“The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the Nation as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile. To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else.” – Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US President (1858-1919)
Category: truth
Rapid rhyme #13 – Unlucky for some!
Does my bum look big in this?
Of course it bloomin’ does!
But I will never say as much
Because – oh, just because
I learned to hold my tongue way back
In 1974
Like every married fella does
I got to know the score!
Rapid rhyme #3
A commentary on Kavanaugh and his ilk
The one percent are heaven sent,
or so they would be seen.
But they’re hell bent, and so we vent,
frustratingly, our spleen!
Rapid rhyme #2
Please make up your own tune and sing aloud!
Sing a song of Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp.
Let’s all tweet about it, really it’s all crap.
Count your friends around you when you are alone,
‘scuse me while I go away I have to check my phone!
