Palin - Welcome to the Terrordome!-Sane has already been eliminated from the power structure.

[kpete]

August 30th, 2008
Jonathan Schwarz:
Welcome to the Terrordome

McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate certainly demonstrates one thing: living through the decadent phase of the American empire is going to be REALLY EXCITING. It could only have been more surprising if McCain had chosen a polyp from his large intestine.

McCain-McCain’s Polyp ‘08
Putting Country First!

Bush-Cheney have screwed up so badly there might be one last, small opening for sane managers like Obama-Biden. “Vote for us, and we’ll give you a better-run empire, and, and…gay marriage!” However, while there is a long-term constituency for this, it’s a pretty small one.

So before long, there will only be two options for the people who want to run things. First, they could organize a rational liquidation of much of the empire, which would free up enough resources to create a long-term winning coalition. Second, they could go completely bugfuck nuts, and try to maintain the empire while cutting back on all social benefits and counting on the thrills of military triumph and chialism to keep them in power. What won’t be possible is the Obama-Biden approach.

In other words, the days of a rational American empire are drawing to a close. We’ll be forced to discard either the empire part, or the rational part. And based on 10,000 years of human history, I’m guessing it’s the rational part that will go.

Whether McCain wins or not, Sarah Palin is a harbinger of the future. The fact there was no one able to prevent McCain from choosing such an obviously inadequate imperial manager, and choosing her in such a bizarre, panicked way, indicates that—as during the decline of Rome, or the last years of Saddam’s regime—everyone sane has already been eliminated from the power structure. And thus we’re left with nothing but the whim of whoever’s clambered to the top of the Crazy Pole.

Welcome to the Terrordome!

more at:
http://thismodernworld.com/4452

[RagAss]

1. LOL !

[demgrrrll]

2. Idiocracy!

[Mme. Defarge]

5. That's perfect! n/t

[kwolf68]

3. Outstanding

And sadly...true.

[LonelyLRLiberal]

4. That just gives me cold chills - it's true! eom

[BumRushDaShow]

6. PE in full effect sucker! n/t

:P

Let's hope that it doesn't come to this. There are many dystopian fiction stories out there that attempt to predict the near future. But if you do look at human history, there are periods that might be called "intermediary", where the society basically collapses or goes dormant... but ultimately they come back. As societies age, they eventually fall into a steady state where they are no longer the "leader" but are more self-assured with the knowledge of their past and don't generally have that desire to be "#1". The U.S. is a "young" country compared to others around the world and hasn't really gone into such a period yet... But I expect we are almost there.