American Digest - WHEN in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary....: An American president during the shooting phase of the last Civil War put it this way:
“Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman’s two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said “the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.”
— Abraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address� http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres32.html
Friday, August 18, 2017
Sense of Events
Sense of Events: The mayor of a small town in a middle America state had a problem. The old bridge, which was the only way out of town, was in a state of disrepair and needed to be rebuilt.
So he called in three contractors to bid on the job: one from Cincinnati, one from New York, and one from Washington, D.C.
"$3 million," said the man from Cincinnati. "$1.5 million for the supplies. $1.5 million for the labor."
Next, the Mayor met with the New York contractor, and asked him: "How much to build the bridge?"
"$6 million," said the New Yorker. "$3 million�for the supplies. $3 million for the labor."
Finally, the Mayor brought in the contractor from Washington D.C., and asked him: "How much to build the bridge?"
"$9 million," said the man from Washington.
"$9 million," the Mayor repeated, aghast. "That's three times more expensive than the lowest bid. How do you break that down?"
"Easy," said the Washingtonian. "$3 million for you. $3 million for me. And $3 million to hire the guy from Cincinnati."
So he called in three contractors to bid on the job: one from Cincinnati, one from New York, and one from Washington, D.C.
"$3 million," said the man from Cincinnati. "$1.5 million for the supplies. $1.5 million for the labor."
Next, the Mayor met with the New York contractor, and asked him: "How much to build the bridge?"
"$6 million," said the New Yorker. "$3 million�for the supplies. $3 million for the labor."
Finally, the Mayor brought in the contractor from Washington D.C., and asked him: "How much to build the bridge?"
"$9 million," said the man from Washington.
"$9 million," the Mayor repeated, aghast. "That's three times more expensive than the lowest bid. How do you break that down?"
"Easy," said the Washingtonian. "$3 million for you. $3 million for me. And $3 million to hire the guy from Cincinnati."
American Digest - WHEN in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary....
American Digest - WHEN in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary....: “Black people who were never slaves are fighting white people who were never Nazis over a confederate statue erected by Democrats because Democrats can’t stand their own history anymore.. yet somehow it’s Trump’s fault.” — Jeff Laffite Jones�
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