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I'm still trying to decide if your last paragraph was written with hope, or sarcasm. I have to admit that I've stopped reading most of the News again - all the negativity was too much for breakfast. I'll need to brush up again.
posted by
adnohr
on May 2, 2013 at 3:38 AM
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As I was reading that section it made me feel like doom was creeping up on me, too! You write so well! I pondered if we had strayed a bit with the last two wars we have been involved in. The investment in education for me will always pay great dividends! sam 
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sam444
on May 1, 2013 at 4:16 AM
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As I was reading that section it made me feel like doom was creeping up on me, too! You write so well! I pondered if we had strayed a bit with the last two wars we have been involved in. The investment in education for me will always pay great dividends! sam
posted by
sam444
on May 1, 2013 at 4:16 AM
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PatB
Well at my age now I'm not too concerned about whether this or that happens as we all decline to dust as all countries do.
posted by
WileyJohn
on April 30, 2013 at 9:53 PM
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Yes Pat and a good job your country has fracking, look how the price of gas has fallen you may not have noticed. We look with envy from here. Of course everything will come to an end one day. Even the sun, but you know that.
posted by
C_C_T
on April 30, 2013 at 11:17 AM
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Pat
LOL! If this gig were paying a little better (and if people were actually showing up for them) I would be tempted to do a series of history lectures dealing with this issue. But as it is, and because it's work, I'll resist temptation. Let me just say that all this is very complex, and has actually little to do with our reliance on fossil fuels and the dearth of solar panels, although possibly more with education, and even more with foreign policy. Mark Steyn, in his 'controversial' (Yep! Mark is always controversial, LOL) book After America draws some interesting parallels between the America of today and H.G.Wells' Eloi, as found in his book The Time Machine...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 30, 2013 at 7:47 AM
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At least, we try...
There are plenty among us who would be going the traditional way, caught up in the solid belief of "too big to fail."
posted by
Ciel
on April 30, 2013 at 7:05 AM
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