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Ί ΘΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΌ Independence Day is a holiday when we should take into account the millions of lives that have been dedicated toward the independence of our nation... to reflect upon what it has taken, in terms of lives, materiel, sacrifice, and hard work, for our nation to become (and continue to be) a free country. Unfortunately, what comes to mind when you hear July 4th? Fireworks, and for most of us, another day off! This has become the primary objective of our holidays - to give lazy Americans time off! I have a small business with a few employees. This year, our Independence Day falls on a Sunday, so natch, my people are going to get the following Monday off, right? WRONG! I firmly believe that the day for celebrating a holiday is on that holiday itself, rather than the day after. The celebration of Independence Day on July 5th is a perfect example of the point I'm trying (and probably by my own valition, failing) to make. Our country has become just one giant loaf when it comes to our holidays... or should I call them holidaze? People aren't concerned about the fact that some of us went to Europe to defend our nation in the 1940's (I wasn't one of them, but I'm thankful as hell that they did), or that thousands upon thousands of people in America use Independence Day as a day of mourning and rememberance for those veterans who have given their lives to insure that the rest of us could blow our hands off with M-50's. Nah! They're concerned with wether or not they can weasel another damned day off work because they are just too damned lazy to get up off their couches on a Monday morning. America, we gotta wake up and smell the rotting fish. The time has come when our people realize that we've got to do the absolute best we can, rather than just shuffle along the path. Japan's Prime Minister called us lazy and slow back in 1990... guess what? He was right for the most part. Americans have become a country living from paycheck to paycheck, and working just hard enough to keep those paychecks coming in. It's sad to see. ΙΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝ» Ί NOW THAT MY DANDER IS UP... THE WELFARE SYSTEM. Ί ΘΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΌ Okay. Now that I've built up my venom for the past month or so, let's work on another pet subject of mine - the welfare system. Predominately controlled by state governments, it needs drastic overhaul. I'm sure you've all heard the stories about the men walking down the street in the middle of the afternoon - a perfectly capable man, perfectly capable of holding down a job... walking down the street with his wife (or at least, we THINK so) and their five children, all under the age of six or seven. Not a care in the world as long as the food stamps and welfare checks come in - while the rest of us bust our butts to just keep the bills paid. I won't bore you with that story - but I will probably bore you with the solution. END WELFARE AS WE KNOW IT. How? Easy. Eliminate it outright in favor of a national jobs program. Make people put in 40 hours a week in order to get that precious welfare check, or those precious food stamps. Put them to work doing something - and if they refuse to work, give them NOTHING! If for some reason they are physically or mentally incapable of working at a laborious job, give them something they are capable of, or train them. At the absolute least, make them put in the time. I'm tired of seeing 24.6% of my payroll check every Friday going toward U.S. sponsored welfare programs for these deadbeats, along with another 2.8% in Pennsylvania income tax as well. I'd honestly rather throw my money down the toilet and watch it swirl away - it would do me more good, and would put more peace in my heart. Write your Congressman. Write to President Clinton (who, by the way, said he would do something similar - yeah, right!). Write your State's Governor (or, in Pennsylvania, Acting Governor Mark Singel). Write your state district's representative. Get Mad! Get Upset! Get our tax dollars to work! ΙΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝ» Ί THE ALL-STAR GAME: A BORING SPECTACLE IF THERE EVER WAS ONE. Ί ΘΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΌ Continuing on my kick this month for negativity... Baseball's annual right of summer (well, for the past 60 years, anyway), the All-Star Game, is coming up in the next two weeks. Fifty of baseball's best (sic) will be on hand for what promises to be another yawner extraordinaire. Has there ever been an interesting All-Star Game? Think about it. The only reason for the All-Star game still existing is TV revenue. If the All-Star Game didn't draw the TV rating on CBS, they would have pulled it by now. Getting off on a tangent: What rocket scientist decided it would be neat to add another tier of playoff games to Major League Baseball? Wild-Cards? What the hell are these people thinking here? They're trying to increase the TV and ticket sale revenues - by extending the season into November! To any baseball execs who may actually read this, listen carefully: PLAY DAY GAMES! You want TV ratings, start the games at 6 instead of 7:35. Granted your killing local news coverage, but so what? What would people really miss? PLAY DAY GAMES! Aside from TV ratings, you would be promoting the sport to its biggest potential fan base - kids. The average baseball fan is either under the age of 20, or between 40-59. Guess what the highest market demographic group is: yep. It's the 21-39 group. WAKE UP! ΙΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝ» Ί OKAY, THIS IS THE FINAL TIME I PITCH FOR THE IFFL... I PROMISE. Ί ΘΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΌ For the past two months I've been ranting and raving about the franchise football league I participate in (The Interstate Franchise Football League). The game is similar to Rotisserie League Baseball in many aspects - a group of sports nuts basically outdoing each other using actual NFL stars scoring for their own games. Last month I mentioned the rise of the league. This month, I'm proud to say we plan to have 12 teams for 1993, from Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Florida, and the state of Indiana. Now, 14 or 16 seems possible. However, there is still another month or so for those who might want to get a franchise in our league. I take the liberty of mentioning this in hopes that a few football fanatics out there who might be interested in signing up. So, if you're interested, just drop me a line telling me so. I'll have our Deputy Commissioner mail you a full packet of stuff so that you can look it over and decide for yourself if you wish to join. Drop your note to me at: IFFL c/o AmeriBoard Enterprises P.O. Box 445 Penn Run PA 15765 - end -