Nicely said, Beaversmom. I’ve come to exactly the same conclusion.
There is simply no exit, and we have to await the roof to fall in.
I’m beginning to speculate on what would come after the catastrophe. George Kennan, the intellectual author of the containment doctrine during the Cold War, in his later years decided that the United States would break up.
Walter Williams, the professor, has had the same thought.
Before them, Thomas Jefferson envisioned not a huge nation “from sea to shining sea” but a conglomeration of smaller republics on this continent, with shared values but each with its own characteristics.
In short, I expect us to break into pieces. I hope they will be good republican (small r) pieces.
If anyone believes we are done after November 2010, I have some land in Louisiana I wanna sell ya real cheap...
If it takes us the rest of our lives to get this back under control, and have the right people with the right concept of being a principled representative (I know a dream world), then maybe things will be better for all of us, including the die-hard liberal progressives...
We need to keep a few of those around for a reminder to what we almost lost to...