American Patriot Thomas Paine Wanted a Better Tomorrow
This remark by U.S. patriot Thomas Paine, arguably the greatest force in bringing about the American Revolution, is even more important today than when it was made 250 years ago.
That’s because “trouble” is far more terrifying now than it was in the 1770s. Yes, there was the oppression of King George III, and the prospect that the rebellion might fail. Here, however, we have a world population that is approximately 100 times what is was then, and it’s being forced to deal with the existential threats of runaway climate change and environmental collapse, nuclear war, and world fascism.
Good people everywhere join Paine in hoping for a better, safer future for our descendants, and in working to make that happen.
History will regard Jimmy Carter as one of the very best presidents the United States ever had–“best” perhaps not as it’s normally used, but in the sense of excellence of character.
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We need to confront the fact that many Americans are so stupid and selfish that corralling the pandemic and its variants may take many years, if it’s possible at all.
Mad Magazine, a humor rag for young people, was published from 1952 until 2018, though its popularity hit its high-water mark in the mid-1970s, and was essentially unknown past 1990. The meme here is a play on the theme, which featured the fictional, gap-toothed nerd named Alfred E. Neumann, known for saying, “What, me worry?” 
Who doesn’t wish he were in a position to do something akin to what this gentleman did?
What the meme here presents is true, but it’s not what Republicans say. They claim that education, as it exists in America today, includes a kind of brainwashing that produces liberals.
This made me laugh.
It’s easy to understand this guy’s frustration.
It’s no secret that the United States is struggling with its anti-vaxxers.
