Times truly are "getting hard"

[Auricauricle]

I think you're right, Worfster....The deficit's boundaries are well beyond stratospheric and with everyone tightening their belts and keeping their wallets thin, we'rer going to see societal and economic divisions along strange and unexpected lines.

And I don't think this was inevitable. We are reaping a harvest that was sown many a year ago. Politically, socially, economically, etc., we pretty much proceeded as though we had no reason to consider our future. The "bad guys" were "over there", and corruption (name the place) was effectively dealt with in trotting out the occasional scapegoat or a megamovie that placated the masses for a little while longer....

I am excited that, at least on the surface, we are seeing a swelling of sentiment that would like to see things change. The fact that Obama has been given such a run (I never would have thought a African American would be pres in my lifetime) indicates something's afoot.

It may be a long time before the dust settles, but at least we're taking a good look at the road ahead....

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

I think you're right, Worfster....The deficit's boundaries are well beyond stratospheric and with everyone tightening their belts and keeping their wallets thin, we'rer going to see societal and economic divisions along strange and unexpected lines.

No don't say that! Does this mean that Pix and I are going to find ourselves on the same side? Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.....I would rather be dead

And I don't think this was inevitable. We are reaping a harvest that was sown many a year ago. Politically, socially, economically, etc., we pretty much proceeded as though we had no reason to consider our future. The "bad guys" were "over there", and corruption (name the place) was effectively dealt with in trotting out the occasional scapegoat or a megamovie that placated the masses for a little while longer....

I have said this over and over again. America's appetitite for cheap low quality goods has killed its own manufacturing base. And because China is our new factory, and our new loan company, there is nothing we can say to them about anything, not even their human rights issues. If they decided to discontinue financing our debt, America as we know it would no longer exist. I think Madison Avenue has done a terrific job of encouraging the brainless American masses to consume, and consume some more as to take our eyes and attention off the fact that our government is selling us out by the six pack.

I am excited that, at least on the surface, we are seeing a swelling of sentiment that would like to see things change. The fact that Obama has been given such a run (I never would have thought a African American would be pres in my lifetime) indicates something's afoot.

It may be a long time before the dust settles, but at least we're taking a good look at the road ahead....

I hope you are right, we have a really bad fear of change, and another bad habit of voting in people who enjoy working hard for the rich and powerful.