Frayed Leaves

The paper had yellowed through the wisdom of time and emitted a scent of mildew and sagacity. The words were still intact and their meaning had remained unaltered with the passing of the summers . The spine was good but the edges of the pages were slowly crumbling: another century and they would most likely be gone.

Wasn’t there something about History’s greatest lesson being the one where no one ever pays a blind bit of notice to what history has to say…..time for a new ponzi scheme anybody? How about borrowing some more money to make some bigger guns? Yeah, that’ll work… todaysdocument: On January 17, 1961, in this farewell address, President Dwight Eisenhower warned against the establishment of a “military-industrial complex.”

Wasn’t there something about History’s greatest lesson being the one where no one ever pays a blind bit of notice to what history has to say…..time for a new ponzi scheme anybody? How about borrowing some more money to make some bigger guns? Yeah, that’ll work…

todaysdocument:

On January 17, 1961, in this farewell address, President Dwight Eisenhower warned against the establishment of a “military-industrial complex.”

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