There have been some extraordinary diaries and comment threads on ET over the holidays. While I did read the Dec. 24 comment thread of Jerome's, the link for which Coleman provides above, I found it well worth a re-read. A lot to chew on. These are extraordinary times. We seem to be having almost daily epiphanies occurring regarding our societies and economic systems which might have gone un-noticed by too many of us without such diaries and comments as these. Now if some of this will penetrate into the minds and alter the mindsets of enough people beyond the blogospehere, perhaps we can avert some of what otherwise awaits us all. As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
