Leo #44:

The great thing about a crisis is that it does not ever go to waste. People learn from it.

And as Wretchard said, the world will still be out there, with all of its resources and potential. It is not some Mad Max future where all of the resources have been expended, but rather one in which we have been denied access to them in the name of some political philosophy or another. We can drill for oil and gas, plant crops, and even the union workers can learn how to actually work.

When the excrement hits the fan, lots of bad things happen, but you do finally get rid of the excrement.

This morning I walked next door to the post office to drop a letter in the mail. I had lost track of the time; they were just starting to open the doors. And on my way back I helped a lady there raise the American flag. I kept it from touching the ground as she hauled it aloft.

When all this goes down, we’ll roll up our sleeves, and no one will stop us from finally getting to work.

And, I, for one, won’t let the flag touch the ground.