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orlov has a major clue.

the climate is changing, politically as well as meteorologically, but no pol has the guts to try getting votes by telling the whole truth....yet.

so the charade proceeds, until.......?

the credulousness born of exceptionalism melts like cake left out in the rain.

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Wed Apr 2nd, 2008 at 10:19:46 PM EST
"all the sweet green icing, flowing down..."

The difference between theory and practise in practise ...
by DeAnander (de_at_daclarke_dot_org) on Thu Apr 3rd, 2008 at 12:52:28 AM EST
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lol!

i always wondered why that song was so popular, it damn near saturated the airwaves at the time. a regular whine-fest, an orgy of self-pity.

now i see it was a prophecy.

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Apr 4th, 2008 at 06:17:54 AM EST
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