1. The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country.
2. The Washington Post is read by people who think they run the country.
3. The New York Times is read by people who think they should run the country.
4. USA Today is read by people who think they ought to run the country but don't really understand the Washington Post. They do, however, like their statistics shown in pie chart format.
5. The Los Angeles Times is read by people who wouldn't mind running the country, if they could spare the time, and didn't have to leave LA to do it.
6. The Boston Globe is read by people whose parents used to run the country and they did a far superior job of it, thank you very much.
7. The New York Daily News is read by people who aren't sure who's running the country, and don't really care as long -- as they can get a seat on the train.
8. The New York Post is read by people who don't care who's running the country, as long as they do something really scandalous, preferably while intoxicated.
9. The Miami Herald is read by people who are running another country but need the baseball scores.
10. The National Enquirer is read by people stuck in line at the grocery store. ■

Women Surround Crying Mom Whose Toddler Was Having A Meltdown At The Airport

February 12, 2018

This wonderful story was posted on Facebook by Beth Bornstein Dunnington who took part in an unforgettable moment at the Los Angeles International Airport.

"Something extraordinary at LAX today... (Writing this on the plane). I was at the gate, waiting to get on my plane to Portland. Flights to two different cities were boarding on either side of the Portland fight. A toddler who looked to be eighteen or so months old was having a total meltdown, running between the seats, kicking and screaming, then lying on the ground, refusing to board the plane (which was not going to Portland). His young mom, who was clearly pregnant and traveling alone with her son, became completely overwhelmed... she couldn't pick him up because he was so upset, he kept running away from her, then lying down on the ground, kicking and screaming again. The mother finally sat down on the floor and put her head in her hands, with her kid next to her still having a meltdown, and started crying.

George Carlin's wife died early in 2008 and George followed her, dying in July 2008. It is ironic George Carlin - comedian of the 70's and 80's - could write something so very eloquent and so very appropriate. An observation by George Carlin:

"The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

Take the "Older Than Dirt" Quiz - Do you remember?

1. Blackjack chewing gum. 2. Wax coke-shaped bottles     with colored sugar water. 3. Candy cigarettes. 4. Soda pop machines that     dispensed bottles. 5. Coffee shops with tableside     jukeboxes. 6. Home milk delivery in glass     bottles with cardboard     stoppers. 7. Party telephone lines. 8. Newsreels before the     movie.

9. P.F. Flyers. 10. Butch Wax. 11. Telephone numbers with       a word prefix (Olive-6971). 12. Howdy Doody. 13. 45 RPM records. 14. S&H Green Stamps. 15. Metal ice trays with lever. 16. Mimeograph paper. 17. Blue flashbulbs. 18. Roller skate keys. 19. Drive-In movie theaters.

If you remembered 0-5 you're a whippersnapper.  If you remembered 6-15 you're getting there.  And if you remembered 16-19 you're "OLDER THAN DIRT" ■