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10/08
The Way We View The World – A Story In Two Sides.
See all the way up there? Yep, 40 million.
I was engaged in a conversation with a conservative individual recently. A person that lives, eats and breathes the Philosophy of Conservatism on a daily basis, but I didn’t know the extent of it until one moment in the very short conversation. You see, that morning there was a story in the newspaper about the guy that created Beanie Babies – apparently he was going to drop a solid $40 Million to live at the top of the Chicago Spire, currently semi-under construction.
When I think about heights like the Spire is going to climb to, and then I think about what it’d be like to live up there every single day, I get a little bit oogly. The vertigo starts to kick in, and my stomach starts to do that quivery-thing that reminds me of trying to ask girls out in 6th grade. Out of nowhere, before I even know I’m saying it, I blurt out:
“Man, you could never get me to live up there. No way.”
To which Conservative Gentleman says to me:
“Why – because it’s a target?”
Cue Trumpets of Doom. Dun-dun-dunnnnn. (more…)