PAX Centurion - January / March 2016

www.bppa.org PAX CENTURION • January/March 2016 • Page 55 You live in a country run by idiots if . . . “If we concentrated on the really important stuff in life, there would be a shortage of fishing poles” –Junius P. Long H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for being in the country illegally, you live in a country run by idiots. H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H If you have to get your parent’s permission to go on a field trip or to take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion, you live in a country run by idiots. H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H If you have to show identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor or check out a library book, but not to vote who runs the government, you live in a country run by idiots. H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H If the government wants to ban stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines with more than ten rounds, but gives 20 F-16 fighter jets to the crazy leaders in Egypt, you live in a country run by idiots. H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H If, in the largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not a 24-ounce soda because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat, you live in a country run by idiots. H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H If an 80-year-old woman can be strip-searched by the TSA but a woman in a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched, you live in a country run by idiots. H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more, you live in a country run by idiots. H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H If a seven year old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher is cute, but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable, you live in a country run by idiots.  H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government intrusion, while not working is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks, Medicaid, subsidized housing and free cell phones, you live in a country run by idiots. H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H If the government’s plan for getting people back to work is to incentivize NOT working with 99 weeks of unemployment checks and no requirement to prove they applied but cannot find work, you live in a country run by idiots. H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H If being stripped of the ability to defend yourself makes you more safe according to the government, you live in a country run by idiots. H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H If you are offended by this article, I’ll bet you voted for the idiots who are running our great country into the ground. By Bill Carroll 1. Who was the only player in Major League Baseball to play in all of his team’s games in 2015? 2. Can you name the two current Major League teams that have never played in aWorld Series? 3. What Major League team had the highest average home attendance in 2015? 4. Who did former Red Sox outfielder Daniel Nava sign with this offseason? 5. In 1966 Red Sox moved toWinter Haven, Florida for spring training, where did they train prior to that? 6. What former Bruin recently scored his 600 th career NHL goal? 7. Who was the first Heisman Trophy winner to win a Super Bowl ring? 8. What NBA team holds the record for the best regular season record? 9. What NHL team holds the record for most regular season wins? 10. Who are the only two players to win back-to-back Super Bowl MVPAwards? See Sports Trivia Answers on page 57 SUPPORT THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE BPPA! VOTE #5-#6-#7 VOTE #5-#6-#7 CITY OF BOSTON CREDIT UNION ELECTION Thursday, April 7 th , 2016 9 AM-6 PM / 5 th Floor City Hall FREE PARKING ON CONGRESS STREET SIDE VOTE 5-6-7 #5 – STEPHEN GREEN #6 – CECIL JONES #7 – TIM SMYTH “VOTE THE BPPA SLATE” – REMEMBER “567”