Something To Think About - 9/21/18
American writer and artist Elbert Hubbard rightly advised us to “… not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.”
Something To Think About - 9/19/18
English Baptist Preacher Charles Spurgeon claimed that “A good character is the best tombstone.” His advice was to “Carve your name on hearts, and not marble.”
Something To Think About - 9/13/18
Swiss philosopher Henri Frederic Amiel claimed that “It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.”
Something To Think About - 9/12/18
It’s been said that “The world does not pay for what a person knows. But it pays for what a person does with what he knows.”
Something To Think About - 9/11/18
Recent revocations of security clearances of former government officials is clearly retribution for their criticisms of President Trump, but they are NOT attacks on their First Amendment Rights. He’s not silencing them, if anything the opposite has happened.
Something To Think About - 9/10/18
Ralph Waldo Emerson once noted that “Nothing astonishes men as much as common sense and plain dealing.”
Something To Think About - 9/8/18
According to English novelist Elspeth Huxley, “Only man is not content to leave things as they are but must always be challenging them, and when he has done so, is seldom satisfied with the result.”
Something To Think About - 9/7/18
Seneca said: “Nothing is more common than for great thieves to ride in triumph when small ones are punished.”
Something To Think About - 9/4/18
Confirmation Hearings on the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh begin this week. Already more documents have been provided for review than for Elena Kagan, an Obama appointee. Plus, Kavaungh has three hundred opinions to his credit that tell the tale of his judicial leanings. Justice Kagan had zero and was still confirmed with a large percentage of Republican votes.
Something To Think About - 9/3/18
English novelist and clergyman Laurence Sterne reminds us that “Men tire themselves in pursuit of leisure.”
Something To Think About - 9/1/18
Francois de La Rochefoucauld believed that “Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking on.”
Something To Think About - 8/30/18
British statesman John Morley once noted that “You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.”
Something To Think About - 8/29/18
Welsh author and journalist Howard Spring claimed that “Love for the same thing never makes allies. It’s always hate for the same thing.”
Something To Think About - 8/28/18
The final tally is in on the $24 million bond floated by Sonora High and it isn’t pretty. Around 40% went to athletic facilities, including the pool and track and field; approximately 35% for building construction and repairs, like the cafeteria and H Building; but a whopping 25% went for “Consultants.” We hope that they were consultants on how to improve test scores and graduation rates and not just on how to inefficiently spend taxpayer money.
Something To Think About - 8/27/18
“The unfortunate thing about this world,” according to writer Somerset Maugham, “is that good habits are easier to get out of than bad ones.”
Something To Think About - 8/25/18
Archaeologist and art historian Gisela Richter once noted that “A series of failures may culminate in the best possible result.”
Something To Think About - 8/21/18
Finally, Peter Strzok with all his bias in favor of and in opposition to the very people and organizations he was investigating, has been fired from the FBI. The only question that remains is: Why did it take so long?
Something To Think About - 8/20/18
Welsh politician Nye Bevan believes that “The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away.”
Something To Think About - 8/15/18
"When something bad happens, you have 3 choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it STRENGTHEN you."
Something To Think About - 8/14/18
This is getting way out of hand. Portland Oregon’s mayor recently ordered Portland PD to stand down and not respond to vicious mobs besieging ICE offices there, refusing the requests of federal officers for help. Calls by the Far Left for the abolition of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency are just plain ridiculous. And by calling them Nazis and “The Gestapo” and their harassment in their personal lives goes beyond the pale. The Mayor and his police chief owe these federal officers who are doing their job by upholding the law equal protection under the law.
Something To Think About - 8/13/18
Humorist Leo Rosten once noted that “The purpose of life is not to be happy, but to matter -- to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all.”
Something To Think About - 7/27/18
According to clergyman and writer Sydney Smith “It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little.
Something To Think About - 7/26/18
After President Trump and his economic advisors enacted punitive tariffs on multiple fronts, harming U.S. agri-business and consumers among others, they’re now going to take $12 billion of taxpayer money to bail out the very farmers they hurt.
Something To Think About - 7/25/18
Brazilian lyricist and novelist Paulo Coelho claims that “The world is changed by your example not by your opinion.”
Something To Think About - 7/24/18
The Social Security trust fund is running out of money faster than expected with spending now exceeding revenues. The Medicare fund is suspected to run dry in 2026. The number of workers receiving federal disability benefits has more than tripled, to 14 million recipients, since 1990. With an unemployment rate at less than 4%, or what is typically defined as “full employment,” the U.S. needs its immigrant workers to sustain these programs. Legal workers paying payroll taxes. That is a mathematical fact.
