As political gestures go, voting for the Libertarian Party is only slightly more mature than writing in the name of your dog, and if taken at face value it’s a bit like wanting the country to be run by model railroaders or a particularly embittered computer users’ group.
Courtesy of 101-280
Unfortunately, it’s a little wordy to go on a t-shirt, but it’s still very funny.
- Author: timbu
- Published: Jan 21st, 2004
- Category: Generalities
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Libertarians
I found this quote on the web and nearly fell out of my chair laughing.
- Author: timbu
- Published: Jan 21st, 2004
- Category: Generalities
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State of the Union
Here’s an odd bit in last night’s State of the Union speech.
To help children make right choices, they need good examples. Athletics play such an important role in our society, but, unfortunately, some in professional sports are not setting much of an example. The use of performance-enhancing drugs like steroids in baseball, football, and other sports is dangerous, and it sends the wrong message – that there are shortcuts to accomplishment, and that performance is more important than character. So tonight I call on team owners, union representatives, coaches, and players to take the lead, to send the right signal, to get tough, and to get rid of steroids now.
I was fascinated that this topic got an entire paragraph. It just seems strange to me. I’m not for steroids in sports, but it seems an odd thing to draw attention to in a nationally televised speech. Personally, I would have added talk show hosts to my list of people who shouldn’t be using drugs as well.
Con Call Hell
I am in my 4th hour of conference call now. It happens about once every month or so. It drives me ape. I work on teams that are fairly geographically distributed so sometimes it’s the only way to move forward, but man does it drive me crazy at times. Today was horrible in that the call was punctuated with eardrum shredding static a couple of times.