Sep 18
2008
Listening to the news, it seems a given that the complete collapse of modern society is imminent. This how-to might come in handy as we resort to feudal times and plunder the remains of Western Civilization.
Here's A Quote Scrappy Loves:
There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don’t know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.
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October 27th, 2008 at 2:12 am
Howdy Lawrence
On the same note, one of the classic stories of Texas politics is the following:
There was a hot argument in Texas in the 1920s about whether Spanish should be used in the classroom to teach kids who came from Mexico, or whether only English should be permitted. Miriam “Ma” Ferguson had become the state’s first woman governor, after her husband, Governor “Pa” Ferguson was impeached. She ended the debate quite quickly when she held up a Bible and proclaimed, “If the King’s English was good enough for Jesus Christ, it’s good enough for the children of Texas!”