The Trouble with Nowadays: A Curmudgeon Strikes Back

ISBN: 0345297202

Author: Amory, Cleveland

Condition: New

A Crusty Curmudgeon and Charter Member of The Society to Put Things Back The Way They Were, bestselling author Cleveland Amory offers the last word on everything that has made a shambles out of modern life.Servants: I have often wondered where all the good, old-fashioned servants have gone. They must be somewhere, they couldnt have all died.The Government: The only difference between the Republicans and the Democrats is that the Republicans are socialists and the Democrats are communists.Women: The day I put Ms. on a letter of mine, itll be either to someone elses mistress or the Bureau of Msing Persons.Children: Remember, children are, no matter how much we detest them, the you and me of tomorrow.Foreign Affairs: Every damn president since I can remember has been so in love with foreign policy that theyre just like a schoolboy with a new girl.Religion: Nowadays Sunday is just one more excuse to do whatever you damn please.