"Many people today marvel when looking back at the leaders who created the United States of America. Most of the founders of this country had day jobs for years. They were not career politicians.
"George Washington, who took pride in his self-control, lost his temper completely when someone told him that a decision he was going to make could cost him re-election as President. He blew up at the suggestion that he wanted to be President, rather than serving as a duty when he would rather be back home.
"Power is such a dangerous thing that ideally it should be wielded by people who don't want to use power, who would rather be doing something else, but who are willing to serve a certain number of years as a one-time duty, preferably at the end of a career doing something else.
"What about all the experience we would lose? Most of that is experience in creating appearances, posturing, rhetoric, and spin -- in a word, deception. We need leaders with experience in the real world, not experience in the phony world of politics."
-- Thomas Sowell - December 2005
[Thomas Sowell is a Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow]
I thank G-d for you, Dearest Mia and for your intellect - and thank you for your passion - and for your life.
Merry Christmas - Hanukkh Shalom Aleichem - Wonderful 2006 to you and to all of those you love.
Blessings - Brian
Thank you, Brian. :)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you.