tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184575347466163757.post7500400587450443935..comments2023-07-03T08:51:01.209-05:00Comments on What Powderfinger Said . . . Observations on Life in the Dying Empire: Car, Car!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00111660094586126379noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184575347466163757.post-11739577297308534882008-12-09T14:55:00.000-06:002008-12-09T14:55:00.000-06:00I like your style, Montag.I like your style, Montag.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111660094586126379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184575347466163757.post-64028415780977169512008-12-09T07:06:00.000-06:002008-12-09T07:06:00.000-06:00Senators never learn anything, not even from the f...Senators never learn anything, not even from the fate of the original senators: the Senatores Romae, patres conscripti.<BR/><BR/>The entire nation is standing on stage in the largest production ever of "Tower of Babel: The Musical", and we are waiting for our cue: learned men saying "we believe...".<BR/>At this point, we people are scattered in confusion - as if over the face of the Earth - towards the exits, stage left, stage right, and into the bloody orchestra pit.<BR/><BR/>Reversals of fortune are not pretty.<BR/>Let the Senators do their dirty work. They have been in training all their lives.<BR/><BR/>The next literary theme to be studied will be "Nemesis: or Retribution in the 21st Century."Montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017648070522030951noreply@blogger.com