NP - Appropriating HG Wells

[Charles Albert]

When Conflicting Civilizations Collide *By* *Dennis
Byrne*<http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/author/dennis_byrne/>

In H.G. Wells' "Time Machine," the helplessly fattened Eloi spend most of
their time waiting around their pleasant surroundings to be snatched away by
cannibal Morlocks. Those succulent pinkish Eloi who luckily aren't invited
for dinner this time can only wait their turn, not so much in fear,
but--simpletons that they are--in resigned ignorance.

Though he wrote it more than 100 years ago, Wells nonetheless had many of
today's Americans nailed. Today's Eloi are Americans whose only "strategy"
for dealing with the dreadful and grisly terrorist assaults on us is to pull
back and wait for the next one.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/04/when_conflicting_civilizations.html


Those unfamiliar with the politics of H. G. Wells might want to check it
out....


love,
cfa
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