The Present Age

[poliphilo]

I was watching the BBC's end of year arts review and Mark Lawson pointed out that all the art he and his team were looking at- books, films, plays, exhibitions- was in some way, directly or tangentially, about Bush.

We are living in the Era of Bush. The Age of Bush. The Bush Era. That is what the historians will call it.

Oh....

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[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

I think there is going to be an almighty smash.
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall...

It may begin with the loss of oil. Ben Lauden has just called for his people to find ways to cut off our oil supply.

I think we haven't a clue about how awful things will be in the coming months.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

One of the supreme follies of the West is that we have allowed ourselves to become dependent on oil when so many alternatives are out there waiting to be developed.