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Max and Min

Could be a nice title for a new Anglo Chinese comedy show or something but it is not. I got to thinking about two opposite concepts or facts as it were in life, or something I recently saw or read - 1. Vice Presidential debate - my daughter had to write a summary on this and so I watched with her. It was a hilarious (Ryan looked like Al Neuman and the other a wax statue that a ventroloquist might use) and faked out attempt at trying to win the American public with hollow sounding conviction about how to fix the economy and save your ass. First of all why the people want their elected officials to save theirs is beyond me. Get your own ideas and deal with it. Compare this school boy fight with a session of Jeopardy and you get a dramatically different outcome. The latter is more spirited and requires a quick buzzer reaction from the participant. Now that is fun and more educational to the average American than moronic statistics and points of view about Iran (thank the wiki its not Eye Ran). 2. NASA Space shuttle is making its way over 12 miles of Los Angeles area roadways and after 10 gruelling hours of backing up traffic will come to a rest in a local Science Museum. It is literally being driven by truck at a mind blowing speed of 3 feet per second when all its life it spent flying over Los Angeles and other earthly locales at 25,000 feet per second. Ironic? Might be a government requirement about average speed of a vehicle in its lifetime? 3. Watched an interview with the founder of Four Seasons Hotels. I like that brand - its spendy but if you have the money its a good place to cool your heels. He is old, mature and grounded (it appears from the interview - might even make a good Vice President). Clearly he accomplished huge success in part due to who his parents were -providing for strong roots and principles along with the freedoms to explore. His last remark on the interview was to tell us his parent's names - Max and Lily or Max and Lil he said..

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