The world of unintended consequences and pure politics just to gain votes. The lunatics are in charge now.
Author: Henry Barnard
I am a voracious reader and also enjoy writing. I often have a very different point of view than the popular one. I do see value in debate, and thought it might add to the public debate on controversial issues if I were to express my contrarian opinions. I also started keeping my poems recently (I've written little pieces my whole adult life but never kept any); and I've been a photographer now for over 25 years. So I will be adding an occasional poem and hopefully interesting photograph to the blog along the way, just to spice things up.
Tulips and Bitcoins
One wonders whether this mania with Bitcoins is exactly like the Dutch tulip bubble of the 1600s?
No One Else Now
How alone I am.
No one else now.
Hasn’t been for a while.
Isolation…an empty corridor leading to but another empty corridor.
How alone I am.
No one else now.
But there is unbounded freedom, too,
And the world beckons, an open invitation.
How alone I am.
No one else now.
But will I succumb
Or will I explore?
Mexican Border Mess
Clueless
We have a government now in Washington that is completely clueless, and of course the media adores it. Immigration chaos dead ahead. America for non-Americans is the policy. “Free” money for everyone, and don’t worry about the cost because it’s free. Peril to the country has become way over the top. We are becoming the banana republic that was always so derided — existing based on printing more money out of thin air. When all this comes apart, they will then say how could you have let this happen? Duh.
Ancient Rome All Over Again
What happened in the Roman Empire was that, at a certain point, rich land owners bought out small farmers throughout Italy, and these ex-farmers moved to Rome to become the first urban proletariat that the Roman state had to support with the grain dole. In effect, you had a huge number of people who were no longer able to support themselves.
We are now witnessing the modern version of this with the US government providing everyone who makes less than 75k with “free” money. Unfortunately, nothing is really free. There will be consequences.
What’s It All Mean?
In the end, it’s about the experiences you have had.
More “Liberal” Nonsense
What do you do if you really dislike the direction the new “liberals” are taking the country, and get mad every time you read any headline in the media? You really just start to turn away from it all, just totally ignore the bigger picture. You can’t do anything about it yourself anyway, so what’s the point in allowing it to make you crazy? Apathy takes over. The more aggressive response would be to turn up stakes and go and live somewhere other than the US, but that means you have no more subsidized healthcare if under Medicare.
Arcimoto
Asinine
The Dems do something asinine, then call it an achievement, and the liberal press applauds. That’s the new world order we have now.
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