The engraving is entitled "The Exuberant Executioner". Sanson, the executioner at the guillotine set upon the site of a statue to Louis XV, displays the head of Louis XVI to the crowd.
The Capitol in the background is not Blunder Dome in Washington, DC, as much as we might want it to be.
This is coming like a freight train.
ReplyDeleteOur government is not listening,has become too big and is not sustainable.
The liars, cheats and megalomaniacs in Washington will sustain themselves, Lady Di, until we come for them...figuaratively, of course. Or maybe not.
ReplyDeleteWell Rhod, That's saying a lot without saying a lot ... Just the right amount of telling the reader how you feel.
ReplyDeleteOdie, Obama's Cheka is watching. On second thought, screw them. They know where to find me.
ReplyDeleteI am still sickened this morning by last night's debacle...
ReplyDeleteIt should be.
ReplyDeleteRhod, there certainly are a lot of historical parallels here.
ReplyDeleteSo many folks are beginning to toss the idea around.
ReplyDeleteChaos is near.
ReplyDeleteI laughed when I saw the photo with the heading. I guess I get a little bit more morbid each year. But yes our government is as disconnected as King Louie and Merrie.
ReplyDeleteLouis got a bad wrap, TM.
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