Stolen from Margaret's page:

As democracy is perfected, the office [of president] represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Source: Baltimore Evening Sun, 26 July 1920

Found this today:

"The caustic cynic. Rather than lashing out at others, these people sit along the sidelines of life and throw darts of sarcasm and negativity at anything that shows vitality and possibility. To an innocent listener, the advice may seem well-meaning, but in truth caustic cynics want all attempts at health and wholeness to fail so they can say, 'I told you so.'"

I realized that this describes me to a "T," And why I am so sad. When "The People" of Israel clamored for a king, "like all the other nations of the world" rather than to accept the providence of the LORD, God allowed ("suffered" in Anglo-Saxon)them to choose Bush, Saul. After that disaster, God suggested that if they yet insisted on a King, at least take the littlest and least of their brethren so that God could still be seen as the true provider. What they had not accounted for was the "s" word, and David, the beloved of God, became just like the rest, yet in term of good/bad, though a murderer and adulterer etc., etc., he was a "good" king.

"The People" have again spoken. The Emperor, though perhaps a nice guy, is still naked, and the color of his clothes, is no more black than white. Too bad we do not see in color rather than black and white.

If the LORD does not build the house.... If the LORD does not keep the city....