[NRA1995]

Quote from OhVomit's victory lap: "In the end, history is not kind to those who would deny Americans their basic economic security. Nobody remembers well those who stand in the way of America's progress or our people."

Well, OhVomit just wrote his epitaph.

[alloysteel]

“Progress” is one of those words of variable meaning, that changes depending upon whom the speaker of the term might be.

In its most basic meaning, progress means merely moving from one position or location to another. But with a shift in the accent upon the syllables, the whole range of meaning shifts, into which there were old, “inefficient” ways of doing things, upon which the “inefficient” ways are discarded, with a new “faster” way instituted in its place. Because the “faster” way was thought up by really SMART people (another term that is highly flexible), why, it cannot be then changed back, doncha see.

Except by the time they are done with all the tinkering, the “new, faster” way turns out to look a lot like the old, inefficient way. But along the way, a lot of tears, pain, money and time were frittered away or fell into waste.

[NotTallTex]

Those progressives who know little of history and think they are exempt from it love to quote it in their speeches. In reality, those who think they are exempt from history are the ones always repeating it.