Something To Think About Archive

Thomas Edison “There is a better way to do it. Find it.”

During shutdowns of the Federal Government, of which there are far too many because of a lack of non-partisan adults in congress, essential or accepted employees like air traffic controllers, TSA agents, border patrol, active duty military, FBI agents and prison guards must keep working during the shut down. So does Congress and the President, even though the former periodically leave town during the shut down. The difference is employees don’t get paid until the shutdown is resolved then they receive back pay. Congress, as usual has a special deal. They, and the President who is already donating his salary to charity do receive their regular paychecks as someone once noted it is good to be king.

Grenville Kleiser “Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends.”

Blaise Pascal stated, “The virtue of a man ought to be measured not by his extraordinary exertions, but by his everyday conduct.”

It has been noted that you don’t stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.

According to a Chinese proverb “Behind an able man there are always other able men.”

Martin Luther King, Jr. “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy”

The U.S. Department of War was originally established in 1789 to manage the Army and Navy until the Navy department was created in 1798. The War Department was abolished and replaced with the National Military Establishment following WW2 in 1947 and renamed the Department of Defense in 1949. We are not sure why now, when America is not actually involved in a shooting war nor expecting one the Trump administration renamed it the Department of War. It just seems unnecessarily bellicose to us given that the entire world knows that we are the remaining global superpower.

Procrastination is never a good idea, as has been noted, later is like the horizon it recedes as it approaches.

Teddy Roosevelt believed, “In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is; Hit the line hard; don’t foul and don’t shirk, but hit the line hard.”

Greg Iles “I will do those things which make me happy today and which I can also live with ten years from now.”

Ben Sass “The constitution requires a certain amount of unity at least a minimal shared concept of a common good.”

Marguerite Steen Quote: “Greatness is a two-faced coin – and the reverse is humility.”

Despite the fact that more Americans say that they trust the Federal government now than they did a year ago- with a recent poll having 33% expressing faith in the government, a 10 point jump from 2024, the oposition party believes socialism is the answer. While calling the current party a threat to democracy. Socialism will save democracy in America? Not sure we see how that works.

W. Somerset Maugham “It wasn’t until quite late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, ‘I don’t know.”‘

Coach Joe Paterno believed that “The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.”