Hitting The Silk

The tune was popular during the Vietnam conflict: "We Gotta Get Outta This Place", by Eric Burdon and The Animals.  That's what this is about for me.  Retreat.  Going, going gone.  Let my bones lie on foreign soil.  This picture of Joe Kittinger was snapped a couple of seconds after he bailed out of a helium balloon at and altitude of 126,000 feet (21 miles and change).  That is the ultimate bail-out.  Kicking out of the wave.  Showing your back.  Away wit ye.  Begone.

But why?  Isn't America your home?  Isn't it the land of opportunity? 

It is for some.  For an decreasing number of Americans, opportunity still exists.  It helps, apparently, if you are a sociopath, and an especially greedy one at that.