On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:45:27 -0700, Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net>
wrote:

>In article
><us95h35k0k12blig0eo67l7r3hk7n6hcbv@4ax.com>,
> John Larkin
> <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:02:02 -0700, Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >In article
>> ><gjp2h39t8urceedco57icse7j5i12b15nv@4ax.com>,
>> > Lester Zick <dontbother@nowhere.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:11:13 -0700, Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >In article
>> >> ><lk9vg39lkrvc6r2qvq3b1u16ble4mndft5@4ax.com>,
>> >> > Lester Zick <dontbother@nowhere.net> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:59:09 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
>> >> >> <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >Lester Zick wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >[...]
>> >> >
>> >> >> >> I know. But it's the best I could do at your level.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Be careful, or you'll give yourself a hernia while trying to reach
>> >> >> >that high.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Patriotism being the last resort of scoundrels.
>> >> > ^^^^^^
>> >> > refuge
>> >>
>> >> ^^^^^
>> >>
>> >> Even scoundrels need a last resort.
>> >
>> >You did not look up the quotation, even after I posted a correction.
>> >The corrected phrase above remains a misquotation.
>> >Do you know who wrote the line?
>>
>> Obviously, Michael A. Terrell wrote the line.
>
>Ah, yes.
>Who wrote "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel"?
>Samuel Johnson.
>
>This epigram should never be taken to be
>deriding patriotism.


Don't be a fathead. Nobody likes a fathead.

John