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Now and Then

Fireworks now -- oohs, aahs, wows
  Back then, musket shots in glens

Parades now -- amusing attractions
  Back then, soldiers in traction

Population now -- hundreds of millions
  Population then, 2,500 -- a dozen cotillions

Documents then -- Declaration of Independence
  Documents now -- Trillion-dollar Amendments

Copyright © Gershon Wolf | Year Posted 2021

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Paul Schneiter Date: 7/6/2021 8:27:00 PM Exceptionally insightful . . .exposes the myth that humankind has made progress. Thank you for sharing it. Blessings, Paul Login to Reply

Brenda Chiri Date: 7/3/2021 2:18:00 PM I always enjoy reading your words Gershon! Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 7/3/2021 8:12:00 PM I'm glad you stop at reading them, Brenda. I've known others who have choked and gagged on them. lol. Happy Fourth of July! ~ Gershon

Joe Dimino Date: 7/3/2021 8:34:00 AM Sad that today it is more pageantry not linked to substance -- more a mask of appeasement to hide true intent. Would not allow fireworks at Mount Rushmore, sincerely illuminating our nation's founders. These Marxist make me want to puke. How this nation can let, really a minority, confound the masses is beyond me. We have abbrigated our responsibilities in keen places of power. Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 7/3/2021 8:32:00 PM I think that we should pattern ourselves after Harpo Marx rathern that Karl Marx. Silence is golden. Have a nice 4th, Joe. :) gw

Charles Messina Date: 7/3/2021 4:10:00 AM Times sure have changed...that's a given. Hopefully we will both still be around when this bubble finally bursts (lol). Hope all is well, Gershon. ~CM Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 7/3/2021 8:13:00 PM Hope we're still around for the Fourth of July! Happy Independence Day, Charlie, ~ Gw

Terry Flood Date: 7/2/2021 5:52:00 PM Signs of the times, certainly went astray somewhere. As for crypto... I’d rather invest in oil exploration on Pluto. Nice job, Gershon. Terry Login to Reply

David Mchattie Date: 7/2/2021 5:19:00 PM I took several economic courses in college so I'm burdened by what I see. Maybe we have been wrong all these years and you can print money like there's no tomorrow. We'll see. I do hold a substantial amount of gold and crypto just in case. Have a great day my friend. Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 7/2/2021 5:30:00 PM I, too, am wondering when this bubble will burst... Thanks, David, and have a Glorious Fourth! ~ Gershon