"Aye, free! Free as a tethered ass!" —W.S. Gilbert
"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
"Fat chance." —Sheldon Richman
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Elections
The opiate of the people. Cast your vote, feel good, then zone out till the next one. The politicians will look out for you while you're sleeping it off.
It's STILL the people's last, desperate, (vain,) way of trying to keep or get this or that particular bastard out of office.
It becomes continually more vain, even for that, as officeholders devise ever more ways of keeping themselves in office, and challengers out. And, of course, as the effective range of choices continues to narrow.
At least opium smokers don't scold you for not sharing their habit, or harangue you to "get out and smoke!"
ReplyDeleteI don't care what brand of opium you smoke, Eric, but for God's sake, smoke something!
ReplyDeleteIt's STILL the people's last, desperate, (vain,) way of trying to keep or get this or that particular bastard out of office.
ReplyDeleteIt becomes continually more vain, even for that, as officeholders devise ever more ways of keeping themselves in office, and challengers out. And, of course, as the effective range of choices continues to narrow.