These past few weeks I have been very much aware of the quality of the autumn light as it plays out these last days of summer weather. As I watch the news I keep hearing an echo of a century ago, when Sir Edward Grey famously observed that " the lights are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime". I think that we really have no idea how badly we are screwed, or how profoundly our world is changing. I hate to predict this but I think I'm right in saying that a year from now none of us will be the same, none of us will escape unmarked. George Bush will be regarded by history as a calamity greater than the black death when his impact is honestly measured. The ideology of the people behind Bush, and the pop culture induced coma of the American people have done what no outside power was able to imagine for two centuries. They have begun the destruction of America. This is so much more serious than we think folks, and I tremble for my country as I contemplate the future. If there were any honor left in Washington, pistols would be left in desks, and honorable men would do the right thing. I don't think we'll see that result, but I sadly predict that within the year the people in their righteous and inchoate anger will demand someone swing for the sins of these robber barons who will have left us destitute and naked before our enemies.
I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think so.
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