{"id":5766,"date":"2013-05-29T20:53:47","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T00:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/?p=5766"},"modified":"2022-08-01T07:43:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T11:43:13","slug":"i-also-will-not-run-for-re-election-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/2013\/05\/i-also-will-not-run-for-re-election-in-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"I Also Will Not Run for Re-Election in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After careful deliberation, I also have decided not to run for re-election to the House of Representatives in 2014.\u00a0 I know, I know, I am not now a Representative &#8212; but I only follow in the footsteps of Michele Bachmann, who is also not very Representative.<\/p>\n<p>My decision not to run has nothing to do with my prospects for being elected, which are so miniscule as to call to mind the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Planck_length#Value\">Planck Length<\/a>.\u00a0 (For those of you not versed in physics, the Planck Length is the smallest possible distance between any two points in our universe.)<\/p>\n<p>Physicists rarely get elected to public office.\u00a0 Officials like Ms. Bachmann make a point of the fact that they don&#8217;t believe in physics and, without flinching, make statements that turn logic upside down.\u00a0 This is why I cannot run for office in 2014.\u00a0 Like Ms. Bachmann, I have more logical things to do, things that are more lucrative than anything anyone could possibly elect me to do.\u00a0 Michele and I are ready to ring-ding-ding that cash register of fame.<\/p>\n<p>Someone, anyone, call Fox News and tell them I&#8217;m available.\u00a0 Sarah Palin had her chance, now it&#8217;s my turn to make a few right-wing bucks.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t worry, I can dumb it down.\u00a0 Planck Length?\u00a0 Oh, it&#8217;s about eight feet, blindfolded.\u00a0 With a parrot on your shoulder.\u00a0 And Barack Obama is forcing us to walk this plank, at swordpoint, to buy health insurance and submit to life-threatening vaccines.\u00a0 Is this insanity or what?\u00a0 Am I hired?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After careful deliberation, I also have decided not to run for re-election to the House of Representatives in 2014.\u00a0 I know, I know, I am not now a Representative &#8212; but I only follow in the footsteps of Michele Bachmann, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/2013\/05\/i-also-will-not-run-for-re-election-in-2014\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5766"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13177,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5766\/revisions\/13177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}