…and to sell my apples, I pick this corner!
October 11th, 2008
From an underrated film (so underrated I cant even remember the title!), comes this beaut, uttered by Sandra Bernhard’s character (ahh–I just remmebered the movie–”Hudson Hawk”):
“Nothing happens unless it happens to us.”
Perfect.
All this time, since the 80s, gluttony has overrun this country something fierce. We watch baseball players make MILLIONS of dollars a year, and we yawn, and even argue the merits. Can you imagine the cloud of insanity that has just passed? Oh, wait, there’s the sun…what? A baseball plays makes $17 million dollars a year? Box seats cost $500? To see a baseball game???? I could feed a family of 4 for 3 weeks on that!!
Until…
What do you mean, the value of our house is going down? What do you mean, our stock portfolio–NOTHING BUT GAMBLING!–has flatlined? I’m entitled for everything to go up! I’m an American! Two planes crash into the WTC, 3000 people are killed, our President tells the county–go shopping. Geez Louise…
WHERE IS THE SENSE OF SACRIFICE???
No, everyone wants to live a risk-free life, self-absorbed life.
And then there are my fans, often witty. A shout out and some props to A.K. for her clever cynicism…I am still laughing…
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