Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - Shelbyville TN

LD parked at Foscue Creek Park, Dec 12, 2007

I'm looking forward to Foscue

Yesterday's decision to head south for a while before I head to New Mexico is agreeing with me. I'm looking forward to spending time at Foscue Creek Park again. Looking through my photos from last year reminded me how much I enjoyed my stay there last year.

Kentucky has by far the cheapest gas I've encountered so far

Now there's something I thought I'd never see again. Cheap gas. Today I headed west on Kentucky's Blue Grass Parkway and then took US 31E and US 231 south as far as Shelbyville TN. That took me through Kentucky's cheap gas country where I paid $1.789. Twice. Kentucky must be raising revenue by some means other than through gasoline taxation.

Night camp

Wal-Mart parking lot in Shelbyville TN

I'm writing this bullet point from memory and I'm drawing a blank on this location. I can't remember if this is a good Wal-Mart for boondocking or not.

This is Easy

Naturally, the common people don't want war, but after all, it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag people along whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country.

Nuremberg Diary, Herman Goring, interviewed at Nuremberg by Gustave Gilbert

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