Folks ... we're at war.
It's like an electronic photo .. disappearing before my eyes, the pixels flickering .. changing color, no longer part of the overall picture (get it?), and soon vanishes as a picture .. to be replaced by a red X ... or perhaps a red star.
And most insidious, we display with glee ... "Look, a red star!" ... because we've been conditioned to think that red star is a picture of our honey.
God help me.
BTW ... another thought that keeps from sleeping properly ...
"They" rely on the, "Good, AIG is gone" comments to assuage any saddening anger that might induce attempted corrective action.
Sadly, I think we only knew her in an idealized way, the way our Founding Fathers envisioned and constructed her. There has been a growing socialist and fascist undercurrent for close to one hundred years. They've infiltrated every facet of society and have learned how to candy-coat their destructive and immoral messages so the now dumbed-down sheep buy it, lock, stock and barrel. I hope I'm wrong but I fear that we're the minority.