THE AMERICAN APOCALYPSE
AVITW
AN OPEN LETTER TO ALL WITH CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN:
I SEE WHERE EVEN THE HUMORISTS ARE TAKING NOTE OF THE "SERIOUS ISSUE” OF DEBT TO THE CHINESE, AMONG OTHERS. WHEN THAT LEVEL OF BANALITY IS REACHED, IT "MAY" BE TIME FOR EVERYONE TO PAY ATTENTION. OBVIOUSLY,THE "FEDS" (AS WELL AS STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS) HAVE "NOTHING ELSE" TO PAY WITH. (SIC) I CAME UPON A "BRILLIANT SOLUTION" (MY TAKE) TO "RESOLVE" THE CONGRESSIONAL BICKERING, AS WELL AS THE DIRE STRAITS OF ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. OF COURSE, NO ONE "ASKED ME", NOR WILL THEY LISTEN SO "WHY BOTHER?".
FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS I HAVE TOLD THOSE WHO WOULD LISTEN THAT 2015 IS "ABOUT" THE YEAR THAT "OUR SYSTEM" OF ECONOMICS,(ERGO GOVERNMENT) WILL "FALL APART". THAT CONCLUSION WAS BASED ON "SIMPLE DEMOGRAPHICS" ABOUT 5 YEARS AFTER I STARTED TEACHING (1962) AND, OBVIOUSLY, COULD NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SUBSEQUENT "DISASTROUS ACTIONS" TAKEN BY ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. PRIOR TO THAT TIME (1967), I FELT THAT IMPROVING THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM WAS THE "MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE" FACING THE COUNTRY AND DEDICATED MY LIFE TO BEING A “PART OF THE SOLUTION, RATHER THAN A PART OF THE PROBLEM". OBVIOUSLY, I "FAILED" TO MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND "PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE" FOR TRYING, BUT I DIGRESS.
OF COURSE, THE ISSUE OF "IMPROVING EDUCATION" COULD BE RESOLVED AT ANY TIME, SHOULD ANYONE CARE TO LISTEN, BUT, THOSE "INVOLVED" SIMPLY CONTINUE TO "USE” THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, WITH STUDENTS AS THE VICTIMS, AS AN "ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL FOOTBALL" TO FURTHER THEIR "OWN OBJECTIVES". SADLY, THESE OBJECTIVES HAVE LITTLE TO DO WITH ANY IMPROVEMENT IN ACTUAL TEACHING AND/OR LEARNING, BUT THAT IS ANOTHER TOPIC.
SINCE 1967, THE "POPULATION BOMB", NOT ONLY IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, HAS BEEN "TICKING" AND THE "CONSEQUENCES" ARE BEGINNING TO BE "NOTICED", NOT THAT ANYONE (OTHER THAN JAPAN AND CHINA) IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. STILL, I HAVE "NOTICED" THAT "IMPENDING ECONOMIC DISASTER" DOES SEEM TO BE "THE TRIGGER" THAT CHANGES BEHAVIOR, THUS LEADING TO "CORRECTIVE ACTION", WHETHER INDIVIDUALS (OR BUSINESSES; OR COUNTRIES;) LIKE THE "MEDICINE" OR NOT.
A RECENT "CHART" OF U.S. DEBT (WHICH I FAILED TO COPY) SHOWED THE DRAMATIC INCREASE OVER THE LAST DECADE (ALMOST DOUBLE ALL THE PREVIOUS DEBT ACCUMULATED IN OUR TWO PLUS CENTURIES OF EXISTENCE AS I REMEMBER) AND IS PROBABLY THE "MOST SIGNIFICANT THING” FOR WHICH THE "BUSH/OBAMA" STEWARDSHIP WILL BE REMEMBERED. JUST AS THE "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS" BANKRUPTED THEMSELVES WITH THEIR "CORRUPT DEALINGS", GOVERNMENT HAS NOW DONE THE SAME. ONE CANNOT KNOW HOW TO PREPARE FOR SUCH AN "ECONOMIC MELTDOWN", BUT, IT HAS BEEN MY SUPPOSITION THAT "BACK TO BASICS" WILL BE THE ONLY ANSWER FOR SURVIVAL IN THE LOOMING "BRAVE NEW WORLD OF ANARCHY".
RETURNING TO THE SUBJECT, GIVEN THAT THOSE WHO "PROVIDE SERVICES" (INFRASTRUCTURE; EDUCATION; MEDICAL CARE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; ET. AL.) DO NOT DO SO OUT OF THE "GOODNESS OF THEIR HEARTS", WHEN THE "MONEY STOPS FLOWING" (OR HAS "NO VALUE"), ONE SERIOUSLY DOUBTS THAT THE PROVIDERS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE. REPORTEDLY, THE "EXTREMELY WEALTHY" ARE "STOCKPILING" SURVIVAL SUPPLIES AND THE "MEANS" WITH WHICH TO PROTECT THOSE ASSETS, SINCE HUNGRY MOBS SELDOM "RESPECT TRADITIONAL PROPERTY RIGHTS". THE AVERAGE INDIVIDUAL HAS NO SUCH RECOURSE AND WILL "SUCCUMB" TO WHATEVER SUPERIOR FORCES ARISE FROM THE ASHES.
EVEN "KNOWING" WHAT COULD/SHOULD BE DONE, ONE IS UNSURE AS TO WHETHER THE EXISTING STRUCTURE HAS TAKEN THE COUNTRY TOO FAR TO RECOVER. THIS IS GENERALLY KNOWN AS THE "TIPPING POINT" OR IN AVIATION, "THE POINT OF NO RETURN. THE "CHARADE" OF “SAVING THE COUNTRY”, AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, IS REMINISCENT OF "NERO FIDDLING" WHILE ROME WAS BURNING AND THE "CURRENT CROP" OF "WOULD BE LEADERS" OFFER "NO HOPE" OF AVOIDING THE NATURAL CONSEQUENCES" OF PAST INIQUITIES.
ONE HOPES, BUT, IN VAIN ONE SUPPOSES, THAT THIS "ASSESSMENT" IS WRONG, BUT, IT IS "INEVITABLE" ON OUR "PRESENT PATH TO SELF-DESTRUCTION". ONE "SUSPECTS" THAT THE CHINESE WILL NOT BE INCLINED TO "FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS". WE, THE ELDERS, WILL "ESCAPE", BUT, THE RESULTS OF "OUR FOLLY" WILL BE SUFFERED BY OUR PROGENY FOR "WE" ARE THE ONES WHO ELECTED THOSE WHO HAVE LED US TO "THE BRINK" IN THE PROCESS OF ENRICHING THEMSELVES (AND THEIR CONTRIBUTORS) AT THE EXPENSE OF "FUTURE GENERATIONS".
ENJOY, TOM
AN OPEN LETTER TO ALL WITH CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN:
I SEE WHERE EVEN THE HUMORISTS ARE TAKING NOTE OF THE "SERIOUS ISSUE” OF DEBT TO THE CHINESE, AMONG OTHERS. WHEN THAT LEVEL OF BANALITY IS REACHED, IT "MAY" BE TIME FOR EVERYONE TO PAY ATTENTION. OBVIOUSLY,THE "FEDS" (AS WELL AS STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS) HAVE "NOTHING ELSE" TO PAY WITH. (SIC) I CAME UPON A "BRILLIANT SOLUTION" (MY TAKE) TO "RESOLVE" THE CONGRESSIONAL BICKERING, AS WELL AS THE DIRE STRAITS OF ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. OF COURSE, NO ONE "ASKED ME", NOR WILL THEY LISTEN SO "WHY BOTHER?".
FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS I HAVE TOLD THOSE WHO WOULD LISTEN THAT 2015 IS "ABOUT" THE YEAR THAT "OUR SYSTEM" OF ECONOMICS,(ERGO GOVERNMENT) WILL "FALL APART". THAT CONCLUSION WAS BASED ON "SIMPLE DEMOGRAPHICS" ABOUT 5 YEARS AFTER I STARTED TEACHING (1962) AND, OBVIOUSLY, COULD NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SUBSEQUENT "DISASTROUS ACTIONS" TAKEN BY ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. PRIOR TO THAT TIME (1967), I FELT THAT IMPROVING THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM WAS THE "MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE" FACING THE COUNTRY AND DEDICATED MY LIFE TO BEING A “PART OF THE SOLUTION, RATHER THAN A PART OF THE PROBLEM". OBVIOUSLY, I "FAILED" TO MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND "PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE" FOR TRYING, BUT I DIGRESS.
OF COURSE, THE ISSUE OF "IMPROVING EDUCATION" COULD BE RESOLVED AT ANY TIME, SHOULD ANYONE CARE TO LISTEN, BUT, THOSE "INVOLVED" SIMPLY CONTINUE TO "USE” THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, WITH STUDENTS AS THE VICTIMS, AS AN "ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL FOOTBALL" TO FURTHER THEIR "OWN OBJECTIVES". SADLY, THESE OBJECTIVES HAVE LITTLE TO DO WITH ANY IMPROVEMENT IN ACTUAL TEACHING AND/OR LEARNING, BUT THAT IS ANOTHER TOPIC.
SINCE 1967, THE "POPULATION BOMB", NOT ONLY IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, HAS BEEN "TICKING" AND THE "CONSEQUENCES" ARE BEGINNING TO BE "NOTICED", NOT THAT ANYONE (OTHER THAN JAPAN AND CHINA) IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. STILL, I HAVE "NOTICED" THAT "IMPENDING ECONOMIC DISASTER" DOES SEEM TO BE "THE TRIGGER" THAT CHANGES BEHAVIOR, THUS LEADING TO "CORRECTIVE ACTION", WHETHER INDIVIDUALS (OR BUSINESSES; OR COUNTRIES;) LIKE THE "MEDICINE" OR NOT.
A RECENT "CHART" OF U.S. DEBT (WHICH I FAILED TO COPY) SHOWED THE DRAMATIC INCREASE OVER THE LAST DECADE (ALMOST DOUBLE ALL THE PREVIOUS DEBT ACCUMULATED IN OUR TWO PLUS CENTURIES OF EXISTENCE AS I REMEMBER) AND IS PROBABLY THE "MOST SIGNIFICANT THING” FOR WHICH THE "BUSH/OBAMA" STEWARDSHIP WILL BE REMEMBERED. JUST AS THE "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS" BANKRUPTED THEMSELVES WITH THEIR "CORRUPT DEALINGS", GOVERNMENT HAS NOW DONE THE SAME. ONE CANNOT KNOW HOW TO PREPARE FOR SUCH AN "ECONOMIC MELTDOWN", BUT, IT HAS BEEN MY SUPPOSITION THAT "BACK TO BASICS" WILL BE THE ONLY ANSWER FOR SURVIVAL IN THE LOOMING "BRAVE NEW WORLD OF ANARCHY".
RETURNING TO THE SUBJECT, GIVEN THAT THOSE WHO "PROVIDE SERVICES" (INFRASTRUCTURE; EDUCATION; MEDICAL CARE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; ET. AL.) DO NOT DO SO OUT OF THE "GOODNESS OF THEIR HEARTS", WHEN THE "MONEY STOPS FLOWING" (OR HAS "NO VALUE"), ONE SERIOUSLY DOUBTS THAT THE PROVIDERS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE. REPORTEDLY, THE "EXTREMELY WEALTHY" ARE "STOCKPILING" SURVIVAL SUPPLIES AND THE "MEANS" WITH WHICH TO PROTECT THOSE ASSETS, SINCE HUNGRY MOBS SELDOM "RESPECT TRADITIONAL PROPERTY RIGHTS". THE AVERAGE INDIVIDUAL HAS NO SUCH RECOURSE AND WILL "SUCCUMB" TO WHATEVER SUPERIOR FORCES ARISE FROM THE ASHES.
EVEN "KNOWING" WHAT COULD/SHOULD BE DONE, ONE IS UNSURE AS TO WHETHER THE EXISTING STRUCTURE HAS TAKEN THE COUNTRY TOO FAR TO RECOVER. THIS IS GENERALLY KNOWN AS THE "TIPPING POINT" OR IN AVIATION, "THE POINT OF NO RETURN. THE "CHARADE" OF “SAVING THE COUNTRY”, AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, IS REMINISCENT OF "NERO FIDDLING" WHILE ROME WAS BURNING AND THE "CURRENT CROP" OF "WOULD BE LEADERS" OFFER "NO HOPE" OF AVOIDING THE NATURAL CONSEQUENCES" OF PAST INIQUITIES.
ONE HOPES, BUT, IN VAIN ONE SUPPOSES, THAT THIS "ASSESSMENT" IS WRONG, BUT, IT IS "INEVITABLE" ON OUR "PRESENT PATH TO SELF-DESTRUCTION". ONE "SUSPECTS" THAT THE CHINESE WILL NOT BE INCLINED TO "FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS". WE, THE ELDERS, WILL "ESCAPE", BUT, THE RESULTS OF "OUR FOLLY" WILL BE SUFFERED BY OUR PROGENY FOR "WE" ARE THE ONES WHO ELECTED THOSE WHO HAVE LED US TO "THE BRINK" IN THE PROCESS OF ENRICHING THEMSELVES (AND THEIR CONTRIBUTORS) AT THE EXPENSE OF "FUTURE GENERATIONS".
ENJOY, TOM
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