tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post3917031745498730450..comments2024-01-28T22:16:50.852-06:00Comments on Mr. Dilettante’s Neighborhood: The Country's In the Best of HandsMr. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-87208788332237473452010-01-21T09:45:39.887-06:002010-01-21T09:45:39.887-06:00Johnny Mercer knew more about the world than 100 a...Johnny Mercer knew more about the world than 100 administration operatives, NW.Mr. Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-20131102584423757662010-01-21T09:25:35.326-06:002010-01-21T09:25:35.326-06:00Wow, Li'l Abner and Marryin' Sam (and John...Wow, Li'l Abner and Marryin' Sam (and Johnny Mercer) sure were prescient. Or, could it be that nothing's ever really changed?<br /><br /><i>The Treasury says the national debt is climbing to the sky<br />And govermnent expenditures have never been so high.<br />It makes a feller get a gleam of pride within his eye,<br />to see how our economy expands,<br />The country's in the very best of hands.<br /><br /><br />You ought to see the congress when it's drawing up a bill,<br />"Where as"'s and "to wit"'s are crowded in each codicil.<br />Such legal terminology would give your heart a thrill.<br />There's phrases there that no one understands.<br />The country's in the very best of hands.<br /><br /><br />The building boom, they say, is getting bigger every day.<br />And when I asked a feller "How could everybody pay?"<br />He come up with an answer that made everything OK,<br />"Supplies are getting bigger than demands."<br />The country's in the very best of hands.</i>Night Writerhttp://thenightwriterblog.comnoreply@blogger.com