I started to lose confidence in government when, about fifty years ago, it came up with its scheme to “save daylight” by cranking the clock ahead by an hour. A wise old man said that was like cutting off one end of a blanket and sewing it onto the other end to make the blanket longer.
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I saw this advertisement on a web page:

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Just the person you need to help you avoid scams, right?
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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has strongly criticized China’s government for seeking to contain the riots in Tibet. I wonder what Pelosi’s position would be if the Hispanics in California started rioting violently and demanding independence from the US. The Tibetans may have a stronger case for independence than the California Hispanics, but why should a member of our government be splitting this hair?
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The debate over the science and evidence of global warming may not be over, as Al Gore likes to insist it is, but it seems to me that it has become irrelevant. Those who expect to profit immensely from government (taxpayer) grants and subsidies seem to be driving the runaway train now.