tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post6402699890973882932..comments2024-03-29T02:03:49.151-04:00Comments on History Unfolding: Reaping the whirlwindDavid Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020082243968071584noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-31237496950948494872007-06-17T00:49:00.000-04:002007-06-17T00:49:00.000-04:00Very nice to see you posting again, Dr. Kaiser. I...Very nice to see you posting again, Dr. Kaiser. I didn't know about your loss; please accept my sympathies.<BR/><BR/>Since you touch on European energy habits, what do you think of the notion that <I>our</I> habits might be setting us up for a reckoning like what the Soviet zone went through after <I>perestroika</I>, when all their industry suddenly had to compete with a world that was decades more advanced? Our land use is pretty much entirely predicated on endless rivers of cheap gasoline, and those days are coming to an end. And of course our genius-level Middle Eastern dabbling isn't exactly making panics and supply crises <I>less</I> likely, is it?<BR/><BR/>It doesn't make me happy to receive the affirmation from somebody I respect, but ever since the Iraq disaster began I've had the feeling that bin Laden had finally joined the ranks of really epochal figures like Bismarck, Lenin, Mao. And he owes it all to the idiocy of our regime.<BR/>-- sgloverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-58571812298207277032007-06-17T00:28:00.000-04:002007-06-17T00:28:00.000-04:00David - As noted at Fourthturning.com, you have ou...David - As noted at Fourthturning.com, you have our sympathies as you and your family tend to its affairs following your father's recent passing. It's great to see a new blog here, and I look forward to continued good reading through the summer and fall.<BR/><BR/>Lots of contemporary affairs for a political and cultural history to sink his teeth into.<BR/><BR/>Do you have any thoughts to share on the recent accidental death of David Halberstam?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-33216352745131642252007-06-16T15:48:00.000-04:002007-06-16T15:48:00.000-04:00Welcome back. Very good.Welcome back. Very good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com