In which Santayana is cited. Again.

As we watch the economy tank, unemployment soar, and Islamic radicals attack US Embassies in the middle east, I'm reminded, again, of a remark made shortly after the 2008 election, to the effect that

there are two kinds of people in this country - those who remember the Carter years, and those who are about to learn.

Yeah...

 

As I noted a year ago,

You know, for some reason the events in Egypt are not making the Obama/Carter comparisons less compelling...