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On this day of liberation for the United States of America, I would like to wish life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to people all over the world.
h l mencken
Happy Independence Day
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Posted on July 4, 2008 - 1:19pm at Mel's Diner
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It's a meme, 2
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Posted on June 4, 2008 - 11:17am at Sense of Events
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Now that polar bears are wards of the government, and now that it is a legal doctrine that humans are responsible for global warming, the Endangered Species Act has acquired unlimited application.
H.L. Mencken on being a newspaper reporter
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Posted on May 31, 2008 - 9:29am at KnoxVIews
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- With the changes in the news business, will succeeding generations experience what H.L. Mencken did as a newspaper reporter at the turn of the previous century?
In all of the events of H.L. Mencken's eventful life, nothing matched his days as a young newspaper reporter (circa 1899):
Czech president: environmentalism is like Communism
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Posted on May 30, 2008 - 7:23am at Sense of Events
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- Politics
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Washington - Czech President Vaclav Klaus said Tuesday he is ready to debate Al Gore about global warming, as he presented the English version of his latest book that argues environmentalism poses a threat to basic human freedoms. ...
The Truth As Spoken By Newt Gingrich
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Posted on April 17, 2008 - 2:49am at Chez Bez
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The most eloquent words I heard from a politician yesterday came from Newt Gingrich. Actually the words weren't even spoken yesterday. I listened on my iPod to an archived speech he gave to the National Press Club on August 11, 2007. Like his politics or not, he's right on the money about how elections these days are terribly presented to us.
Menckeneana
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Posted on September 12, 2007 - 8:49am at Mel's Diner
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Today is H.L. Mencken's birthday - a day I honor every year in the memory of a man whose wit and wisdom surpassed many. I suppose there are some things some people might not have liked about him, but his words have accompanied me well through the years, and so I leave you with this quote, in honor of the upcoming Greek (and next year's U.S.) elections:
