Shortest Distance Between Two Points Is Sometimes A Crooked Road

Archimedes might have said the shortest distance between two points is a straight line but the highway department ignores this age old truth with wild abandon. These days it seems like any new highway construction requires drivers to travel 10 miles in the wrong direction through a maze of giant curves and overpasses where he can see the road he wants to be on 100 yards from his current position while driving the opposite direction for several miles to get back to the point he was basically at 15 minutes ago. I suppose it works better this way or possibly the government just does things different. It does not inspire confidence when we find out, as reported in the last few days, the government still uses floppy drives for much of its data storage needs. These daily revelations of outdated or simply defective methods deployed by the state on behalf of the citizen in addition to unimaginable waste and overspending such as the $640 toilet seat, might cause to wonder if we are driving the wrong direction for our own good or someone got paid based on how much he could waste between point a and point b. We know that waste is the word we use in the public sector, in the private sector it is called steal. While we are talking about banning things, I am afraid we need to ban government spending along with Muslims entering the country until we figure out what the hell is going on. cjpost