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http://www.opednews.com/articles/Postcard-From-Another-Worl-by-Bob-Alexander-Politicians_Truth_World-Issues_World-Opinion-140826-475.htmlA friend recently wrote me: "Remember the realization back in the early 70's that the whole country was insane? Could it be true, could a whole country go insane?"
Postcard From Another World
By Bob Alexander
OpEdNews Op Eds 8/26/2014 at 20:47:15
Way back when, in the dim distant past, when dinosaurs ruled the Earth and pterodactyls swooped through the skies -- You know -- the 70's -- my friend and I were trying to get a sense of "What's Going On."
Here we are, millions of years later, still trying to map out a strange land. The only difference now is he still lives in that strange land, and my family escaped across the border into Beautiful British Columbia. In fact, last week -- August 22 -- marked our Third Anniversary in Canada.
I've written quite a bit about Our Canadian Life so I won't bore y'all with too many more tales of how much better it is up here compared to the good ol' USA. To Sum Up: this is the month we can apply for Permanent Residency and the only way you could get us out of here is with a pry bar and blasting caps. If, for some bizarre reason, we were forced to go live once again back in the states, there 's a very good chance I would die of the dry heaves.
You can't help but gain a little more objectivity about a country's Current Events when you 're outside looking in. And after three years of looking at What The Hell Is Happening in the U.S. from across the border -- I'm looking at CrazyLand.
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Postcard From Another World (Original Post)
unhappycamper
Aug 2014
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Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)1. It's even easier now..
With fast communication. You can imagine how the entire world could get sucked into an insane attractor.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)2. Yup. It's like living in a rave club and everyone is armed and high. n/t
trof
(54,256 posts)3. Wow. Read the entire article.
I envy him.