As five presidents of the United States were gathering to celebrate the new Bush Presidential Library, I was thinking that when you're so famous – at the end of a mandate like the one these famous men were given – life is downhill from there.
At least there must be a lot of second-guessing and a deep sense of void and loss as one exits the Oval Office. Granted, a guy like Clinton now makes millions in speaking engagements, but he's no longer as relevant as he used to be. As for Bush Second, he has the least to show for his eight-year stint and, in all fairness, should be in jail for crimes against humanity!
All this to say that for us, the non-famous and unknown entities, which are after all the large majority of humanity, relevancy is no issue, privacy is total and life is easy. When all is said and done, I'm really glad I'm not famous!
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