No man can be a Politician, except he be first an Historian or a Traveller; for except he can see what Must be, or what May be, he is no Politician: Now, if he have no knowledge in story, he cannot tell what hath been; and if he that not been a Traveller, he cannot tell what is: but he that neither knoweth what hath been, nor what is; can never tell what must be, or what may be.
- James Harrington, THE COMMONWEALTH OF OCEANA, 1656
Monday, April 20, 2009
Obama shows US another one....
Instapundit posted this graphic from Heritage Institute to put Obama's recent attempt to show fiscal restraint into context of his proposed budget: cutting $100 million even as he wants to spend $3.69 trillion. It reminds me of the astronomy video demonstrating the size of the Earth, not to the Sun but to a real star....
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