When I go on vacation to England, I want to play tennis on the grass at the All England Lawn Tennis Club. This host site of Wimbledon has around 30 of the grass courts, you know. Surely one will be open for a friendly game on the grass.

It was close, very close, to an American sweep of the Wimbledon women’s and men’s championships. Roddick played so hard, came so close, but ultimately, couldn’t seal the deal. How great would it have been if two Americans won in London during July 4 weekend? You know how the British love to celebrate America’s independence!

Good thing the United States’ founding fathers started a revolution against the king, or we all may be speaking English today in this country.

Some may complain about the politics in the U.S., and say we are all brainwashed and conditioned into doing what the system wants, but really, we’re pretty free to do what we want without being harassed. There’s a trade off between being taken care of and true independence, whether when talking about a country, or even with parents growing up, there are levels of freedom that seem to vary conversely with having things provided for us.

In some countries the people are well taken care of but don’t necessarily have a lot of freedom; some countries have very few laws, but people suffer. The point of America is not to let everyone go and do what they want, though, but to facilitate life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

But ask Charles Culver (check out his story in this issue) if this is really the land of the free.

With all of the large companies going bankrupt and out of business recently, I wonder if there’s any chance of GEICO going under?

The gecko and cavemen were somewhat creative, but they are starting to get weird. Has anyone come to your insurance company because of those ads? It seems to me the insurance company advertisements talking of lower rates would be more attractive to a potential customer.

Peace,

Bracken Mayo, Editor in Chief