It reminds me- rather sadly-- of two famous quotes:
"Those who don't remember the past are doomed to repeat it."
And:
"History repeats itself; the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce."
Not to mention my own cynical "take" on it all:
You know there were warning signs...
I kept telling people when Bill Clinton slithered in to office, and clung to it, despite all the scandals, and Impeachment itself-- “He's just a symptom. Like a fever is of a disease- there's something wrong with America.”
Like Popular Culture- look at the magazines-- I call it “thugs & jugs,” or “which Pop Tart is popping out whose baby this week?”
Or Katrina- ever seen so many people milling around with their hands out, when they should have been helping themselves?
We did it to ourselves, and The New, Improved Black Jesus is merely a symptom.
All civilizations have a shelf life- once enough citizens figure out that by electing the “right” representatives, they can use the power of the government to pick the pockets of others,
...it's all over, except for the details.
Well, we're in the “details,” now.
Meanwhile, I have to figure out what Miss Emily and I do with what's left of our lives, and bush hog her Mom's old place in the country, because City Life isn't going to be worth living from here on out.
I'll catch you all later...
...maybe...
I’ll catch you all later...
...maybe...
You had better, the wife and I may be looking for a place in the country, (you know, outside the city, not the country as a hole, spelling intentional) except we live about as interior and country as one can get and still live close to the only city worth living in for about 400, 500, 600 or 700 miles around.
We live sort of in the middle between, Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake City, Billings MT, and Minot ND. The chi-coms probably can’t reach us, but the sludge from both coasts not to mention Chicago, is coming at us faster than global climate change, if you know what I mean, and I know you know what I mean.
Apologies in advance to the inhabitants of those places mentioned. Been to all of them, extensively.