RIP George McGovern – God Save Law And Order!

McGovern picked a good year to die!

There seems a kind of symmetry at work here and "Law And Order" will be the net result in 2012, as per ‘72, ‘80, 2004…

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/28/michael-tomasky-on-how-tricky-mitt-romney-is-aping-richard-nixon.html

Thus, whenever there is real fear (not just shock and misplaced optimism – see 2008) that colonial, petro-capitalism might actually, finally fail, that the spigot driving American excess and self-delusion since Eisenhower might finally be drying up, then America always votes “Law and Order” and normalcy quickly resumes.

This is not my land (certainly not as I would choose it) and it's maybe not yours.  But it is our country, and let's face it -- we are neither well educated nor overly intelligent people.