Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for June 20, 2009

Today’s society in a nutshell.

Yep, that just what I was thinking as well.

yeah, my favorite restaurant had to close down, Burger King thrives right beside it…

A good one was when I lived in Cleveland, everywhere I looked was large and extra-large clothing shops, but to find a bookstore you had to travel halfway across the city.

It seems to be a Time of the Signs…maybe Mom & Pop can start such a business!

Banks only come in 2 flavours. ‘Necessary Evil’ and ‘Just Plain Evil’.

So profoundly sad,.. but true. As usual Mr. Miller is “right on the money”.

Reality is something cruel and sad, but unfortunately is real…

Reality bites

Instead of griping about it - let’s all go out and frequent our home town businesses!

burger king didnt get a bailout, they just have better advertising, and have enough financial backing to survive an economic downturn….. it IS all in the marketing..EMET is so right

So sad. Mom & Pop’s are so much better. They often have items you can’t find anywhere else.

i hate the economy!

I second that, Paula … shop locally!!!!

our little podunk town (which I love) is slated to get a Wally World (walmart).

there goes all the cool little shops in town.

there goes a slice of heaven

:(

Nelly, Michigan has a Podunk. it’s near Hastings..which is near Kalamazoo, which is south of Grand Rapids…

Is there a WallMart there, Dracip?

It’s so comforting to know that after all the local groceries, hardwares, restaurants, etc have all closed down and no one has a job anymore; the banks will still be there. [/sarcasm]

A very good statement about a very bad state of affairs, Wiley.

GrinfilledCelt, not yet, believe it or not Podunk is in the middle of nowhere, with very little population. Yeah, I know, give it time. But as it stands, now, the “metropolitan area” of Podunk could fit into a WallMart. BTW, have you met my uncle, GinfilledCelt?

Well, let this scare the pants off you: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090614theamericanempireis_bankrupt/

The US goverment is controlled by BIG business. They are one and the same. The rich continue to get richer and the powerful continue to stay powerful.

US gov = BIG bus BIG bus = US gov

We have seperation of church & state. We need seperation of capitalism & state.

“burger king didnt get a bailout, they just have better advertising, and have enough financial backing to survive an economic downturn…”

The reason BK is thriving (and Wal-Mart, for that matter) is no one can afford the pricier restaurants or stores. Those “value menus” aren’t loss leaders any more– more like the whole meal!

Ouch!