Practicing what you preach doesn't get you money from Rod Aycox.

Again, internet is still a $7.50/hr investment (the Minocqua public library has non-functional free computers, but the function is kinda important), so I'll post something quick and snarky and let both of us get back to our lives:

Bret Hayworth had a great post this week where he talks about Chris Rants' affection for Teddy Roosevelt. In it he lists Rants' six favorite Roosevelt quotes. The first one is this one:

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiams, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

I decided to rewrite it as it would be written if it had actually been said about Rants:

“It is not the critic who counts prevents forward momentum on cigarette taxes, car title loans or minimum wage hikes; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles stands in the way of progress, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better eluded the will of the people. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood that no amount of money from Rod Aycox can remove; who strives collects money valiantly; who errs, who comes causes efforts for change to come short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming corruption; but who does actually strive to do stop the deeds; who knows and halts great enthusiams, the great devotions to his contributors; who spends himself and his money in against a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high non-achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring profiting greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. didn't use their office to make a buck.”

KL