Life and Cold Oatmeal

If life is like a bowl of cherries why am I in the pits? If life like a boat rises with the tide why am I like a submarine? My life of recent has been more like a bowl of cold oatmeal. I've had a tooth ache for over two weeks. I have a constant ear ache. My ears ring like church bells. I smashed the fingernail on my right ring finger and it hurts all the time. My get-up-and-go has got-up-and-gone. Its been so cold I've been inside most of the month. I've got cabin fever and my brain has gone cold. Tomorrow starts a new month. I hope it turns out much better. Maybe I'll perk up and have something of note to post. Cheers to you all.

A Lesson from the Past

The budget should be balanced.

The treasury should be refilled.

Public debt should be reduced.

The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled.

Assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest we become bankrupt.

People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance.

--- Cicero, 55 BC

A lesson from Rome over 2,000 years ago.

Does anyone in our government learn from history?