I CALLED MY CONGRESSMAN AND HE SAID, QUOTE

If you’ve read many of my posts, you know that I use a lot of quotations from people who are smarter and more articulate than I am.  It adds a touch of class, so to speak.  This particular post is really classy, because (once you get past this introductory paragraph) it consists entirely of things other folks have said better than I could. 

Joe Delmonico: “In the 1640's the Dutch inhabitants of New Amsterdam built a 12' wall to keep the bad hombres out. In 1664 the British ignored the wall and took New Amsterdam by sea. It's now called New York. They took down the wall and built a street. It's called Wall Street.” 

Sarah Kendzior: “In the American media, white people debate whether race matters, rich people debate whether poverty matters, and men debate whether gender matters.  People for whom these problems have no alternative but to matter – for they structure the limitations of their lives – are locked out of the discussion.”

Sarah Kendzior: “This is a transnational crime syndicate masquerading as a government.”

Sarah Kendzior: "The President has spent his whole life acting like Faust only without an actual soul to sell."    

Frank Wilhoit: “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition.… There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”

Helder Camara: “When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint.  When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.”

Josh Marshall: “Going back 3 years today and reviewing everything, or at least the big stuff, it's genuinely hard to imagine how Trump could have acted any more guilty than he has. Set aside whether he's guilty. If someone said, try to act as guilty as possible. He basically maxed out.”

Rick Wilson: “The arc of Trump’s recent history is long, but it always bends towards Russia.”