(from the new issue of the New Yorker)
Can you imagine how many American politicians would deserve prison sentences if we could access all the files of the federal government, including those on Capitol Hill?
“The growth of government is like
the spread of a dense jungle,
and the average citizen can hack
through less of it every year.”
(from the new issue of the New Yorker)
Can you imagine how many American politicians would deserve prison sentences if we could access all the files of the federal government, including those on Capitol Hill?
Or if our System of Justice were run by the citizenry as a whole, instead of the same narrow niche of people and business interests who finance the politicians’ careers.
Those crazy Founding Fathers! What were they thinking? “Yes, we need a Senate, because a democratic legislature would … would … would … stifle productivity and growth!
Aye, if wishes were horses….
The “crazy” founding fathers wanting a Roman government as advertised by Edward Gibbons were the Hamiltonians who effected a coup d’etat in 1787 , as opposed to libertarian founding fathers inspired by Jefferson who had crafted the Articles – America’s 1st constitution, which was free of Romanism.
Bob knows what I’m talking about… the spirit of Luther Martin!
Well, the statute of limitations has probably run on some of ’em…. 😀
And Homeland Security has not yet been accused of grave robbing…