Fear and Loathing on the I-95 Corridor
After yesterday's media reports about corruption that swells just 45 minutes from my home town, it will be a long day of reflection, and a reminder that America needs a serious wakeup call.
Friday, June 23, 2023
Dear Fellow Expat,
My wife, daughter, and two dogs now head north.
Up through Sarasota and Tampa… the names you know… and through the names, you don’t: Hill N’ Dale, Bushnell, Orange Heights. Next, to the largest city by area in the bottom 48 states: Jacksonville… and across the Florida-Georgia Line – the barrier of the Florida Republic.
Then (a sign of the cross) into the madness that is America.
I Shouldn’t Have Read the News Yesterday… I’m a Fool!
We’ve learned what we already knew about America over 48 hours.
We didn’t want to admit it. Or see yet another example of the inescapable truth of what the Republic’s overlords will do.
For power. For money. For self-preservation. For the thrill…
You’ll remember how some high school kids were untouchable when they got in trouble. You knew them. They played varsity sports… their parents were close with the principal… that’s how it was.
Now apply that to U.S. politicians and th…
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