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Title: The New Normal
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URL Source: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog ... n_worse_is_the_new_normal.html
Published: Sep 30, 2013
Author: Rick Moran, et al
Post Date: 2013-09-30 08:37:59 by Lod
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Views: 236
Comments: 4
Another insightful article.
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#1. To: Lod (#0)
Sir Lod... That portion is pure unadulterated horseshit.
Indeed it is - just as is the entire new normal. There's nothing normal about it, imo. “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
In the era the author speaks of, I seem to recall a long protracted cold war and two long, losing hot wars. I suspect they had a tad of influence on our lives. Fabulously wealthy???? Damn.
That's why we all had to file a tax return to the IRS all these decades: we were rich and didn't even know it!! Hell, I should have bought a railroad car and joined J.P. Morgan/et al as a tycoon, I guess...... For the 20 years that it took Europe to rebuild its civilization (largely with our help and protection), the country got fabulously wealthy. This led to a sense that liberal democracy demanded we share that wealth with all, that government be used to take from some and give to others. Who could object when money was easy, inflation was low, and you could go to work at a unionized plant after high school and retire with a nice pension 35 years later?
#2. To: Cynicom (#1)
#3. To: Lod (#2)
There's nothing normal about it, imo.
#4. To: Cynicom (#3)
Fabulously wealthy???? Damn.
-Alex Kurtagic
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