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Something To Think About - 6/7/25
It’s been said that “Real motivation comes from within. People have to be given the freedom to succeed or fail.”
Something To Think About - 6/6/25
The Reverand Billy Graham believed that “Arrogance has its own built-in misery.”
Something To Think About - 6/5/25
As Andrew Jackson once noted, “More is lost by the long continuance of men in office than is generally to be gained by their experience.”
Something To Think About - 6/4/25
Historian Barbara Tuchman once observed that “War is the unfolding of miscalculations.”
Something To Think About - 6/3/25
According to tech entrepreneur and columnist Andy Kessler, when it comes to tariffs, “Self-interested politicians never hit on the right price to clear markets or pick the right industries to win. Because of self-serving cronyism for dollars or votes, government industrial policy always glitches. Capital gets misallocated. Prosperity suffers.”
Something To Think About - 6/2/25
It’s been said that “The world of achievement has always belonged to the optimist."
Something To Think About - 5/31/25
“Fishing” was once described as “a delusion surrounded by liars in old clothes.”
Something To Think About - 5/30/25
Louis Armstrong once noted that “There are some people who, if they don’t know, you can’t tell ‘em.”
Something To Think About - 5/29/25
Swedish Diplomat Dag Hammarskjold said, “Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your own experience or convictions.”
Something To Think About - 5/28/25
Baseball great Jackie Robinson believed that “A life isn’t significant except for its impact on other lives.”
Something To Think About - 5/27/25
Given the extensive criticisms by the Grand Jury in its latest report, the current Board of Supervisors has its work cut out for it. Deferred building maintenance and unfunded liabilities from pensions and retiree healthcare amount to tens of millions of dollars with no clear plan or timeline to resolve. Also noted was that when the county hires someone under the financial umbrella of a grant, once that grant funding dries up, the employee is often, if not always, retained on the county payroll funded by taxpayers. When the grant is gone, the employee should be gone. Period. Otherwise, we run the risk that Staffing will continue to grow made up of people who were essentially hired for the “Project du jour” rather than providing essential services.
Something To Think About - 5/26/25
On this Memorial Day let us remember and honor those whose sacrifice lit the path for democracy.
Something To Think About - 5/24/25
According to clergyman Robert Schuller, “Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation
Something To Think About - 5/23/25
Entrepreneur and publisher Malcom Forbes advised us that “When in doubt, duck.”
Something To Think About - 5/22/25
Automotive pioneer Walter Chrysler believed that “The real secret of success is enthusiasm.”
Something To Think About - 5/21/25
Filmmaker Frederico Fellini once remarked that “Nothing is more honest than a dream.”
Something To Think About - 5/20/25
There is currently $1.7 trillion in student loans outstanding. Nine million of those loans are in default or serious arrears. This is now all taxpayer money, as President Obama essentially nationalized student debt, taking it away from private lenders and putting it under the auspices of the Department of Education. He claimed, at the time and knowing that it wasn’t true, that the government would actually make money off of that move. Given the attempts to “forgive” those loans, it’s our opinion they never meant for them to be paid back and was nothing more than blatant vote buying.
Something To Think About - 5/19/25
Coach Vince Lombardi believed that “People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.”
Something To Think About - 5/17/25
Pete Rose, known as “Charlie Hustle,” made the observation that “I’m no different from anybody else with two arms, two legs, and forty-two hundred hits.”
Something To Think About - 5/16/25
Ben Franklin once noted that “If the rascals knew the advantages of virtue, they would become honest.”