As HST points out...

"Politics is the art of controlling your environment. That is one of the key things I learned in these years, and I learned it the hard way. Anybody who thinks that 'it doesn't matter who's President' has never been Drafted and sent off to fight and die in a vicious, stupid War on the other side of the World — or been beaten and gassed by Police for trespassing on public property — or been hounded by the IRS for purely political reasons — or locked up in the Cook County Jail with a broken nose and no phone access and twelve perverts wanting to stomp your ass in the shower. That is when it matters who is President or Governor or Police Chief. That is when you will wish you had voted."


I am about 1100 pages into the published collections of letter written by Hunter Thompson. As you probably know, I am a fan.

1100 pages has gotten me from 1958 to about 1972, right about the time Thompson went to press with "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail" - much of the book is based upon reports from the field (letters). So the book is still right in front of me, even if I put it down a few months back.

The above quote seemed an appropriate post, given my recent mood...