Early this morning I reset some clocks. I’m getting used to the drill. My computer changed itself without even asking me for permission and my VCR’s were so eager for this that they could not wait and changed themselves last week.
I really don’t get very excited about this twice-a-year charade, but it does make me wonder about a few
things.
>Where are the libertarians twice a year when the government tells us to move our clocks and we all ignorantly and unquestioningly follow the dictates of our goverment?
>For that matter, where are the libertarians when the government tells us to have time zones in the first place?
>Wouldn’t you think that somebody someplace, a big company or something, would decide that it won’t change its clocks?
>Since the time we call Standard is not in use for more than seven months of the year, does it really earn the name “Standard”? Maybe we should change the names.
Some people blame the whole thing on Ben Franklin. But he advocated retiring and rising early so it really would not make much sense for him. I am more inclined to blame it on the people who run golf courses and Dairy Queens.
things.
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Ben Franklin did not always follow his own advice with regard to rising and retiring early.
When in France he frequently would stay out until 11 or even later playing cards and drinking with his French friends and acquaintances.
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