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To: Huck

You say nothing. Tell me of the various departments, separation of powers, details, how the states fit in, powers of the judiciary, executive, etc if these departments exist in your utopia at all.


159 posted on 12/23/2009 10:30:54 AM PST by Jacquerie (Support and defend our Beloved Constitution.)
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To: Jacquerie

Of all the sentimental errors that reign and rage in this incomparable Republic, the worst is that which confuses the function of criticism, whether aesthetic, political or social, with the function of reform. Almost invariably it takes the form of a protest: “The fellow condemns without offering anything better. Why tear down without building up?” So snivel the sweet ones: so wags the national tongue. The messianic delusion becomes a sort of universal murrain. It is impossible to get an audience for an idea that is not “constructive”—i.e., that is not glib, and uplifting, and full of hope, and hence capable of tickling the emotions by leaping the intermediate barrier of intelligence.
In this protest and demand, of course, there is nothing but the babbling of men who mistake their feelings for thoughts.

—HL Mencken


162 posted on 12/23/2009 10:36:53 AM PST by Huck (The Constitution is an outrageous insult to the men who fought the Revolution." -Patrick Henry)
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