rogers

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