maybe he's not leaving

Have you seen this photo?


















I found it here.

Look at it closely. I'll wait.

Hmm hmmm hmmm whistle whistle hmm hmmm.

Notice anything odd or otherwise interesting.

Look closer.
















Why is there no end date?

It's not like we don't know when it's gonna be.

The absence of an end date on that statue obviously expresses some optimistic thinking on either the part of the sculptor or the bureaucrat who commissioned it or both. But in which direction?

Let's run with the idea that They (yes, with a capital 'T') are betting on the high side.

This kinda stuff doesn't seem as crazy as it used to sound. And is it really so unfathomable? Remember, this is the Commander Guy who says shit like this: "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator."

These kinds of stories used to seem crazy to me also.

Now, not so much.

Maybe he's just following in his grandpappy's failed footsteps.