Golly, and here we had it *all wrong*...

[kickaha]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/28/senate.harris.ap/index.html

Fanatical fundamentalism in politics... it's not just for Other Countries any more!

Comments

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's the problem--we collectively select a government that many of us indvidually don't want.

Does this quote work better for you? :)

"Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few."--George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"

[franktheavenger.livejournal.com]

Indeed it does! :D

The government I deserve is ME. ;)

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

Heh. Unfortunately, as both a solipsist and an anti-theocrat, I am constrained from seeking public office.

[franktheavenger.livejournal.com]

Oh, I have no interest in public office; I merely accept no authority greater than myself. :)

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

It's unfortunate that a friendly, concise statement of that policy has absolutely no deterrent effect on those police officers who intend to give one a speeding ticket.

[franktheavenger.livejournal.com]

I know. :\ Goddam real world...