Old And In The Way

Life Does Imitate Art

Old and in the way, that’s what I heard them say
They used to heed the words he said, but that was yesterday
Gold will turn to gray and youth will fade away
They’ll never care about you, call you old and in the way”~~~ Old And In The Way (Garcia/Grisman Band)

That album was one of my favorites, recorded in 1973 and released in 1975, the year I graduated High School.

I sometimes would fondly think of my grandfather when listening to it.

So, in that spirit, I write this brief and blunt warning note to NJ climate activists with the Empower NJ campaign who are now drafting a strategy for 2022 and the Murphy administration:

Until you can admit that NJ’s climate laws are toothless aspirational frauds, nothing real can happen.

I outlined that – again!!!!!! – in this recent post.

“They used to heed the words he said...”