The Ghost of Will Rogers

I began this "Will Rogers" shtick because I was struck by how timely the man's insights remained. Human nature is a constant, for better or worse. Rogers was a simple cowboy whose wit and humor made him one of the most influential voices in the world. There is more power in laughter than we realize.

"It is awful hard to get people interested in corruption, unless they can get some of it." -W.R.

Political power is meant to be used to fight for the people you serve, not to line your own pockets and sell out millions of our tax dollars for a quick check.

"There is two types of larceny. Petty and Grand. They are supposed to be the same in the eyes of the law, but judges always put a little extra on you for Petty, which is kind of a fine for stupidness." -W.R.

"The crime of taxation is not in the taking, it's in the way it's spent." -W.R.

"It's getting so if a man wants to stand well socially, he can't afford to be seen with either the Democrats or the Republicans." -W.R.

"A president just can't make much showing against Congress. They lay awake nights, thinking up things to be against the president on." -W.R.

This right here.

"Mothers are the only race of people that speak the same tongue. A mother in Manchuria could converse with a mother in Nebraska and never miss a word." -W.R.

"The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope, but he can't make anybody believe that he has it." -W.R.

👇. This is important

"The schools ain't what they used to be and never was." -W.R.

"Syntax must be bad, having sin and tax in it." -W.R.

"People want just taxes more than they want lower taxes. They want to know that every man is paying his proportionate share according to his wealth." -W.R.

The only surprising part of this fucked up turn of events is that Trump didn’t do it sooner.😡

"People are marvelous in their generosity, if they just know the need is there." -W.R.

Elon needs to be placed in a woodchipper! 😡🤬

This 👇

"The minute a thing is long and complicated, it confuses. whoever wrote the Ten Commandments made 'em short. They may not always be kept, but they are understood." -W.R.

One of these guys is running for Maines 2nd district house seat. The other is headed back to jail for yet another violation of his conditions of release in his ongoing string of child porn convictions. Please, vote for Matt Dunlap in ME CD2. We're tired of these pigs.

Love this 👇

"I don't know how I got 'over the hill' without getting to the top." -W.R.

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I bet Susan gave the ol pearls a good clutch when she saw this one.

"The more ignorant you are, the quicker you are to fight." -W.R.

Remember to vote 💙

"Being a hero is about the shortest lived profession on Earth." -W.R.