I just thought these were funny…
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I’m beginning to believe it ~Clarence Darrow
If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates..
~Jay Leno
Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel.
Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.
I offer my opponents a bargain: If they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them.
~Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.
I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
Politics: [Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites"]
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
Don’t vote, it only encourages them.
~Author Unknown
In my search across the Internet I have found a very unique link called Water Towers across America. It is part of a site called MadeInAmericaStuff.com where they offer a place for towns across America to add their images, history, links, events, and places to see. It is a free service that has been offered to promote America, as they put it, “One Water Tower at a time”.
This free service would be beneficial to any town that is interested in promoting themselves to the Internet community. People that are searching the internet may happen upon this site and find information about a town they are about to visit. If the town and its merchants have taken the time to promote their area, others will be able to read about it and possibly make a better decision on what can be done in the region
We see it as a win-win for everyone. If you get a chance, take a look and see if your town is participating. If not, then drop an email to your Chamber of Commerce site with a link telling them about the service and explaining how this will help the commerce in the area.
The title of this post is probably the most over used title that will be viewed over the next few days. It’s full of spirit and optimism. And rightfully so… If we have our health and are not living on the streets we should be happy.
We at Things I Think Of have something else to celebrate. Our new blog… Over the years we have struggled with other management content systems, from home grown to shareware and have had varied success. Our current direction is to use a solution provided by WordPress.
WordPress is a PHP based content (blog) system that has been around for many years. From what we can tell it is a very stable platform with many options and features. Best of all it is FREE!!! The installation was so simple that I cannot believe I didn’t have problems. I created a MySQL database on my hosting companies server, updated the config file, FTPed the files to the server, and ran the 10 second installation. And it worked, with no errors or problems.
Once loaded I poked around some and was able to figure out about 70% of things without looking them up. I have read a number of the help pages / articles which have proven to be very well written and informative. The other 30% will need time and will be completed in the near future.
In conclusion I simply wanted to wish all a happy and prosperous 2011. And to announce to all… We are Blogging once again!
