August 15, 2008 10:53 AM
This and That
One has to wonder, what person or persons were so disloyal to Senator Hillary Clinton as to arrange, start or participate in the deluge of inside campaign documents that were released to Atlantic Monthly?WW is happy to announce that its favorite tennis team, the Vineyard Marlins, a 3.5 USTA women's tennis team, finished its season in second place in the 6-team Cape and Island League. Congratulations!
"After age 60, if you get up in the morning and nothing hurts, you know you are dead." (Vernon Jordan)
Between 1998 and 2004, 43% of all retiring members of Congress - 283 retired members - opted to become professional lobbyists, according to a study done by Public Citizen.
Consider the following:
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
Forget the health foods. I need all the preservatives I can get.
It's frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.
Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.
A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
A billion days ago, no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes at the rate our government is spending it.
[Editorial Board of the Thought for the Day]
