60,000 struggling veterans with their families came to Washington on their own from all over America, as the media described them as dirty and disgruntled. Well funded and heavily advertised America First rallies were covered live on national radio broadcasts. Plato wrote, "Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequal's alike." There is nothing new under the sun, "I exhort you" Plato wrote, "also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict."
The world is in flux and the opportunity to make a difference in the world abound. Tomorrow is filled with yesterday's regrets. History teaches that there are two roads which we might travel from here, one requires effort and makes no promises. The other road offers only a dark certainty, "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--for ever." -- George Orwell
The problems we face lie exposed, and so too, does the path home. The answer is in our unity.
Paulson pulled the whistle
Bush rang the bell
Wall Street gave the signal
and the country went to hell.
The world is in flux and the opportunity to make a difference in the world abound. Tomorrow is filled with yesterday's regrets. History teaches that there are two roads which we might travel from here, one requires effort and makes no promises. The other road offers only a dark certainty, "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--for ever." -- George Orwell
The problems we face lie exposed, and so too, does the path home. The answer is in our unity.
Paulson pulled the whistle
Bush rang the bell
Wall Street gave the signal
and the country went to hell.
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