Something I put together while watching the news.

[alfredo]

[virgogal]

1. I don't get it but I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

[alfredo]

4. This inspired the graphic

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/12/opinion/the-brutalism-of-ted-cruz.html?_r=0

In 1997, Michael Wayne Haley was arrested after stealing a calculator from Walmart. This was a crime that merited a maximum two-year prison term. But prosecutors incorrectly applied a habitual offender law. Neither the judge nor the defense lawyer caught the error and Haley was sentenced to 16 years.

Eventually, the mistake came to light and Haley tried to fix it. Ted Cruz was solicitor general of Texas at the time. Instead of just letting Haley go for time served, Cruz took the case to the Supreme Court to keep Haley in prison for the full 16 years.

Some justices were skeptical. “Is there some rule that you can’t confess error in your state?” Justice Anthony Kennedy asked. The court system did finally let Haley out of prison, after six years.

[virgogal]

5. Thanks----now I certainly get it.

[truedelphi]

2. George orwell had the same view. The elite not only want to have

Things that on some level might make sense - lots of money, lots of power, control over others, etc. but they also like to see scarcity and suffering.

[2naSalit]

3. Well stated

and correctly.

[GeorgeGist]

6. Misery loves company.

Ted Cruz is miserable.

[alfredo]

7. He has to look in the mirror every day.