Happy New Year.
For the first post of the new year we’ll celebrate The Sunday New York Times for an unconscious headline on their editorial page. The editorial is “As Good As it Gets?” and the subheading is “Americans deserve better than an economy that merely muddles along”.
My question is: why do we deserve a better economy? What exactly have we done to deserve a better economy? The article of course blames Republican intransigence for blocking more government spending. And by doing so have prevented “more government aid to help create jobs”. Setting aside the fact that governments don’t create jobs (except more government jobs), the NYT is stuck on Americans deserving something (from the government).
I was brought up with the idea that I was deserving of anything I earned. Where is the part that says “American deserve everything they earn”. And if we go on electing the same bad actors that tell Americans they “deserve” things, then we’ll get what we deserve.
Have a healthy and happy.
SRBAC
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NASCAR fans need nanny?
I’m not a big fan of car racing. As a matter of fact I’m not even a little fan of car racing. Sitting on your dead ass in the broiling sun watching cars go around in circles indicates a severe personality disorder. But that’s a digression. Brainless NASCAR fans are not my topic. My topic is brainless newspaper articles.
Last Sunday some people were hit by lightning in the parking lot of Pocono Raceway during (or after) a racing event. One person was killed. USA Today has launched the usual witch hunt for the culprits. Whose responsible? NASCAR? The raceway owners? The track officials?
According to USA Today, almost anyone except the fans, duh. USA Today never mentioned that perhaps fans might consider personal safety to be their own responsibility. Not to be picky, but isn’t this familiar? Isn’t this the role of the nanny state? Shouldn’t we pass a law about staying out in the rain? Okay, the chances of you getting hit by lightning are pretty small, but if you chose to ignore the possibility, isn’t it on you?
Fans should be alerted to the fact that some sporting events take place OUTDOORS, and thus may be subject to THE WEATHER.
One raceway official said if the race was still in progress, some fans would not leave even in a monsoon. “that’s why they are the
greatestdumbest fans in the world”.SRBAC
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