Okay, stop me if you’ve heard this one. There was a lazy grasshopper and an industrious ant… Those of you who can’t finish that tale may have something to worry about. But I’m here to help so here are the Cliff Notes – lazy grasshopper starves to death. Yeah, old fairy tales don’t usually have Disney endings. That’s okay – we’re dealing with the real world today. The TL;DR is lazy loses. This is true in your personal life and … Continue reading “Only the Lazy Need Fear the Future”
This Government is OURS, Responsibility and All
The American system of government is designed for balance – but not the New Age, silly Jedi, harmony above everything, Eastern style mysticism, tossed salad approach to philosophy kind of balance. More like the Mutual Assured Destruction kind, minus the nuclear weapons or bloodshed – a very difficult but important balance of power where one power is a check on another. It’s a LOT more complex than what they bother to teach in school. Yes, the three branches balance against … Continue reading “This Government is OURS, Responsibility and All”