Rogersisms: Never squat with your spurs on (and more)

Wiki: Will Rogers

Some of his sayings:

1. Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.
2. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.
3. There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works.
4. Never miss a good chance to shut up.
5. Always drink upstream from the herd.
6. If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
7. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back into your pocket.
8. There are three kinds of men:
   1. The ones that learn by reading.
   2. The few who learn by observation.
   3. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves.
9. Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
10. If you're riding' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there.
11. Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it back.
12. After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.
13. About growing older:
    1. Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.
    2. The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.
    3. Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me; I want people to know 'why' I look this way. I've traveled a long way, and some of the roads weren't paved.
    4. When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of Algebra.
    5. You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.
    6. I don't know how I got over the hill without getting to the top.
    7. One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it's such a nice change from being young.
    8. One must wait until evening to see how splendid the day has been.
    9. Being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.
    10. Long ago, when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today it's called golf.
        
        
    11. And, finally ~ If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.

Comment: Golf image source.

"I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat"

Discord among Dems 'par for the course,' experts say

Excerpt:

[After] nearly a year after the election, Democrats have little to show for this legislative session, despite holding a majority in both chambers of Congress.

The Democratic leadership, most recently, has butted heads over health care, and, throughout Obama's term, the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Democrats have had a hard time swallowing the massive increases in government spending.

"A lot of citizens and a lot of journalists think that government should be a smooth-running machine. There's never been a smooth-running machine called government," said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.

The party infighting, Sabato said, is "absolutely expected."

"Where you stand depends on where you sit in American government. So to me, it's par for the course. It always seems more dramatic and important at the time from the perspective of history," he added.

The first nine months of the Obama administration have put to rest any Republican fears of a rubber-stamp Congress. That point was made painfully clear earlier this month in a "Saturday Night Live" sketch chastising Obama for the unfulfilled items on his to-do list.

Democratic strategist Phil Noble says the tug-of-war among Democrats is just the nature of the party, pointing to a quote by Will Rogers, who said, "I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat."

Comment: Good Will Rogers quote. More on the Blue Dog Coalition. Members.