{"id":4808,"date":"2014-01-27T10:30:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T15:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4808"},"modified":"2014-04-23T12:41:30","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T16:41:30","slug":"sage-political-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4808","title":{"rendered":"Sage Political Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:WordDocument>\n<w:View>Normal<\/w:View>\n<w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>\n<w:PunctuationKerning\/>\n<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>\n<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>\n<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>\n<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>\n<w:Compatibility>\n<w:BreakWrappedTables\/>\n<w:SnapToGridInCell\/>\n<w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>\n<w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>\n<w:DontGrowAutofit\/>\n<w:UseFELayout\/>\n<\/w:Compatibility>\n<w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>\n<\/w:WordDocument>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\">\n<\/w:LatentStyles>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><!-- [if !mso]><object classid=\"clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D\" id=ieooui><\/object>\n\n\n\n<style>\nst1\\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 10]>\n\n\n\n<style>\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\n table.MsoNormalTable\n\t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";\n\tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;\n\tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0;\n\tmso-style-noshow:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;\n\tmso-para-margin:0cm;\n\tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\n\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-ansi-language:#0400;\n\tmso-fareast-language:#0400;\n\tmso-bidi-language:#0400;}\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cicero1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cicero1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cicero1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cicero1-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cicero1-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cicero1.jpg 1227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Here\u2019s sound counsel for our politicians today: <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em><strong>The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance.<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\">\u00a0~ a quote from Roman statesman, Cicero, in the year 55 BC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\">Obviously, we\u2019ve learned nothing in thousands of years. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\">Or, we simply ignore history and are destined to repeat it. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s sound counsel for our politicians today: \u00a0 The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt. 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