“To speak with forked tongue” appropriately, on one account of its origins, goes back to 1699, to the French army in America, which invited the Iroquois Indians to attend a peace conference, only to have the French end up treacherously butchering all the attending Iroquois. Thenceforth, for Indians, to speak with “forked tongue” meant to… Continua a leggere TO SPEAK WITH “FORKED TONGUE”: OR, THE DISHONESTY OF TED CRUZ, PRESIDENTAL ASPIRANT
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THE DEVIL IN WASHINGTON
Ted Cruz not only seems not to have learned his lesson during The Shutdown, viz., that Americans are tired—tired—tired of gridlock and partisan politics merely; incredibly, he seem to have been emboldened by it all, ready and willing to trumpet out louder blasts of rancor and meanness while pursuing an anti-American agenda of more and… Continua a leggere THE DEVIL IN WASHINGTON
GOD-TALK: THE DIVINE TEA PARTY
God: How are things down below? At your insistence, I gave you nine years of great power. Are you making life better for everyone? Ted Cruz: Yes, Lord, and we’re having a ball, too. You wouldn’t believe those Democrats, mealy-mouthed, weak-willed nothings…No wonder our country’s in trouble. Who cares about the little guy? Does the… Continua a leggere GOD-TALK: THE DIVINE TEA PARTY