Vets vs Pols

“When politicians leave this earth, their bodies lie in state, while thousands note their passing, and proclaim that they were great. The papers tell of their life stories, from the time that they were young. But the passing of a Veteran goes unnoticed and unsung. Is the greatest contribution to the welfare of this land, Some jerk who breaks his promise and cons his fellow man? Or the ordinary fellow, who in time of war and strife, Goes off to serve his country and offers up his life?” A. Lawrence Vaincourt

Flag In A Pawn Shop

A nice Memorial Day tribute. Here

Reinvestment or Recovery?

I was in my car heading up the road to visit a neighbor this morning. And advertisem came on the radio suggesting the wisdom in keeping your gas tank above half full in case of emergency. Good advice I suppose if not obvious to most people. The gist was if the power went out or if there was some kind of emergency it would be advantageous to have gasoline in the car so one could move about if necessary. What really caught my attention was the ad was sponsored by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. I wondered if this was really something that needed to be invested in by the government and was it a worthy use of tax payers dollars? Someone obviously thought so, but it seemed to me an odd thing to be covered by that act which was supposed to do much more than buy radio ads and appears to have not happened the way it was designed, no matter the good intentions.

Oily Udders

I love Mark Steyn. He seldom lets me down. This is an utter delight.

Robin of Berkeley

I read Robin on the American Thinker fairly regularly. Yesterdays post can be found here. I have no disagreement with her premise.

How Many Guys Does It Take to Hang a TV On The Wall

I was in DC this past week for a conference. The main focus was political issues as they pertain to dentistry. During the conference we had a few speakers, some of whom were members of Congress. One of the speakers was Paul Gosar from Arizona. He was a practicing dentist who had to give up his practice when he ran for Congress. He told this story.

He had a TV that he wanted to have hung on the wall. He called the maintenance people in his office building. A guy showed up and asked him where he wanted it hung. He made a mark on the wall where the center of the TV would be. He left. A while later 2 other guys show up and measure from the mark to the point where the hanging brackets would be placed. They left. An hour later two different guys show up to put the brackets on the wall. He then offered to help them lift the TV in the brackets. They said, "No, that's not our job." Two other guys show up and set the TV in the brackets. He said to them, "Let's plug it in and see if it works." They declined indicating that wasn't their job. An electrician would come up to plug it in.

The electrician showed up and secured the power cord to the wall and plugged it in. Finally, the Congressman was able to turn it on to see if it worked. He said as a freshman Congressman it became readily apparent watching this process of what was wrong with Washington. It is obvious that it takes a lot of different people to hang up a TV.

The list:

1. A guy to do the mark

2. Guys to measure where the brackets will be

3. Guys to hang the brackets

4. Guys to put the TV in the brackets

5. A guy to plug it in.

Iowahawk

I don't get to read all of his stuff, but The Iowahawk has a fascinating sense of humor. His latest on the Bin Laden operation is PDG, pretty dang good. I know most of us are not shedding any tears for OBL, and probably not for his family either. But American Pride is at least coming back as described ably here.