{"id":8159,"date":"2014-03-19T16:44:59","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T20:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?p=8159"},"modified":"2014-03-19T16:46:54","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T20:46:54","slug":"19-march-1918-a-day-of-infamy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2014\/03\/19-march-1918-a-day-of-infamy.html","title":{"rendered":"19 March 1918: A Day of Infamy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\nOn this day in 1918, a gathering of drunkards, petty criminals and other forms of low life gathered and voted to inaugurate daylight savings. This was the brain child of George Vernon Hudson, an etymologist and astronomer, and other than this single lapse, a person I am positive of sterling character. But the lapse was enormous. It seems the main selling point is that it is good for business. In fact it unnecessarily complicates human life, ranging from endangering drivers to disrupting sleep. It is truly one of the evils imposed upon an already suffering humanity, and while not the worst of these, one that you think if we ever got a congress that consisted of anyone other than drunkards, petty criminals and other forms of low life, would easily be corrected.<\/p>\n

Just sayin\u2019<\/p>\n