Nasty, Brutish, and Short
Wish I could claim credit for this, but I actually saw it over at isgreaterthan.com. In Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, Thomas Hobbes describes life as nasty, brutish, and short.
The insight: What a great description of John McCain.
The insight: What a great description of John McCain.
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"Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of Warre, where every man is Enemy to every man; the same is consequent to the time, wherein men live without other security, than what their own strength, and their own invention shall furnish them withall. In such condition, there is no place for Industry; because the fruit thereof is uncertain; and consequently no Culture of the Earth; no Navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by Sea; no commodious Building; no Instruments of moving, and removing such things as require much force; no Knowledge of the face of the Earth; no account of Time; no Arts; no Letters; no Society; and which is worst of all, continuall feare, and danger of violent death; And the life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short."
Not sure how this describes McCain, but Hobbes was just saying that with out a government, life's a bitch.
October 15, 2008 5:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
"...Not sure how this describes McCain..." well, John is nasty, he's brutish, and he is SHORT! So what don't you get???
October 15, 2008 7:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Does this mean Obama's victory is assured by his height?
If I recall correctly, in every Presidential contest in our history, hasn't the taller candidate won? So McCain's being shorter has seemingly clinched his defeat.
October 16, 2008 1:17 PM | Reply | Permalink