George Washington's Birthday

In honor of his 278th birthday, here are some quotes attributed to George Washington. After you read them, think about how our elected leaders are behaving today. Not exactly what George had in mind, eh?

"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master."

"Let the reins of government then be braced and held with a steady hand, and every violation of the constitution be reprehended. If defective, let it be amended, but not suffered to be trampled upon whilst it has an existence."

"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."

Pocono 500

Andy and I trekked up to the Pocono 500 on Sunday. It was hot! It was still a fun event and I'm glad I got to see a really high speed Nascar race. We were near the end of the huge front stretch, so the cars were really moving when they went by our seats. We also were up high and could see pretty much the entire track. It's hard to imagine how big Pocono is when you're watching on TV.

Kasey Kahne had the best car by far and won despite a huge screw-up in the the pits. The front tire changer took off 3 lugnuts on the front left tire after the crew chief made a last minute change to two right-side tires only. They had to come back in to replace the lugnuts, so he moved all the way to the back of the pack. It was fun watching him work his way back to the front, and there were so many different fuel mileage strategies that it got hard to tell who was going to win until Kasey took the lead for good with about 12 laps to go.

Here's some pictures I took before the race...