Daily Whine & Shine - June 10, 2008

Daily Whine & Shine - June 10, 2008

by Marilyn Mackenzie

Whether you agree with the concept or not, everyone needs to be able to vent from time to time. That's especially true if you're one of the many who suffer from an invisible illness. We have whines and rants about pains, medical professionals and prescriptions, just to name a few. Perhaps our families listen; perhaps they don't. Even if they do, they get tired of our complaining, even if they claim to understand our constant struggles. Or if they don't get tired of our "negative energy" we think they do or will.

So here we are.  What's happening in your world today?  Are you grumpy about something?  Or so angry that you could spit?  Tell it here.  Here at the Daily Whine & Shine, it's acceptable to rant, vent, complain, stomp your feet, throw a tantrum and shout, "Oh shuckie darn!"

Wait! Don't go away. Do you have some good news to share? Great. This is the place for that as well. If you're celebrating, dancing, and yelling, "Yippee skippy!" please share. Sometimes knowing about someone else's happiness gives us a bit of hope for ourselves.

Happy National Yo-Yo-Day!  Happy Iced Tea Day!

Tomorrow is National Hug Holiday

June 12 is Machine Day and Red Rose Day

June 13 is National Juggling Day and Kitchen Klutzes Of America Day and Blame Someone Else Day.  It's also Sewing Machine Day

June 14 is Pop Goes The Weasel Day and Flag Day.  (And it was my Dad's birthday.  I should put a flag out so that he can look down from Heaven and know that I'm thinking about him.) 

June 15 is Smile Power Day

June 16 is National Hollerin' Contest Day and Fresh Veggies Day

Food for thought:

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right.  ~  H.L. Mencken, 1956

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.  ~  Plato

Politicians are the same all over.  They promise to build a bridge even where they is no river.  ~  Nikita Khrushchev

George Washington is the only president who didn't blame the previous administration for his troubles.  ~  Author Unknown

Mankind will never see an end of trouble until... lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power... become lovers of wisdom.  ~  Plato

The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery.  They're the kind of people who'd stop to help you change a flat, but would somehow manage to set your car on fire.  I would be reluctant to entrust them with a Cuisinart, let alone the economy.  The Republicans, on the other hand, would know how to fix your tire, but they wouldn't bother to stop because they'd want to be on time for Ugly Pants Night at the country club.  ~  Dave Barry

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.  ~  Aesop

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.  ~  Thomas Jefferson

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected.  The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.  ~  George E. MacDonald

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.  ~ P.J. O'Rourke

Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.  ~ Robert Byrne

Democracy:  The state of affairs in which you consent to having your pocket picked, and elect the best man to do it.  ~ Benjamin Lichtenberg

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.  ~ George Jean Nathan