Something To Think About Archive

According to writer and publisher Elbert Hubbard, “We work to become, not to acquire.”

It’s interesting to watch Gavin Newsom come out against some of California’s worst legal and regulatory missteps as he prepares to run for President. After six years of overseeing the state’s decline he now champions such causes as the rollback of CEQA’s onerous growth-killing regulations as well as a more stringent response to the impact of chronic homelessness on the quality of life of all Californians.  We half expect him to finally pull the plug on the horribly expensive and unnecessary bullet train to nowhere next.

Author and motivational speaker Dennis Waitley believed that “Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field.”

Anthropologist Margaret Mead once noted that “(she) learned the value of hard work by working hard.”

Fashion editor Anna Wintour says “The best way to make a dream come true is by waking up.”

As writer Corrie ten Boom once noted, “Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.”

Poet Louise Erdrich claims that “All of our actions have in their doing the seeds of their undoing

While it’s a long way from the Mother Lode, the front-runner for New York City Mayor represents a real concern for political leadership in the U.S.

Mamdani’s stand as a self-proclaimed Socialist is bad enough, but his use of the slogan “Globalize the Intifada” in the past is deeply disturbing. He recently pledged to stop using it. That’s great, but the question is: Does he still believe in it and it’s equally abhorrent racist cousin “From the River to the Sea” calling for the elimination of the Jewish State?

It’s been said that “Fires can’t be made with dead embers.”

George Washington Carver said: “Do the common things of life in an uncommon way.”

Elvis advised us to “Do something worth remembering.”

According to Oprah Winfrey: “Often intuition will direct you. If it feels right, it’s probably right.”

Fredrick Douglass said: “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”

Ranked Choice Voting delivered a victory to an avowed Socialist in New York City’s mayoral election and has created near-chaos in Alaska, one of two states to use it, the other being uber-liberal Maine. Let’s hope that this ridiculous way of eliminating candidates in a primary is never brought to California state-wide elections and, if put on the ballot, is defeated as it was in Nevada.

“Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it.”

Singer-songwriter James Taylor says “The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.”

Remember that “The sooner you fall behind, the more time you’ll have to catch up.”

According to author Anne Holm, “When there’s no one else to do things for you, you must do them for yourself.”

It’s been said that “For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.”

Today, the federal deficit is nine times higher than it was in 1996. The federal debt is four times as high and welfare spending is nearly three times what it was in 1996. Meanwhile, the welfare “reform” in the current budget bill requires only 20 hours of work per week for able-bodied persons to receive benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. While the 1996 legislation signed by Bill Clinton, required 30 hours of work per week. Like current levels of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security spending, it’s a necessary but unsustainable program at this level.