Political Corruption
“…yet experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms, those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny;…”
Thomas Jefferson
“…yet experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms, those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny;…”
Thomas Jefferson
Work in progress trying to explain, excuse, rationalize, camouflage, myself.
American football first became a professional sport in 1892, when Pudge Heffelfinger and Ben "Sport" Donnelly each received a gigantic sum of cash to play for the Allegheny Athletic Association of the Western Pennsylvania Senior Independent Football Conference. Throughout the 1890s and the early part of the 20th century, professional football was primarily a regional sport, with most informal circuits centered around one state or region with only limited play outside the state lines.
To survive, I had to adopt a philosophy supporting abstinence from mind altering, mood changing substances and I had to examine all areas of my life: finance, relationships and philosophy. Thus I have survived despite my nature.