{"id":338,"date":"2010-09-28T20:06:51","date_gmt":"2010-09-29T00:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/?p=338"},"modified":"2015-08-27T23:23:48","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T03:23:48","slug":"willrogers-political-quote-can-we-solve-our-own-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/willrogers-political-quote-can-we-solve-our-own-problems\/338","title":{"rendered":"Will Rogers on &#8220;Can we solve our own problems?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-339\" src=\"http:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_1328.jpg\" alt=\"Will Rogers\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_1328.jpg 640w, https:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_1328-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Rogers wrote this quote in 1933. Can you believe that the World Court debate still rages today? Some politicians and &#8220;legal scholars&#8221; believe that the U.S. should subject itself to external legal authorities.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re trying to solve problems overseas, and making quite a mess of it. We can barely handle our own problems. There is hope however &#8211; The UN just appointed a space ambassador to greet alien visitors.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The image of Rogers is from his 1921 silent film <em>Guile of Women<\/em>. Rogers plays a Swede named Yal who travels with a friend to America to seek his fortune. After misfortunes in love and business, his girlfriend finally arrives from Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you have enjoyed this quote from Will Rogers and the accompanying image taken from the\u00a0<a title=\"Will Rogers Daily Quotes\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/will-rogers-daily-quotes\/id381332965?mt=8&amp;uo=6&amp;at=10laLs&amp;ct=iosProducts\" target=\"_blank\">Will Rogers<\/a> iPhone app. Please visit our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/fbraswell\" target=\"_blank\">twitter<\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Systems-of-Merritt-Inc\/139423869429884?created\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>page regularly and pass these posts on to friends that might enjoy a bit of wisdom from Will Rogers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/will-rogers-daily-quotes\/id381332965?mt=8&amp;uo=6&amp;at=10laLs&amp;ct=iosProducts\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7006 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/badge_appstore-lrg.gif\" alt=\"Will Rogers\" width=\"116\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rogers wrote this quote in 1933. Can you believe that the World Court debate still rages today? Some politicians and &#8220;legal scholars&#8221; believe that the U.S. should subject itself to external legal authorities. We&#8217;re trying to solve problems overseas, and making quite a mess of it. We can barely handle our own problems. 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