Reply #48: I'm hoping it doesn't happen quite that fast

[tavalon]

but no matter, it will be dangerous when it happens. I wish we could come up with a kinder, gentler, more controlled way of having this end. But I don't see very many people noticing, even when things are right in front of us. Iranian Bourse? Have a war with Iran! South America getting too independent? Try to demonize and then kill Chavez, make an example! Worried about future water wars? Buy land in Paraguay! Heck, that one is a twofer, since you won't get extradited for your crimes against the world.

The emporer isn't just walking around naked, he's yanking on his pud and laughing his ass off at us.

And with this post, I just figured out why I got triggered by a show I watched last night. I watched the first episode of Office and realized I was angry by the end, really angry. I decided it must be because the impotence and rage that the employees felt reminded me of some of my past experiences with infuriating bosses, but I see now, that wasn't it. I was seeing correlations between the emotionally and politically toxic environment there and our equally toxic environment in the US.