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May 22, 2011
The single-minded pursuit of the irrelevant by the self-important...
When historians look back on the first decades of the 21st century they may conclude that the political and economic crisis
that swept over the world was the direct result of decades of resource misallocation driven by political objectives. They will look back on the drilling bans, environmental edicts which have shut down agricultural areas, the massive entitlement expansions and quests for carbon sequestration and ask: what were the political leadership thinking? Maybe those historians will conclude that they weren't Because as everybody knows, they think the biggest problem in the Middle East today is Israel's borders. Never mind that the Arab street has nothing to eat, no employment for its youth. Forget the fact that nearly every country is under the heel of a dictatorship or in transition to another one. That's secondary. The biggest priority of the age is to tame Israel and build windmills all over the landscape. -- Belmont Club ｻ Strictly From Hunger
Posted by Vanderleun at May 22, 2011 8:06 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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At least we can say we were there. Unless there's a really big trial and our children's children decide to prosecute us for causing the atrocities that befell them. I wonder how many of us were saying, "I was only doing my job," or, "I didn't see nothin'. I didn't know nothin'."
Posted by: Jewel at May 22, 2011 9:57 PM
Most of them are going to say, "I was at the bar, watching the Whizzy 500, hoping for a big smashup in turn three, while gittin' shitfaced."
Posted by: Peccable at May 23, 2011 4:38 AM
I feel like Zhivago at Varykino. The grand house is boarded by order of the local people's soviet, and I'm forced to live in the gardener's cottage. When I come back from the war, I'll tear off the boards, live with Laura, and write my best poetry.
Posted by: Casca at May 23, 2011 6:27 AM