When the shit hits the fan

[Klukie]

and I mean really hits the fan. When mass amounts of people are on the streets and there is not enough of anything to go around, will America come together or fall apart? I think about this a lot. Is it in our national character to look out for one another or will it be every man for himself? Personally I don't feel a huge sense of community around me and that includes actual family members. I really wonder if Americans nowadays are up to the task.

[lonestarnot]

1. We are absolutely on our own.

:(

[snappyturtle]

2. Sadly, I believe you are correct. eom

[TransitJohn]

7. Throwing stones.

Picture a bright blue ball
Just spinning, spinning free
Dizzy with eternity
Paint it with a skin of sky
Brush in some clouds and sea
Call it home for you and me
A peaceful place or so it looks from space
A closer look reveals the human race
Full of hope, full of grace, is the human face
But afraid, we may lay our home to waste

There's a fear down here we can't forget
Hasn't got a name just yet
Always awake, always around
Singing ashes to ashes all fall down
Ashes to ashes all fall down

Now watch as the ball revolves and the nighttime falls
And again the hunt begins and again the bloodwind calls
By and by again, the morning sun will rise
But the darkness never goes from some men's eyes

It strolls the sidewalks and it rolls the streets
Staking turf, dividing up meat
Nightmare spook, piece of heat
It's you and me, you and me

Click, flashblade in ghetto night
Rudie's looking for a fight
Rat cat alley roll them bones
Need that cash to feed that jones
And the politician's throwing stones
Singing ashes to ashes all fall down
Ashes to ashes all fall down

Commissars and pin-striped bosses role the dice
Any way they fall guess who gets to pay the price
Money green or proletarian gray
Selling guns instead of food today

So the kids they dance, and shake their bones
And the politician's throwing stones
Singing ashes to ashes all fall down
Ashes to ashes all fall down

Heartless powers try to tell us what to think
If the spirit's sleeping, then the flesh is ink, yeah
History's page, it is thusly carved in stone
The future's here, we are it, we are on our own
On our own. On our own. On our own.

(guitar solo)

If the game is lost then we're all the same
No one left to place or take the blame
We will leave this place an empty stone
Or that shinning ball of blue we can call our home

So the kids they dance, they shake their bones
And the politicians, throwing stones
Singing ashes to ashes all fall down
Ashes to ashes, all fall down

Shipping powders back and forth
Singing "black goes south and white comes north"
And the whole world full of petty wars
Singing "I got mine and you got yours"
And the current fashions set the pace
Lose your step, fall out of grace
And the radical he rant and rage
Singing "someone got to turn the page"
And the rich man in his summer home,
Singing "Just leave well enough alone"
But his pants are down, his cover's blown

And the politicians throwing stones
So the kids they dance they shake their bones
Cause its all too clear we're on our own
Sing ashes to ashes, all fall down
Ashes to ashes, all fall down

Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free
It's dizzying, the possibilities

Ashes to Ashes, all fall down (Ashes to Ashes, all fall down)
Ashes to Ashes, all fall down (Ashes to Ashes, all fall down)
Ashes to Ashes, all fall down (Ashes to Ashes, all fall down)
Ashes to Ashes, all fall down (Ashes to Ashes, all fall down)
Wo, fall down, (Ashes to Ashes, all fall down)
Wo, fall down (Ashes to Ashes, all fall down)
Ashes, Ashes all fall down (Ashes to Ashes, all fall down)
Wo, fall down, (Ashes to Ashes, all fall down)
Wo, fall down (Ashes to Ashes, all fall down)
Ashes, Ashes all fall down (Ashes to Ashes, all fall down)
Ashes, Ashes all fall down (Ashes to Ashes, all fall down)
Ashes, Ashes all fall down (Ashes to Ashes, all fall down)

[zeemike]

9. One of my favorite Dead songs.

Damn I miss Jerry Garcia...

[zeemike]

3. It will be every man for himself for the most part.

Because the right wing have been successfully in destroying all sense of community and the press and industries helped.
And of course in response to it the right wing is stocking up on guns and ammo so that they will be the ones who have the power when the shit hits the fan.

[gordianot]

6. Not all people who stock up are RW.

When you are hungry and scared politics takes a back seat to basic survival. Most of the tough talking Conservative RW (I know) are basically chicken shit. No matter what happens there will always be an organized government element that knows what they are doing and will fill the vacuum. A vigilante Palin-Limbaugh-Beckster-reloading teabagger (the type who bring firearms to a political protest) does not stand a chance against modern day Ronin.

[disillusioned73]

4. I can only speak for myself & my family..

living in red country we are on our own - and it will get ugly if it gets to that point.

[kctim]

5. Just make sure you aren't anywhere near the city

[sarcasmo]

8. Exactly and have a stockpile of food and water so you don't have to get in a line.