"Navel fluff" collection weighs a record 22 grams

An Australian librarian has recently enter the Guiness Book of World Records. His unique collection is not the largest stamp or button collection, but belly-button lint. Over the last 26 years, he has emptied out his naval cavity and stored the lint in a clay jar. To date, 22 grams have been collected. Every day he claims 3 milligrams of lint is produced. To further the point that this is a staggering amount, 1000 milligrams=1 gram. This man is now over 22 grams, and he says he wants to double that throughout the remainder of his life.

I'm unsure as to whether this man is pathetic or a pioneer. Collecting his naval lint and storing it up to see how much he can gather is new, but odd to say the least. Most people are not curious as to how much lint accumulates in their bellies, but this man wanted to know. I feel sorry for the guy. Collecting lint probably doesnt go too well with the wife.

Issue Number 2 - Spending What We Can Afford

First Mark Baucus called for the suspension of pay-as-you-go payments (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAYGO). Now he is currently telling the public to completely avoid pay-as-you-go payments. If we eliminate pay-as-you-go payments altogether, the national debt and defecit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_deficit) will continue to rise. Eventually it would get out of hand, and we would be unable to pay off the piling debt. The alternative to spending money willy-nilly, whether you have it or not, is to only spend the amount of money you have readily available and available to pay it off.

http://www.concordcoalition.org/files/uploaded_for_nodes/paygo-issue-brief-chart.jpg


I am 100% against Mark Baucus. Being a younger generation, I am actually afraid as to what might happen with the national debt. With all the politicians being 40+, they have nothing to fear if their debt keeps climbing. By the time it will matter they will be dead, and our current teenage generation will have to pay it off. Not only this, but the Social Security funds are already depleted, and future generations will not be able to benefit from that. On January 27th, President Obama urged the Senate to adopt pay-as-you-go payments in his State of the Union address. I feel Obama is recommending the right thing here, and that the Senate should really consider taking that policy in.

http://arj-robinson.blogspot.com/ -Issue 1
http://cassiesamazingblog.blogspot.com/-Issue 3