I normally reserve this sort of crap for the weekends, but its exception time

[mick063]

7. A former employee of the NSA, 1-old-man has my attentive ear with this topic.

Unlike many "experts" here, this man is worthy of my valuable time. Being an old man myself, I have come to appreciate the value of minutes on this earth and reading the thoughts of an old man on his tractor are well worth the investment of my most valuable commodity.

I will probably be long gone when the real shit hits the fan. There is no selfish reason for me to champion what 1-old-man champions, except the preservation of what we both hold dear for those that follow us.

Be very wary of greed under the pretense of practicality or "logic" of pragmatic politics. Greed of power. Greed of money. It is thick in the air. It is unrecognizable to those of us that have been around for decades. It is new territory. You should be collectively frightened.