And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Built in a time when people thought America's best times were in the future not the past. There is no reason to build stuff like this if you think the future is not worth living.
Yes there is a sense of looming catastrophe. The thought is that today is not as good as yesterday but not nearly as bad as it will be tomorrow. But then, our so called leaders aren’t instilling much hope either.
Chrysler Building?
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Not far. Nimo building in Syracuse NY.
DeleteBuilt in a time when people thought America's best times were in the future not the past. There is no reason to build stuff like this if you think the future is not worth living.
Yes there is a sense of looming catastrophe. The thought is that today is not as good as yesterday but not nearly as bad as it will be tomorrow. But then, our so called leaders aren’t instilling much hope either.
DeleteI thought it was from a Transformer cartoon... :-)
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