It was a good time of the day to fly as well, with very few others arriving for flights at the time we were. That made it much easier to negotiate with Ruby and her walker... easier to get a wheel chair... easier to get through security. All went smoothly, and Ruby made it to her plane for an on time departure to Nashville. It was a good two-week visit, and we even heard a few new stories!!
I'll close by dipping a bit further back in history than Mark Twain for a few more insights into government and politics. Enjoy!
- Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you! -Pericles (430 B.C.)
- In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. -Voltaire (1764)
- A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. -Thomas Jefferson
- Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. -Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
- The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. -Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
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Did Bastiat ever live in American Samoa? J/k. Philip just commented this afternoon that you can tell which houses contain natives of American Samoa (as opposed to Samoans, Tongans, Fijians, etc.) Their houses are the ones with vehicles out front that have AS government license plates (for government owned cars).
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