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"All the affairs of men should be managed by individuals or voluntary associations, and . . . the State should be abolished." —Benjamin Tucker
"You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself." —James Madison
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
When Was the Last Time...
... a great inventor, scientist, intellectual, or entrepreneur got wall-to-wall coverage on cable television at word of his or her death or diagnosis of a terminal illness? Why does this happen only with politicians? It's just the media's subtle way of conveying their worldview that nothing is more important in life than the state and its "statesmen." Disgusting.
Why does this happen only with politicians?
ReplyDeleteBecause they're our gods. Didn't you get the memo?
Actually, it also happens with "celebrities" like Anna Nicole Smith.
ReplyDeleteOh yes. If there's a sexual angle. It didn't happen with Frank Sinatra or George Harrison. It did happen with the Pope, but he's part politician, I guess.
ReplyDelete"Oh yes. If there's a sexual angle."
ReplyDeleteI suppose the inventor of the dildo would get media attention then. Too bad he (she?) died in the Paleolithic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dildo#History