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K8-EEE

(15,667 posts) Tue Oct 2, 2012, 12:12 AM Oct 2012

Classic Will Rogers quote on trickle-down economics (FB pic)

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Classic Will Rogers quote on trickle-down economics (FB pic) (Original Post) K8-EEE Oct 2012 OP

Amen. SunSeeker Oct 2012 #1

I Remember Watching Will Rogers On TV In Some Movies In The 1950's. And --- TheMastersNemesis Oct 2012 #2

Yeah, Randolph Hearst was the Rupert Murdoch of his day. SunSeeker Oct 2012 #11

There are a bunch of Democrats that need to reminded of this too. progressoid Oct 2012 #3

Will Rogers was an absolute American original... Cooley Hurd Oct 2012 #4

I'm not so sure about that. Will Rogers was (and still is) one of the greatest ... but chemenger Oct 2012 #7

The baton clearly goes from Will Rogers to George Carlin. In my opinion, of course. Zalatix Oct 2012 #10

Agreed... Rhiannon12866 Oct 2012 #12

thank you for this. magical thyme Oct 2012 #5

Thank you for posting this Dalai_1 Oct 2012 #6

NOFX song quote... lame54 Oct 2012 #8

The more things change... Buns_of_Fire Oct 2012 #9

. n/t porphyrian Oct 2012 #13

The guy loved people.. deaniac21 Oct 2012 #14

SunSeeker

(51,572 posts)

1. Amen.

Reply to K8-EEE (Original post)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 12:36 AM

Oct 2012

The more I learn about Will Rogers, the more I love him.

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)

2. I Remember Watching Will Rogers On TV In Some Movies In The 1950's. And ---

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 01:15 AM

Oct 2012

I realize how little has changed. It was trickle down back then and we have it again. At least the public was smart enough then to figure it out even though Randolph Hearst vomited his propaganda back then.

SunSeeker

(51,572 posts)

11. Yeah, Randolph Hearst was the Rupert Murdoch of his day.

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 10:57 AM

Oct 2012

At least back then we didn't outsource to get our evil media moguls.

progressoid

(49,991 posts)

3. There are a bunch of Democrats that need to reminded of this too.

Reply to K8-EEE (Original post)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 02:30 AM

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Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)

4. Will Rogers was an absolute American original...

Reply to K8-EEE (Original post)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 07:04 AM

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...who, I believe, has never been matched since.

chemenger

(1,593 posts)

7. I'm not so sure about that. Will Rogers was (and still is) one of the greatest ... but

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 07:27 AM

Oct 2012

there was Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain) before him. Today we have Jon Stewart, Steve Colbert, Lewis Black, George Carlin and others. Granted political comedian/commentators today are more vulgar than Will was but still ... I'd love to get all these guys in a venue together and then sell tickets.

Zalatix

(8,994 posts)

10. The baton clearly goes from Will Rogers to George Carlin. In my opinion, of course.

Reply to chemenger (Reply #7)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 08:27 AM

Oct 2012

Rhiannon12866

(205,497 posts)

12. Agreed...

Reply to Zalatix (Reply #10)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 04:05 PM

Oct 2012

History will tell us who comes next, but my guess is Stephen Colbert...

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)

5. thank you for this.

Reply to K8-EEE (Original post)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 07:08 AM

Oct 2012

brilliant. absolutely brilliant.

Dalai_1

(1,301 posts)

6. Thank you for posting this

Reply to K8-EEE (Original post)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 07:14 AM

Oct 2012

I Love Will Rogers!!

lame54

(35,294 posts)

8. NOFX song quote...

Reply to K8-EEE (Original post)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 07:56 AM

Oct 2012

Give a man a key he cannot not open the door
Give him something free he''ll re-sell it to the poor

Buns_of_Fire

(17,181 posts)

9. The more things change...

Reply to K8-EEE (Original post)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 08:23 AM

Oct 2012

I think Will Rogers also never met a man he didn't like. Good thing he was born before Mitt Romney.

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/will_rogers.html <== Here y'go -- put several of them together and write your own campaign speech.

porphyrian

(18,530 posts)

13. . n/t

Reply to K8-EEE (Original post)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 04:06 PM

Oct 2012

deaniac21

(6,747 posts)

14. The guy loved people..

Reply to K8-EEE (Original post)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 05:37 PM

Oct 2012

When I die, my epitaph, or whatever you call those signs on gravestones, is going to read: "I joked about every prominent man of my time, but I never met a man I dident [sic] like." I am so proud of that, I can hardly wait to die so it can be carved.

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