"But we all know, deep down, we're just waiting for the day of the bomb."

I fear you're correct, Gerard. Our will to prevail has dwindled to nothing, and our desire to wish away unpleasant realities has surged back to its full height.

Unfortunately, when the Giant Economy Size Perspective Restorer and Rose-Colored Glasses Bleacher arrives, it's my city that it will destroy. I don't know whether to hope that I'll go with it.

I read and posted at my site yesterday about what I got out of the report. I can sum it up in one statement: Surrender Now.

"But we all know, deep down, we're just waiting for the day of the bomb."

The day when, if we are very wise and very lucky, we can remake the Republic.