Posted on 10/09/2010 6:30:19 PM PDT by dennisw
“I have no one to impress anymore.”
Very astute. I survived Jimmy Carter and cancer. It seems as though America lost the will to be free. Just go to Walmart at 10 minutes to midnight (packing) and have a look at the fellow citizens.
Barzun wrote a book nine years ago, “from Dawn to Decadence”, summary here:
http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/history/historian/Jacques_Barzun.html
Excerpt:
“Mr. Barzun is right that “When people accept futility and the absurd as normal, the culture is decadent.” But futility and absurdity only seem normal to a damaged sensibility.
Of course, it is not only in the realm of culture that confusion reigns. The realms of social relations and politics are equally beset. One result is what Mr. Barzun refers to as the “Great Switch,” “the reversal of Liberalism into its opposite.” If Liberalism originally “triumphed on the principle that the best government is that which governs least,” today “for all the western nations political wisdom has recast the ideal of liberty into liberality.” The universalization and extension of the welfare state has nurtured a culture of entitlement. What began in an access of largess ends in an explosion of regulation and hectoring scrutiny.”
It would be interesting to know about the 17% whose mortgages weren't "trial mods". Who, where...and why did their HAMP applications get approved?
I don't want to make assumptions, but still I'll bet the majority of them are not middle-class citizens, that their mortgages were zero percent down and they live in Blue states.
f***it.
The ghetto mentality expanded to greater America.
The author says this almost like he doesn't hav a clue, that is the goal. The destruction of America.
And after all, these grey haired folks are living on borrowed time anyhow. In ten years, Obamacare will render them just a memory. That once treatable middle aged cancer or heart disease will be the end of them. As planned, also.
Sounds like DETR, Travis.
Justt watched the video of Obama's Aunt and would hate to have a nation of people thinking like that.
What you said bump.
What a shame the author resorts to obscenities to desperately try and make his point. Doesn’t say much about his journalistic prowess does it?
And armorers tools and skills. Probably a number of other spare parts as well - springs, pins, etc.
Playing by the rules only works if most of the other players are doing so. When the rules stop working, cultures die.
I see a variation of this in the large number of tradesmen I deal with who want cash and give discounts for it along with select vendors who do the same and wave the sales tax. My guess is that there will be a huge amount of ‘shrinkage’ in inventories of local small retailers. The economy is making crooks of ordinary people who are operating that way in order to survive.
You’ll need more than firearms. Be sure to stock up on bandages too.
Bump
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