Three Seats

[H2O Man]

37. I saw that

this is on Netflix, and have been planning to watch it. And since you recommended it, I will watch it soon. Thanks you.

I remember in a 1977 letter, Rubin said that tyrants throughout history have known that if they can get their followers to hate a minority group, they will ignore their own level of being. And that is true. Hatred blinds people, to the extent that they are not conscious of who is capitalizing on their suffering.

The reports in the media -- many taken from new books -- confirm just how close this country came to dictatorship. It is sad to think about how many fools were not only okay with this then, but still prefer that to our democracy. They are not well ..... in fact, they are best described by the ancient diagnosis of "not right in the head."

I talk with an old friend on FB from my home town. The two of us are usually awake in the early morning hours, unable to sleep until after the sun comes up, so there aren't many others to talk to. He was at the national level of college wrestling, and what was known as a "dare-devil" when we were young. Takinghigh-risk jumps off of dams and bridges into relatively shallow waters. We laugh about how, when we were young, injuries hurt for a few days, but never stopped us from doing crazy things. But these days, pain is an entirely different experience.