[Diana in Wisconsin]

"Why shouldn't it wind up looking like a forgotten Russian waystation?"

Parts of it already do. But, Shhhhhh! Mayor Dave don't talk about that, Homie!

These people are whacked. They'll refuse to see it coming, and when we end up looking like Milwaukee or Detroit, no one will be held accountable for it, either. Jerks.

[the invisib1e hand]

to paraphrase a history professor (with regard to the subject of the proverb): "The left is on intellectual welfare.