Monday, September 22, 2008

Seven-Hundred-Billion-and-One Reasons Why I Am Going Crazy

A woman driving an old Jeep Cherokee flagged me down as I drove into the grocery store parking lot.

"Excuse me, but could you help us?" she asked and I already knew. She must have been the grandmother. There were three school-age girls in the car with her and a woman who was likely the mother of the young ones.

"We've been living in our car," said the grandmother, "And we need help getting someting to eat."

I gave what I could. I had less than thirty dollars in cash on me. It's almost all on the debit card these days. They were very thankful. The girls smiled and waved good-bye.

Then there's this:

Sec. 8. Review.

Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.


Guillotines are actually very efficient. Did you know that they only have one moving part?