I’ll save you a trip to your dictionary. One of my dictionaries reads, “Paradox……a statement seemingly absurd or contradictory, yet in fact true.” “Laughed so hard, I almost cried.” That’s a paradox we all have heard. Will Rogers got laughs with his paradoxes. He was part Cherokee, born in Oklahoma. He joked about the Mayflower sailing Pilgrims to the New World: “My ancestors met the boat.” Also Will got off a good one when he
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Political Parties
Two old friends woke me last night, and they would not let me sleep until I composed this message to the young. Old Ben Franklin said, “Remember I was asked , what kind of government have you Founding Fathers created?” And remember I answered “a ‘Republic’, if we can keep it.” Afraid some younger than my 90 years do not remember that in a Republic you cast your vote for a representative, then that person
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In the 1930s, Will Rogers wrote a syndicated front page three-paragraph daily memoir. Will told us where he traveled, whom he met, and how our world was going. Will was not only a comedian and movie star. He was America’s home-spun philosopher. Still known for his “I never met a man I didn’t like.” Today, Will’s column probably would be called a “blog.” He would take his readers traveling down memory’s lane.