Tea Party person Richard Harris (not the actor), articulates his movement's wet dream in an article in the New York Times: "Government should do the military and the roads and just about nothing else. They foul everything up if they do."
In other words, he wants an organization that he thinks is too incompetent or inefficient to do something like deliver a letter to be in charge of defending the country.
That's not "Tea Party," that's "Peter Principle."
It's too stupid to fail.
April 11, 2010
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday.
I went for a stroll today to take some photographs and came home four hours, eight miles and 130 shots later. These are a few frames from my walk along the Wheeling Creek portion of the Greater Wheeling Trail, runs southeast along Wheeling Creek, where both the creek and the trail parallel to I-70 through town, and along National Road. Click on any picture to launch a larger version of the image in a new browser window or tab.
The trees and grasses on the flood plain between the creek and trail are in full bloom at this time of year. The green shoot rose vertically from a trunk growing in several different directions, and the yellow flower blossomed along the hill below I-470.
Wheeling Creek cuts through the limestone that underlies much of West Virginia. The rocks in and along the creek are made up of layers of sediment.
Graffiti appears on signs and billboard towers along the trail.
Further along the creek, a man catches a fish near a bridge under Route 88.
On National Road through the Elm Grove neighbourhood, someone bought billboard space to beg for President Obama's help against the "corrupt" movers and shakers in Wheeling. (This person has a much larger and more detailed version of his complaint on a billboard downtown.)
On an abandoned garage, a "Wacko" tag.
The Grove Terrace Motel has a simple sign visible from the Interstate. I've also heard that inside the motel, it's sad and rundown.
The eastern junction of Interstates 70 and 470 is overhead.
Farther along National Road, a retirement home's new cottages for some of its residents look like they were designed by the same architect who worked on the tv show The Prisoner.
The house at 1343 National Road was built in 1902 by William L. Glessner, President of the Laughlin Nail Company.
At the corner of Washington Avenue and National Road, a spider hung in the air on nearly-invisible threads.
The trees and grasses on the flood plain between the creek and trail are in full bloom at this time of year. The green shoot rose vertically from a trunk growing in several different directions, and the yellow flower blossomed along the hill below I-470.
Wheeling Creek cuts through the limestone that underlies much of West Virginia. The rocks in and along the creek are made up of layers of sediment.
Graffiti appears on signs and billboard towers along the trail.
Further along the creek, a man catches a fish near a bridge under Route 88.
On National Road through the Elm Grove neighbourhood, someone bought billboard space to beg for President Obama's help against the "corrupt" movers and shakers in Wheeling. (This person has a much larger and more detailed version of his complaint on a billboard downtown.)
On an abandoned garage, a "Wacko" tag.
The Grove Terrace Motel has a simple sign visible from the Interstate. I've also heard that inside the motel, it's sad and rundown.
The eastern junction of Interstates 70 and 470 is overhead.
Farther along National Road, a retirement home's new cottages for some of its residents look like they were designed by the same architect who worked on the tv show The Prisoner.
The house at 1343 National Road was built in 1902 by William L. Glessner, President of the Laughlin Nail Company.
At the corner of Washington Avenue and National Road, a spider hung in the air on nearly-invisible threads.
April 3, 2010
Yonge Street Shopping List: Sushi, Tylenol, Lipgloss, Tampons and Condoms.
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