The Course of Empire, a series of paintings by Thomas Cole.

[raccoon]

I post this periodically. It seems appropriate for these times.


The Savage State




The Pastoral State



Consummation




Destruction




Desolation




All posted from http://pasleybrothers.com/jefferson/course_of_empire.htm

[Uncle Joe]

1. Nice paintings.

Thanks for the thread, raccoon.

[alfredo]

2. We are leaving consummation and heading for destruction.

[raccoon]

4. I agree. nt

[ixion]

5. yep, we're on the fast track

and will be there before we know it, thanks to Little Lord Pissypants and the do-nothing Congress. :grr:

[alfredo]

10. Was it incompetence or design.

[ixion]

11. it seems to be a bug in our program

because we've done this over and over again throughout history, and never seem to learn.

[alfredo]

12. They say that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger is wrong.

If it doesn't kill you, it makes you weak and crazy.

[Sal Minella]

3. "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings....."

[TahitiNut]

6. So, you watched that son-of-a-bysshe's speech last night, too?

:evilgrin:

[Sal Minella]

9. No, had three Netflix DVDs saved up espeshelley for speech-time.

The bytes on NPR this morning were torture enough.

[AspenRose]

7. Wow, those are amazing.

eom

[Hutzpa]

8. I know...its a white mans world

anybody else, its damnation and destruction.

:evilfrown: