Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller

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  1. pouncingtiger

    pouncingtiger said, 5 months ago

    Today’s society in a nutshell.

  2. LordDogmore

    LordDogmoreGenius_badge said, 5 months ago

    Yep, that just what I was thinking as well.

  3. vasgar1

    vasgar1 said, 5 months ago

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

  4. Hugh B. Hayve

    Hugh B. Hayve said, 5 months ago

    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.

  5. R STJOHN

    R STJOHNGenius_badge said, 5 months ago

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

  6. Superfrog

    Superfrog said, 5 months ago

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

  7. stewartava

    stewartavaGenius_badge said, 5 months ago

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

  8. Marcello Ito

    Marcello Ito said, 5 months ago

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

  9. SQUIDBREAKER

    SQUIDBREAKER said, 5 months ago

    Tarp fund hoarding - that’s why mom and pop can’t get a new tarp for their canopy that reads:

    Mom and Pop’s: better than just Pop’s.
    or
    Mom and Pop’s:
    Fine Purveyors of Canned and Chemically-processed Food -type Entities.

    It’s all in the marketing.

  10. BC13

    BC13Genius_badge said, 5 months ago

    Reality bites

  11. Paula Pierce

    Paula Pierce said, 5 months ago

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

  12. nighthawks

    nighthawksGenius_badge said, 5 months ago

    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

  13. Carmy

    CarmyGenius_badge said, 5 months ago

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

  14. ninmas

    ninmas said, 5 months ago

    i hate the economy!

  15. dsped

    dspedGenius_badge said, 5 months ago

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

  16. Nelly55

    Nelly55 said, 5 months ago

    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

    :(

  17. Dracip

    Dracip said, 5 months ago

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

  18. GrinfilledCelt

    GrinfilledCelt said, 5 months ago

    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]

  19. grazer

    grazer said, 5 months ago

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

  20. Dracip

    Dracip said, 5 months ago

    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?

  21. MurphyHerself

    MurphyHerself said, 5 months ago

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

  22. D-i-c-e-R

    D-i-c-e-R said, 5 months ago

    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.

  23. steverino

    steverino said, 5 months ago

    “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!

  24. LameRandomName

    LameRandomName said, 5 months ago

    Yup…
    TARP was a HUGE mistake.

    So in 2010, let’s vote out the whole stinking lot of them.

    Oh wait….
    Was this another of those Blame Bush for what a Democrat Congress did?
    Sorry, my bad.

  25. theIrishman

    theIrishman said, 5 months ago

    Ouch!