Once in a lifetime events used to come once every 40 years, now they come every 10.

The life expectancy of ideas is shorter because people expect less of themselves. We are less idealistic, less intellectual, while at the same time, seemingly, much more informed.

The Reagan-Thatcher economic collapses destroyed unions, replacing them with privatization that resulted in a new privileged class. It was the light on the hill: a fireplace for the new owners. This year, this time, it is the Public Unions that will be broken. And you will all, every one of you, vote Republican again. Probably because you know, and have known for more than a decade, that democracy can never win against Republicanism. All turns are Right Turns Now, now matter what the road is like.