…it changes…OK. How about this scenario: Obama wins the presidency but doesn’t get to serve because the Bushies declare a State of Emergency (which is what we have going on anyway), and subsequent martial law (the Bushies already have the legislation in place to accomplish this). But do the Bushies have the people in place to enact this: it seems like only Cheney is left from the early days – and Cheney is more concerned with Haliburton’s piece of the pie (which seems safely refrigerated in Abu Dubai [sp?]).
The more I ruminate on the U.S. of A. as a democracy – the more I am reminded that we are, indeed, a low grade anarchy (where anything goes) that is held together by the illusion of democracy. And, we are a flat broke anarchy. I’m pretty sure that the recent drop in oil has to do with getting those petrodollars back in circulation; and, I wonder what type of ultimatum the Bushies can deliver to this November 15th international economic conference they are holding. And to think that it has taken me till now to learn that my favorite movie of all time “The Wizard of Oz,” adapted from the book of that name, was an allegory of the American financial and political system (I am getting slower and slower and slower – accusing my students of all sorts of things that they didn’t do – but that I messed up.)
What can Obama do – should he actually become the 44th president of the U.S. of A.? How can anyone possibly undo this mess?? Right this Titanic that is already half-sunk??? I just read an article in my beloved Times (though they never print anything I have to say [and what’s with this strange new formatting?]) – that suggested that the reverberations of the Wall Street debacle and sub prime mortgage fiasco haven’t even crept into the marketplace…
Son Austen’s friend’s (who is a girl [but who has reportedly never, ever, ever been his girlfriend]) – has a-couple-of-cool parents who decided to open a restaurant a-year-or-so-ago – in a So Cal village that lives on credit. I didn’t think this was a very good idea – though the food is passable – and the location seemingly opportune. And they are floundering, because, as a recent Times article reported: people just can’t afford to go out to eat anymore.
And when our Titanic finally settles on the bottom – it will probably be exactly like the real Titanic – do goddamned big and broke to ever raise to the surface. And then what? Is that when this Amero Dollar comes into play? When the rich can start all over by buying Amero Dollars with the last of the ol’ U.S. dollars?? Cuz the rest-of-us won’t have any money – as we watched our pensions disappear — courtesy of the American royalty.
Oh. So U noticed I didn’t single out the Bushies as royalty – well, I can’t really – as there are many more members of the American Aristocracy than just the Bushies, like the Rockefellers for instance…just remember: when stuck in quicksand, don’t move!