Ballast: Weight added to a boat to enhance stability. âThe J/24 has 950 pounds of lead ballast.â. Berth: A sleeping area on a boat. Also, a place where a boat is tied up. âWe slept in the forward berth while John and Amy slept in the quarter berthâ or âWe keep our boat in a berth at McDoodleâs Marina.â.
Lord Acton writes to Bishop Creighton that the same moral standards should be applied to all men, political and religious leaders included, especially since âPower tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutelyâ (1887) From: Acton-Creighton Correspondence (John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton)
Liberals love Bernie Sanders and they want him for president. They think his brand of socialism is going to help us all live in utopia!Unfortunately, it will never work because socialism is an inherently bad system. Why, because man is ultimately corrupt.Giving government more control will result in more corruption, not less.The same corrupt people working in business will just be transferred to the public sector and vice-verse as is already happening.hy, because man is ultimately corrupt. Giving government more control will result in more corruption, not less. The same corrupt people working in business will just be transferred to the public sector and vice-verse as is already happening.