If you've ever been to the ghan, read this.

[Mark O'Neill]

Well stated Bob!

[Bob's World]

I have a bad habit of saying what I think is going on and what I think needs to be done about it; rather than what I think people want to hear.

We all need to appreciate that there is tremendous energy and inertia from a wide range of physical as well as psychological forces that keep the policies of a powerful nation such as the US on a certain current path. I certainly do, though admittedly, I am frequently surprised as the range of stakeholders dedicated to preserving the status quo, even when voicing loudly the need for change.

I have heard that a single man could stand in front of a vast herd of stampeding North American Bison, and that the herd would split naturally, thundering by leaving said man unharmed. Perhaps this happened on occasion, but I suspect most were simply trampled into a mash of muddy dust.