Subject: Will Rogers' wit & wisdom...
Content: Will Rogers, who died in a plane crash with Wylie Post in 1935, was one of the greatest political wits ever. Enjoy:
1. Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.
2. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.
3. There are 2 theories to arguing with a woman...neither works.
4. Never miss a good chance to shut up.
5. Always drink upstream from the herd.
6. If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
7. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back in your pocket.
8. There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves.
9. Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
10. If you're riding' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there.
11. Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it back.
12. After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.
13. Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
14. So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
15. Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.
16. Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
17. If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
18. Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
19. Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.
20. I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat!
21. Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
22. We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.
and probably the most accurate, especially this year:
23. The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best.
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