Re: Wolfowitz as Prince of Peace
OK, don't have the time today to sketch out an appropriately
lengthy response, save to say that I think attributing Mideast
Peace to anyone on the Bush team is like crediting Luc Longley
for the Bulls second Championship Run. It just ain't right.
Second: humans often make the mistake of settling in a region
to make use or take advantage of a temporary economic opportunity
and then forget to move on once that opportunity has gone the way
of the dinosaur, the passenger pigeon, the LA Raiders. I think
that has happened here. Salt mining and naval transport on the
Erie Canal was the reason for the season back in the 1800's, and
pre-Fordism industrial manufacturing the big breadwinner for a
while in the post-war era. Now, well..... its just tough to
justify the service based economy situating in these here parts.
I know this isn't a very 'nice' thing to write, but unless the cold
temps help one rock the ascetic lifestyle or you're REALLY into
skiing, well, man..... this weather is just a tough nut to crack.
We have a particularly nice blithe March day goin' on right now, with
windchills around -5F and lake effect snow. Population decline
is certainly happening, but we need a more targeted, stategic effort.
If a million blue blooded NY Democrats cruised on down to FL wouldn't
this tip electoral scales and ensure a more progressive, promising
future for America in the 21st Century?? Who knows. Maybe warm
winters turn one's brain and humanistic principles to mush. OK, that's
way too brusque and callous but I'm out of time, so it stands for
now.
10 4 from the bitter, cold, dispiriting northern Hinterlands.
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I was just talking to some of your brother's dork grad friends during the Dook game on Sunday and here's a paraphrase of my big point: People need to take more responsibility for their economic good by moving to a place that makes sense for said good. I.E., don't stay in S.E. Ohio, and bitch about not having a job; don't move to Florida and then complain that a hurricane blew away your crappy double-wide that was built on back-fill. The ease with which even poor people can move around this country means there's no excuse for living in Mid-town and getting pissed that you can't find a job at a farm.
That ain't even all I got to say about that.
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