tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406088964942152547.post2873195156961089814..comments2024-03-28T21:31:47.191-04:00Comments on The Abode of McThag: BalkansAngus McThaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295013525738248801noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406088964942152547.post-27520203678860142622016-02-20T18:40:26.618-05:002016-02-20T18:40:26.618-05:00The other metaphor for what's happening in the...The other metaphor for what's happening in the US is the <a href="http://hilo.hawaii.edu/academics/hohonu/documents/vol04x06fromthemeltingpot.pdf" rel="nofollow">salad bowl,</a> which is the opposite of the Melting Pot.<br /><br />I don't foresee the US ever having anything but a divided populace in the future; the best we can hope for is divided government and gridlock, rather than a series of pendulum changes in which first the Left, then the Right is in charge, and every president comes in and immediately reverses his predecessor's executive actions. Better to separate peacefully than to do so in a second civil war.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.com