...Of Cabbages and Kings To paraphrase the Irish writer Brendan Behan, there is no situation so bad that cannot be made worse by the appearance of a
March 19, 2005

...Of Cabbages and Kings

To paraphrase the Irish writer Brendan Behan, there is no situation so bad that cannot be made worse by the appearance of a politician.

[He said “policeman” but he hung around bars a lot.] And the worse thing that can happen is Congress showing up, a pack Mark Twain described as America’s only criminal class. Now, they have intervened in the sad case of Terri Schiavo in Florida.

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