Somewhere on the east coast..... There is a man. He is retired. He lives in upstate New York, or Pennsylvania, or Massachusetts - he lives where it's cold. Not just cold, bone cold - and windy. He is shoveling snow from his driveway and sidewalk - AGAIN. Heavy, wet, dirty, slushy snow. As he shovels he moans about his taxes. They keep going up. His taxes go up, yet services go down. Just then, a car drives by and splashes cold, wet, dirty slush on him. "Dammit!" He … [Read more...]