Alice visits a political Wonderland - - Tim Ryan's column

[mariema]

from a very underappreciated wit in central WI
http://www.shawanoleader.com/articles/2008/10/19/news/news6.txt

...snip

Alice turned to see a pair of twins who called themselves by the very odd names of Tweedledee and Tweedledum.

"Facts don't matter, anyway," Tweedledee expounded. "You're better off not hearing them. For facts only complicate the matter."

"But how is one to know what's true if one doesn't know the facts?" Alice inquired.

"What's true depends on what it is one chooses to believe," said Tweedledum. "And because facts make it harder to believe in what you choose, they simply cannot be trusted. The fact is facts are biased."

"You mean," said Alice, "everything is true because nothing is and nothing is true because everything is?"

"Now, you've grasped it," said Tweedledee. "That's called politics.

...snip

read it all, it is great.

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. That is very good

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