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“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.”1
© 2009, J. M. Erickson. All rights reserved.
The new season of American Idol begins tonight with four hours of programming over the next two nights. Mrs. Major and Son Major enjoy this show. I use the show as an opportunity to read or fool around on the computer.
Kevin McDonough, in his column “Tune In Tonight,” sums the program up very well:
With its endless hours of idle chatter and forgettable patter, “Idol” was made for the fast-forward button. I tend to speed over the obviously horrible performances, the banal travelogue and practically every segment featuring Ryan Seacrest. Technology can be a wonderful thing.
I say, “Just saying, ‘no,’ can be a wonderful thing.”
“The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.” — John Kenneth Galbraith
Yesterday, Black Friday, consumers spent 3%1 more than last year. All we heard on the news was how horrible for retailers the day would be. That folks were only going to browse. I think Mr. Galbraith is correct. The crowds even trampled a Wal-Mart employee to death in their rush to buy stuff, for crying out loud.
© 2008, J. M. Erickson. All rights reserved.
I haven’t blogged in a while. Don’t have any thoughts organized so here’s a quote from Through Gates of Splendor which I recently read;
“It is not the level of our spirituality that we can depend on. It is God and nothing less than God, for the work is God’s and the call is God’s and everything is summoned by Him and to His purposes, the whole scene, the whole mess, the whole package–our bravery and our cowardice, our love and our selfishness, our strengths and our weaknesses.” — Elisabeth Elliot
“What God means by happiness and goodness is a far higher thing than we can conceive.” — Elisabeth Elliot
“Every man serves a useful purpose: A miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor.” — Laurence J. Peter
Jake Winter, a specialist in forensic bureaucracy, explains The Rule thusly: “In any analysis of a confusing political problem, the rule is to ask, ‘Who benefits?’ You will find the answer to any political or bureaucratic question, if you can answer that one correctly.” — from Dead Watch by John Sandford
“Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.” —Ambrose Bierce
“Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.” —Ronald Reagan
“Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.” —Lester B. Pearson
“In politics, absurdity is not a handicap.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“Crime does not pay … as well as politics.” -Alfred E. Newman
“After twelve years of therapy my psychiatrist said something that brought tears to my eyes. He said, ‘No hablo ingles.’” –Ronnie Shakes
“It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.” –William G. McAdoo
Which quote reminds me of a story I heard back in the 60s:
A man was driving on a one lane bridge when he met another one driving in the opposite direction. The second man said, “I never back up for and idiot.1”
“I always do,” said the first. He promptly threw the gears into reverse and backed off the bridge.
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