Quote of the day: A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. – Thomas Jefferson
Found this web site linked from a printing company website: The History of Taxation.
Now that the Presidential candidates are declaring years ahead of the election, the cartoon above becomes even more true. My questions are:
- If being a United States Senator is so easy that you can do it in your spare time while doing years of campaigning and fund-raising, what are the rest of the Senators doing with all that free time (idle minds are the playgound of the devil…)? …and why are we paying them so much?
- Even if they are only campaigning when the Senate is not in session, how are they representing their states? How are they studying up on key issues?
- If being a US Senator is a full time job, how can those running effectively do the jobs that we’re paying them so highly to do?
I like that commercial that says “What if firefighters ran the country…” … if only.
Maybe I missed something, suddenly I’m seeing Ken Griffey, Jr. listed as “Griffey Jr.” in the box scores on ESPN. Has Senior come back to play? That’s the only reason I can think that they would need to distinguish him that way. Similarly, I noticed Patrick Ewing, Jr’s jersey actually says “Ewing, Jr.” on it. Now I know that both Mr. Ewings went to the same school, Georgetown, but they are not playing together so I fail to see the need.
Which leads me to another sports peeve. Why does any team feel the need to put first initials on the jerseys of players who share the same last name? There is a GIGANTIC number on the front and back of the player’s shirt that distinguishes the two. Are fans so lazy that they can’t figure out that #85 is Chad Johnson and #32 is Rudi Johnson? It gets even worse when teams then start to spell out the first name and or middle name in order to clearly distinguish which player is which. Perhaps we should do away with numbers all together. I kind of like the attitude of the teams that refuse to put names on home jerseys. Fans know which player is which.
’nuff said.
