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Sunday, May 30, 2010

Quotes from Speakers of the House

"Uncle" Joe Cannon ( 1905 -1911)

Take Wall Street and Banks, thrown in a good size resesh [ sic : recession ] , coupl'a wars over seas, climate change: storms, floods, and drought... oil spills that make ya feel like Pharoah taking a Sunday drive through the Red Sea... pretty soon yer talking some real money.

Ye'd need a coupl'a industrial and informational revolutions to generate enough growth to start payin' that off !

4 comments:

AD said...

However did you find that? It's wonderfully on!

Montag said...

I made it up.

If I can't find exactly what I want, I'll make it up...
I see no reason to let historical accuracy maintain its tyrannical sway over us.

Unknown said...

Joe Cannon lived in a much simpler world. One that recognized Standard Oil as the enemy, as a matter of fact.

Montag said...

Simpler, yes. As technology increased, our world-views did not evolve to accomodate the increase in our abilities to flex and bend the world.