tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550315839527219940.post2659775859019655075..comments2023-10-11T02:43:45.437-07:00Comments on CASAMURPHY: The Last Paragraph is All That MattersLaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11202742050661813668noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550315839527219940.post-50272766374731206642009-09-11T22:09:03.131-07:002009-09-11T22:09:03.131-07:00Actually I was getting dinner ready while messing ...Actually I was getting dinner ready while messing with the clicker to light the oven, fussing about Niall's three neighbor kids suddenly in the living room, enduring the new Jay-Z CD he bought, checking my e-mail and classes that I must log into, and handling the sonic boom that got them all bothered; I'd figured it was them banging around. It was the return of a space shuttle, apparently necessary due to weather, but this being Patriot Day, I guess they were spooked. <br /><br />Well, as I've said, with O. taking his $19 million for his personal campaign last autumn, I am not surprised about his capitulation. As with campaign finance reform, which being co-sponsored by McCain I suppose did not merit O's cooperation during the race, we are in deeper hock than ever to corporate, Chinese, and nefarious assorted "investors" in what purports to be our public sector. Our poverty rate's rising, too. <br /><br />The system's so big, so global, and so intertwined that nation-states seem puny next to multinational firms upon which the sun never sets. I hope by the time we all get old that there will be reform, but given how many more of us there will be than there are elderly now needing expensive care, I despair at how we will sustain our own expensive golden years without, yes, rationing. <br /><br />We seem to always grow up no matter our generation in the best of and the worst of times. At least you are there to watch them pass and keep me company as the time passes into whatever uncertain future we face together. Sorry I missed the 6 p.m. deadline but I was getting the fixins ready for the dinner you served, thanks to your skilled and my unskilled labor. xxx meJohn L. Murphy / "Fionnchú"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16616876266772470719noreply@blogger.com