The Whirlwind
Posted by Big Gav
One from Billmon, who seems to have fully emerged from hibernation now.
Maybe he's a bear ?
The potential interaction between the end-times electorate, inept pursuit of Persian Gulf oil, Washington's multiple deceptions and the financial crisis that could follow a substantial liquidation by foreign holders of U.S. bonds is the stuff of nightmares.
Kevin Phillips
How the GOP Became God's Own Party
April 2, 2006
When politics and religion travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. The movement becomes headlong -- faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thought of obstacles and forget that a precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's too late.
Frank Herbert
Dune
1965