Property Rights
I read this today and saw that the very things that John Adams was predicting, are actually happening today.
John Adams, Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States 1787 A.D.
Suppose a nation, rich and poor, high and low, ten millions in number, all assembled together; not more than one or two millions will have lands, houses, or any personal property; if we take into the account the women and children, or even if we leave them out of the question, a great majority of every nation is wholly destitute of property, except a small quantity of clothes, and a few trifles of other movables. Would Mr. Nedham be responsible that, if all were to be decided by a vote of the majority, the eight or nine millions who have no property, would not think of usurping over the rights of the one or two millions who have? Property is surely a right of mankind as really as liberty. Perhaps, at first, prejudice, habit, shame or fear, principle or religion, would restrain the poor from attacking the rich, and the idle from usurping on the industrious; but the time would not be long before courage and enterprise would come, and pretexts be invented by degrees, to countenance the majority in dividing all the property among them, or at least, in sharing it equally with its present possessors. Debts would be abolished first; taxes laid heavy on the rich, and not at all on the others; and at last a downright equal division of every thing be demanded, and voted. What would be the consequence of this? The idle, the vicious, the intemperate, would rush into the utmost extravagance of debauchery, sell and spend all their share, and then demand a new division of those who purchased from them. The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. If “Thou shalt not covet,” and “Thou shalt not steal,” were not commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society, before it can be civilized or made free.
Whiskey – The Best Cold And Flu Medicine
I went to the liquor store today and bought some whiskey. I usually buy it once a year or less because it is the best medicine on the planet for the cold and flu and I make sure we have some on hand every winter. If you don’t already know, whiskey is better than any other medicine out there with the possible exception of NyQuil (keep in mind that NyQuil is 50 Proof), if I’m really bad off I’ll do one shot of each.
The bad thing about it is that when you’re not sick, whiskey tastes great (I like it anyway) but when you’re sick, really sick, to where it will help you, it is the most horrid thing you could taste at that point. But it works so well that if you can just get it down, you will feel so much better and become a believer. I’ve never had to do more than two shots at one time to get relief and one is usually enough.
I was once sick and had no whiskey or NyQuil, but I had plenty of beer. I drank 6 or 7 beers trying to get the relief that the whiskey had given me in the past. I got drunk, but I still felt sick so I know it is not just the alcohol, there is something else in the whiskey that relieves the cold and flu symptoms.
We refer to it as “Grandpa’s Medicine” at my house, although I didn’t get this remedy from my grandfather, I honestly can’t remember where I first heard about it, I just know that it works.
Don’t Walk?
They say snow was embedded in the sign, I am quite sure it was not random snowfall. It was a couple of damn kids just messin’ around and causing trouble, I wish I had thought of this.
The crossing sign, located in downtown Spokane in the northbound lanes of Maple south of the Maple Street Bridge, has been somehow modified so when the “Don’t Walk” hand is displayed, only the upraised middle finger is visible.
City of Spokane spokesperson Marlene Feist says that street department personnel think the electronic sign may have snow somehow wedged into the sign, obscuring all but the palm and raised middle finger.
Feist added that clearly the display is “unintentional.”
I have a feeling this may become a more common occurrence in the future. Hats off to the ingenuity and a wagging finger to the tastelessness of this admirable vandalism.
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