More O'Rourke:
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
With Epcot Center the Disney corporation has accomplished something I didn't think possible in today's world. They have created a land of make-believe that's worse than regular life.
American children grow up to be valuable citizens. Bangladeshi children grow up to be part of the world population problem.
Fretting about overpopulation, is a perfect guilt-free - indeed, sanctimonious - way for "progressives" to be racists.
Imagine a weight-loss program at the end of which, instead of better health, good looks, and hot romantic prospects, you die. Somalia had become just this kind of spa.
When a thing defies physical law, there's usually politics involved.
Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit. A politician is anyone who asks individuals to surrender part of their liberty - their power and privilege - to State, Masses, Mankind, Planet Earth, or whatever. This state, those masses, that mankind, and the planet will then be run by ... politicians.
And my favorite O'Rourke quote for today: Never fight an inanimate object.
Last edited by Botnst; 12-26-2005 at 05:51 PM.
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