it is, more than anything else, a document that demonstrates the beginning of our transition into a 3rd world country (how come we never hear “2nd world”? does it just drop from 1 to 3 and skip 2 because it’s bad luck or something?). we are going to learn very soon what the majority of the rest of the world have been living like to support our lifestyle – multiple generations living in one house, having to work until you die, having to live off of what you can grow in your back yard, dying because you can’t afford a doctor, and soon enough such delightful additions as not being able to afford clean drinking water…the health care issue is simply the tip of a very ugly iceberg. and if you’re looking for a life raft, they’re already gone, somewhere out in the caymans…..
March 7, 2008 at 4:40 pm
it is, more than anything else, a document that demonstrates the beginning of our transition into a 3rd world country (how come we never hear “2nd world”? does it just drop from 1 to 3 and skip 2 because it’s bad luck or something?). we are going to learn very soon what the majority of the rest of the world have been living like to support our lifestyle – multiple generations living in one house, having to work until you die, having to live off of what you can grow in your back yard, dying because you can’t afford a doctor, and soon enough such delightful additions as not being able to afford clean drinking water…the health care issue is simply the tip of a very ugly iceberg. and if you’re looking for a life raft, they’re already gone, somewhere out in the caymans…..
March 7, 2008 at 5:29 pm
I think the 2nd world was the Soviet Bloc, a classification now OBE.
March 7, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Thanks for posting; I was ready to see it again and it’s timely as a reminder of why a lot of things are the way they are in this country.
March 7, 2008 at 7:58 pm
You know, in retrospect, Nixon was an asshole.
March 7, 2008 at 10:18 pm
i knew i shouldn’t have listened to you fuckers who convinced me not to move to Canadida.
March 8, 2008 at 11:48 am
Unfortunately Candida seems to have moved into ME.