Otto von Bismarck wearing a spiked helmet |
It will happen great site During the 19th century Otto vonBismarck became the Prime Minister of Germany at one point during his ministry
he stated, there are two things the ordinary person should never see; making
sausages and making the laws. This is what this blog is all about; we may
include the occasional recipe for making sausages, but this is really about
politics and passing laws. Both of these processes are very closely related to
governing the peoples of the world. At best they are an evil necessity without
which we would be living in a state of complete anarchy. A favorite pastime of
the human race seems to be complaining about our leadership; yet very few of
the complainers stepped forward to take unto themselves the reins of
leadership.
Cholla cactus Photo by Poco O Poco |
It kinda reminds me of the story they tell about Tex
riding down trail on his favorite paint horse in the good old days of the Old
West. In the process of clattering down the trail on his horse Tex
saw a patch of cholla cactuses. Now this particular brand of cactus is
probably the worst of all having all kinds of barbs and stickers, and is
generally unpleasant no matter how you look at it.
cowboy on a horse in 1888 |
Just about that time his pal Slim came writing down the
trail, and when he saw Tex thrashing around bare naked in the
cactus patch. He stopped and rolled himself a cigarette and watched his pal
whooping and hollering and carrying on in that patch of cholla cactus. About
the pain he finished his cigarette and had thrown the butt down onto the trail
Old Tex finally gave up on the cholla cactus and came crawling back up onto the
trail all covered with all kinds of stickers, lumps and bruises making quite a
sorrowful sight. When he had vainly regained the trail Slim looked at him and
said, “Tex what in tarnation ever made you do such a fool stunt as that?
Text replied, "Well Slim it sure seemed like a damn fine
idea at the time."
Often the doings in politics and passing laws also seem like
a damn fine idea at the time!
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