Posted on 10/17/2017 4:28:56 PM PDT by Sean_Anthony
Sir Winston Churchill: “Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”
French physicist Blaise Pascal once wrote, “This letter is long because I hadn’t the time to make it short.”
Even though Pascal’s comment seems contradictory, it isn’t, as demonstrated in great short stories that have withstood the test of time by delivering essential elements — time, place, setting, plot, and characters — in a minimum of words.
Tha’s funny
I thought he was being figurative... and it was a play on words
Just desserts is a common phrase
But in this case desert being a wasteland of socialism was apt.
Or a retired English teacher had a Brain cramp
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