US Constitution, Waste of A Perfectly Good Tree!

[wkmac]

‎"The only guarantee of the Bill of Rights which continues to have any force and effect is the one prohibiting quartering troops on citizens in time of peace. All the rest have been disposed of by judicial interpretation and legislative whittling." ~ H.L. Mencken

Why did we fight a revolutionary war against a tyrannical king to only end up right back where we started and worse off too?

‎"No professional politician is ever actually in favor of public economy. It is his implacable enemy, and he knows it. All professional politicians are dedicated wholeheartedly to waste and corruption. They are the enemies of every decent man." ~ H.L. Mencken

"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats." ~ H.L. Mencken

 

[Jones]

[h=1]"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it, good and hard. " - H. L. Mencken[/h]

 

[wkmac]

"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it, good and hard. " - H. L. Mencken

Good one but on Democracy I always like....

"Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage." ~ H.L. Mencken

Also

"The art of government is the exclusive possession of quacks and frauds. It has been so since the earliest days, and it will probably remain so until the end of time." ~ H.L. Mencken

But I wonder if American society as a whole will ever have the guts to noodle this one out to it's ultimate conclusion?

"When A annoys or injures B on the pretense of saving or improving X, A is a scoundrel." ~ H.L. Mencken