Antartica, Teenagers and Credit Card Prosperity
Watching episodes of Jay Leno’s “Jaywalking” , “Battle of the Jaywalk” etc. ( check it out on Youtube) is very entertaining and funny. Many of those interviewed and questioned are clearly well educated people. A substantial number saying they were college students/graduates, teachers, managers etc.. Many of the answers given were amazing.
When asked where the Cold War was fought, one of Jay’s questionee’s figured it had to have been fought in Antartica because its cold there. I guess we defeated the Antarticans?
Now I don’t claim to be the brightest person around. Just sort of an average guy. But I am real sure of three things:
- The Cold War was not fought in Antartica.
- You don’t give the keys to your new car and a bottle of whiskey to a teenager.
- You can’t spend your way to prosperity with a credit card.
But I would be willing to bet that if we presented the above as questions to those in charge of our government (Federal and State) they would probably not score more than 33% on the test.
California is getting ready to release thousands of felons because of budget cuts and some Federal Judge who decided that they are overcrowded and not getting all the health care and other things they are entitled to. (They receive better health care now than probably 90% of the rest of us.)
Maybe we should send these released felons to serve in Congress. I’m thinking they would likely steal less and waste less money than the group that is in there now.
Bob Bandy
