J’ai un faible pour cet écrivain polonais dont l’humour
sociopolitique me fait penser
à celui de Mark Twain.
Florilège dédié au troublant zigzag politique... halloweenesque!
Source des citations : Nouvelles pensées échevelées, Stanislaw Jerzy Lec (1909-1966), trad. André et Zofia Kozimor, Rivages poche, 1993
«Celui qui est affamé de gloire n’hésite pas à dévorer aussi l’homme qui est en lui.»
«Applaudis-toi toi-même si tu veux, du moment que ce ne soit pas sur le visage de ton prochain.»
«Même le tyran ne bénéficie pas de la liberté d’opinion.»
«La bêtise ne dépasse jamais les bornes, où qu’elle pose le pied, là est son territoire.»
«Quand un caméléon est au pouvoir, tout ce qui l’entoure change de couleur.»
C’est jaune-orange chez nos voisins!
Caricature : Theo Moudakis, Toronto Star
«Politiciens, demandez conseil aux gastro-entérologues : que peut-on encore faire avaler aux citoyens?»
Pratique quand on a des médecins au pouvoir...
«J'en connais certains qui s'excitent érotiquement pour se réaliser politiquement. Et inversement.»
Ouille!
«Un monde sans psychopathes? Il ne serait pas normal.»
«En histoire, même les faits non accomplis comptent.»
Adaptation du jour :
En politique, même les promesses non tenues comptent...
«Difficile de dire qui suit le courant de son plein gré.»
«Hésiter, c’est déjà prendre une décision.»
«Ce n’est pas le gouffre qui sépare, mais la différence de niveau.»
«Les valeurs humaines universelles sont celles qu’on ne passe pas en contrebande de pays en pays, car elles ne rapportent rien.»
«Quel est le destin de l’homme? Être un homme.»
~~~
Le Choix d’un Président...
Vote for Mark Twain!
“I shall not often meddle with politics, because we have a political Editor who is already excellent and only needs to serve a term or two in the penitentiary to be perfect.” [In the Galaxy Magazine] ~ Mark Twain, a Biography
“Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.” ~ Mark Twain
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“We apply our brain power to bullshit. We have a Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities. The Democrats have moved to the right, and the Republicans have moved to a mental hospital. I find that the world is changing much, much faster than I can even bitch about it.”
~ Bill Maher https://www.facebook.com/Maher/?ref=py_c
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“The destiny of history's most powerful nation comes down to a choice between Trump's hot hands or Weiner's weeny. Lord have mercy...”
~ David Seaton http://seaton-newslinks.blogspot.ca/
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The Man in the Mirror: Donald Trump is not an outlier, but the distillation of our dominant values
[...] “The political constitution of the United States is not, as Madison envisaged, representation tempered by competition between factions. The true constitution is plutocracy tempered by scandal. In other words, all that impedes the absolute power of money is the occasional exposure of the excesses of the wealthy. What distinguishes Trump’s political career is that, until recently, his scandals have done him no harm.
Trump disgusts us because, where others use a dog whistle, he uses a klaxon. We hate to hear his themes so clearly articulated. But we know in our hearts that they suffuse the way the world is run.
Because this story did not begin with Trump, it will not end with Trump, however badly he might lose the election. Yes, he is a shallow, mendacious, boorish and extremely dangerous man. But those traits ensure that he is not an outsider but the perfect representation of his caste, the caste that runs the global economy and governs our politics. He is our system, stripped of its pretences.”
~ George Monbiot www.monbiot.com
Florilège dédié au troublant zigzag politique... halloweenesque!
Source des citations : Nouvelles pensées échevelées, Stanislaw Jerzy Lec (1909-1966), trad. André et Zofia Kozimor, Rivages poche, 1993
«Celui qui est affamé de gloire n’hésite pas à dévorer aussi l’homme qui est en lui.»
«Applaudis-toi toi-même si tu veux, du moment que ce ne soit pas sur le visage de ton prochain.»
«Même le tyran ne bénéficie pas de la liberté d’opinion.»
«La bêtise ne dépasse jamais les bornes, où qu’elle pose le pied, là est son territoire.»
«Quand un caméléon est au pouvoir, tout ce qui l’entoure change de couleur.»
C’est jaune-orange chez nos voisins!
Caricature : Theo Moudakis, Toronto Star
«Politiciens, demandez conseil aux gastro-entérologues : que peut-on encore faire avaler aux citoyens?»
Pratique quand on a des médecins au pouvoir...
«J'en connais certains qui s'excitent érotiquement pour se réaliser politiquement. Et inversement.»
Ouille!
«Un monde sans psychopathes? Il ne serait pas normal.»
«En histoire, même les faits non accomplis comptent.»
Adaptation du jour :
En politique, même les promesses non tenues comptent...
«Difficile de dire qui suit le courant de son plein gré.»
«Hésiter, c’est déjà prendre une décision.»
«Ce n’est pas le gouffre qui sépare, mais la différence de niveau.»
«Les valeurs humaines universelles sont celles qu’on ne passe pas en contrebande de pays en pays, car elles ne rapportent rien.»
«Quel est le destin de l’homme? Être un homme.»
~~~
Le Choix d’un Président...
Vote for Mark Twain!
“I shall not often meddle with politics, because we have a political Editor who is already excellent and only needs to serve a term or two in the penitentiary to be perfect.” [In the Galaxy Magazine] ~ Mark Twain, a Biography
“Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.” ~ Mark Twain
---
“We apply our brain power to bullshit. We have a Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities. The Democrats have moved to the right, and the Republicans have moved to a mental hospital. I find that the world is changing much, much faster than I can even bitch about it.”
~ Bill Maher https://www.facebook.com/Maher/?ref=py_c
---
“The destiny of history's most powerful nation comes down to a choice between Trump's hot hands or Weiner's weeny. Lord have mercy...”
~ David Seaton http://seaton-newslinks.blogspot.ca/
---
The Man in the Mirror: Donald Trump is not an outlier, but the distillation of our dominant values
[...] “The political constitution of the United States is not, as Madison envisaged, representation tempered by competition between factions. The true constitution is plutocracy tempered by scandal. In other words, all that impedes the absolute power of money is the occasional exposure of the excesses of the wealthy. What distinguishes Trump’s political career is that, until recently, his scandals have done him no harm.
Trump disgusts us because, where others use a dog whistle, he uses a klaxon. We hate to hear his themes so clearly articulated. But we know in our hearts that they suffuse the way the world is run.
Because this story did not begin with Trump, it will not end with Trump, however badly he might lose the election. Yes, he is a shallow, mendacious, boorish and extremely dangerous man. But those traits ensure that he is not an outsider but the perfect representation of his caste, the caste that runs the global economy and governs our politics. He is our system, stripped of its pretences.”
~ George Monbiot www.monbiot.com
