Toles: The Morning After

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The morning after

Well, you have spoken, and the chattering classes are now busy explaining to you what it was you said. I guess I am part of the chattering class, but only insofar as my teeth are chattering in trepidation. But we all are the chattering class now, as you can go chatter below, in the comments section, like a set of those novelty wind-up false teeth that clatter around on a tabletop.

I don't think I've ever read or heard a post-election analysis that captured what I was intending to convey with my vote, so I won't try to harangue you with any of that. I'll just return to my fears, with which I am amorously familiar. I'll mention three. You may find them familiar, too!

1. Climate change. It appears the chances of addressing this have been set back even further than they were, due to a staggeringly successful campaign of Machiavellian lies. The votes are in, but unfortunately the climate doesn't work by poll, or even election. What we are doing is I think the gravest folly of my lifetime, and possibly in all of human history.

2. Increasing wealth divergence. It really is different now. But the same kind of slight-of-hand is occurring here as with the climate debate. If you don't see it, it can't hurt you. But it can, and will. (Again).

3. Shifting the country onto a productive track for this century. We seem to have lost the capacity to discuss the future sanely. And no, I DON'T think Democrats have all the answers here. It could be a subject for a productive meeting of the minds! Will it happen? No, I am afraid. --Tom Toles

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/tomtoles/

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1. Garbage truck - perfect. nt