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QuoteIt [the State] has taken on a vast mass of new duties and responsibilities; it has spread out its powers until they penetrate to every act of the citizen, however secret; it has begun to throw around its operations the high dignity and impeccability of a State religion; its agents become a separate and superior caste, with authority to bind and loose, and their thumbs in every pot. But it still remains, as it was in the beginning, the common enemy of all well-disposed, industrious and decent men. Henry L. Mencken, 1926 Clicky...
It [the State] has taken on a vast mass of new duties and responsibilities; it has spread out its powers until they penetrate to every act of the citizen, however secret; it has begun to throw around its operations the high dignity and impeccability of a State religion; its agents become a separate and superior caste, with authority to bind and loose, and their thumbs in every pot. But it still remains, as it was in the beginning, the common enemy of all well-disposed, industrious and decent men. Henry L. Mencken, 1926
Quote from: Barman on October 30, 2013, 06:46:16 AMQuoteIt [the State] has taken on a vast mass of new duties and responsibilities; it has spread out its powers until they penetrate to every act of the citizen, however secret; it has begun to throw around its operations the high dignity and impeccability of a State religion; its agents become a separate and superior caste, with authority to bind and loose, and their thumbs in every pot. But it still remains, as it was in the beginning, the common enemy of all well-disposed, industrious and decent men. Henry L. Mencken, 1926 Clicky...Has someone given you a copy of the 1970 "Guardian Pseudo-Intellectual's Annual"?
Quote from: Darwins Selection on October 30, 2013, 12:21:26 PMQuote from: Barman on October 30, 2013, 06:46:16 AMQuoteIt [the State] has taken on a vast mass of new duties and responsibilities; it has spread out its powers until they penetrate to every act of the citizen, however secret; it has begun to throw around its operations the high dignity and impeccability of a State religion; its agents become a separate and superior caste, with authority to bind and loose, and their thumbs in every pot. But it still remains, as it was in the beginning, the common enemy of all well-disposed, industrious and decent men. Henry L. Mencken, 1926 Clicky...Has someone given you a copy of the 1970 "Guardian Pseudo-Intellectual's Annual"? Yes! It is under my short leg ....
Quote from: Barman on October 30, 2013, 01:14:25 PMQuote from: Darwins Selection on October 30, 2013, 12:21:26 PMQuote from: Barman on October 30, 2013, 06:46:16 AMQuoteIt [the State] has taken on a vast mass of new duties and responsibilities; it has spread out its powers until they penetrate to every act of the citizen, however secret; it has begun to throw around its operations the high dignity and impeccability of a State religion; its agents become a separate and superior caste, with authority to bind and loose, and their thumbs in every pot. But it still remains, as it was in the beginning, the common enemy of all well-disposed, industrious and decent men. Henry L. Mencken, 1926 Clicky...Has someone given you a copy of the 1970 "Guardian Pseudo-Intellectual's Annual"? Yes! It is under my short leg ....
The scandal has caused the biggest diplomatic rift between Germany and the US in living memory, reports the BBC's Damien McGuinness in Berlin
Thanks to Private Eye for spotting this stupid quote by the Beeb about phone bugging:QuoteThe scandal has caused the biggest diplomatic rift between Germany and the US in living memory, reports the BBC's Damien McGuinness in BerlinAs PE pointed out, you'd have thought Germany declaring war on the USA in 1941 or the 4 years after might just have been a tad worse.
Quote from: Steve on October 31, 2013, 12:23:58 PMThanks to Private Eye for spotting this stupid quote by the Beeb about phone bugging:QuoteThe scandal has caused the biggest diplomatic rift between Germany and the US in living memory, reports the BBC's Damien McGuinness in BerlinAs PE pointed out, you'd have thought Germany declaring war on the USA in 1941 or the 4 years after might just have been a tad worse.The BBC is not fit for purpose and beyond repair....
Quote from: Barman on October 31, 2013, 01:44:14 PMQuote from: Steve on October 31, 2013, 12:23:58 PMThanks to Private Eye for spotting this stupid quote by the Beeb about phone bugging:QuoteThe scandal has caused the biggest diplomatic rift between Germany and the US in living memory, reports the BBC's Damien McGuinness in BerlinAs PE pointed out, you'd have thought Germany declaring war on the USA in 1941 or the 4 years after might just have been a tad worse.The BBC is not fit for purpose and beyond repair.... Well if you really think that don't pay your licence fee thenOh (imho BBC needs a separate thread like)
I could start a second one and call it BBC2, but you'll need a different shaped aerial to read it like