{"id":802,"date":"2011-04-23T07:45:58","date_gmt":"2011-04-23T11:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/?p=802"},"modified":"2022-08-01T07:43:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T11:43:23","slug":"thoughts-at-large-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/2011\/04\/thoughts-at-large-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts at Large: 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2022 I wouldn’t want Michelle Bachmann<\/a> to be president of my homeowner association either.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Just because one survives them or learns from them, doesn’t mean they aren’t mistakes.<\/p>\n

\u2022 A weather story in our local paper (emphasis mine):\u00a0 “There\u2019s a chance of rain Monday, but sunny skies should prevail the rest of the early part of next week<\/em>.”\u00a0 And these people get paid to write.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Republicans might be more willing to fund NPR if they broadcast “NASCAR Radio Hour” on Sunday nights.\u00a0 (Until then, you can find the show on PRN<\/a> but not on NPR.)<\/p>\n

\u2022 The upcoming wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton may cost $48 million.\u00a0 (The total annual cost to support the British monarchy is estimated to be $300 million<\/a>.)\u00a0 Here in the States, LeBron James will score some 2250 points this season for $14.5 million, about $13,000 each time his ball sees the net.\u00a0 A typical worker in Poland will earn that amount in one year.\u00a0 An average Nigerian makes $1200 a year and lives 48 years.\u00a0 If a Nigerian made $1 million every year of his life, he could pay for a royal wedding.<\/p>\n

\u2022 You are free to take this statement out of context.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The old playground refrain “Why don’t you pick on somebody your own size?” implies that fighting it out is a legitimate way to settle affairs with bullies.\u00a0 We train them young.<\/p>\n

\u2022 It has been 44 years since The Beatles released Strawberry Fields Forever<\/em>.<\/em> 44 years.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One could view it as a privilege, to have been around to enjoy it for that long.<\/p>\n

\u2022 You know that little project around the house that you never quite get around to doing?\u00a0 Well, North Carolina never quite got around to removing this from its State Constitution:<\/p>\n

The following persons shall be disqualified for office:
\nFirst, any person who shall deny the being of Almighty God.<\/em><\/p>\n

This wording is from 1868.\u00a0 So, North Carolina, fix it already.\u00a0 Then take out the trash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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