h.l. mencken

3 February 1931

Arkansas legislature prays for H.L. Mencken's soul after he declares the state the "Apex of Moronia"

AoSHQ: Morning Report 02.03.23

Quote of the Day

Washington Examiner: AOC on Green New Deal

Their positions are right there.

AoSHQ: Morning Report 02.26.19 and AOC Comics

TOM: Whoa! Pay Pal working with SPLC to enforce ideological conformity?

Instapundit: What's 94 Trillion for Democrats?, CO2, the miracle molecule, Where in the world does AOC live?, and AOC Says: Stop Having Children

Separated at Birth: Tina Brown and...?

 Inspired by The Other McCain:  That Tina, she is such a piker!

Tina Brown
Profligate spender of scores
of millions of other people's money...

U.S. Congress (with a lot of Obama help)
Profligate spender of a score
of trillions of other people's money...

H. L. Mencken: "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."

Well except for the country and the American public!

Update:
Tina Brown mourns the loss of Hillary Clinton before her actual passing... (Tina is just ripping off an idea from Mark Twain...)
Tina Brown clean up of Newsweak/Daily Beast not yet complete...

Happy Birthday H.L. Mencken

What H.L. Mencken wanted written on his tombstone: "If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl."

H.L. Mencken getting a toast on his 70th birthday in 1950

I am embarrassed I was not on this yesterday, given I have a Mencken quote on the banner of this blog.  But the wonderful Anchoress had a post to remind me.  The Anchoress' post is great for using topical examples of things happening now with the media and the current "Arab Spring" crisis that would have made Mencken cringe.

Mencken had a dim view of democracy, considering most voters to be ignorant yokels.  I don't share all of it, but he had a point about the ignorance of many in the population.  Mencken has a way with words and a wonderful acerbic wit (similar to Christopher Hitchens and Dorothy Parker's).  Happy Birthday H.L. Mencken!