At it's heart, the economic crisis unfolding now and only in its opening act will be about what I'd have to call 'thingness & property'. Like Pappy used to remember me, "Possession is 9/10ths of the law..." True that. Get on the side with the most possessions and 'horsepower' and there's the side that will likely write history.
Except, of course, for men of conscience who would take a little different path, which gets us to look at Cook County Illinois sheriff Thom Dart who says he won't enforce all evictions in his jurisdiction.
What we're seeing bubble out of Illinois is likely to become a nationwide phenomena in no time at all. Especially since this year threatens to be perhaps the worst Christmas since World War II; see "Owe, owe, owe, More debt for the Poor".
Evidence that the Cook County stance will be meaningful in the long term comes from the newspapers that are picking up their own 'local angle' to it. "Evictions must go on, say Fox Valley sheriffs", just as an example.
