Episode 272: Flimflam, Hocus-Pocus, and Mountebankery
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Episode 272: Flimflam, Hocus-Pocus, and Mountebankery

B2中高级2026年10月5日32分钟
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To finally get the Central Arizona Project through Congress in 1968, it took more than a few tries, a mountain of compromises, dramatic changes, and no small amount of political chicanery.

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There is an old saying, which I'm sure you have heard at least a dozen times in your life, that goes something like this. There are two things you don't want people to see you make. Laws and sausages.

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And just for the record, I don't agree with this saying. because I've watched videos of people making sausages before and I find it inherently fascinating, from the grinding of the meat to the shoving it all into a casing and the smoking. In fact, I have half a mind to try it myself.

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But also because when it comes to laws, you are listening to a guy who spent literal years sitting through city, county, and state government meetings. I walked away with the impression that every single person in this country should be forced to do the same, just so they can really get a feel for the process and find out where the choices that affect them the most actually come from.

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