>I was inspired by Spiro Agnew.. Nattering Nabobs of Negativism... <g>

Doug;

For those not familiar with the details, Spiro Agnew was at one time governor of the state of Maryland, and later served as Vice President of the United States, under Richard Nixon.

Mr. Agnew while governor had admittedly taken a $50,000 bribe from contractors who were doing work for the state of Maryland.

At 5 AM one morning my clock radio came on radio station KSFO in San Francisco with the voice of Spiro Agnew, announcing his resignation as Vice President of the United States. Then Mr. Agnew stated: “I am innocent of any wrong doing”! At that statement I laughed so hard I fell out of bed onto the floor!

My friends and I took his statement to mean that governors of Maryland were accustomed to taking bribes and this was not considered an illegal activity. Ah – to be a public servant! Perhaps because I was in engineering college I found this episode to be amusing. That is common with college aged students. Then again, I still find this to be just as amusing today as when it first occurred!

Getting older does not mean you have to change your principles. Either you have principles or you do not. Some people have principles different than others, while some are said to have “no principles”.

Tom