Babbling Boobs
One of the great annoyances of talk show radio and television is the tendency of hosts on the left and the right to constantly interrupt the people they are interviewing to express their own often fatuous and entirely predictable opinions. Chris Matthews, on the one side, and Joe Scarborough on the other, come to mind as a couple of the most tedious offenders.
But this is hardly a new phenomenon, as revealed in the following observation, more than 300 years ago, from Francois de La Rochefoucauld, the 17th century French warrior, writer and moralist:
"Few are agreeable in conversation because each thinks more of what he intends to say than of what others are saying, and listens no more when he himself has a chance to speak"
Buggerthebooboisie is dedicated to the memory and spirit of H.L. Mencken (above) who coined "booboisie," loosely defined as the middle class of the gullible masses. Mencken's observations and commentaries have withstood the test of time -- with appalling modern relevance. I invite all commentary that debunks the prevailing nonsense in America's political and social dialogue. As a newspaperman I also invite the reminiscences of others who recall the happier days of the trade.
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