"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." Orwell
"“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
Plato
"The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant" Robespierre
Friday, March 7, 2014
Those Men (And A Few Women) Are An Island
In what world does this make any sense, from any point of view, for anyone, of any political party, on any of the known planets?
"The world's greatest deliberative body," is how they like to refer to themselves. The biggest sham, the most corrupt, cynical, self-absorbed, proudly ignorant, arrogant, disinterested in the common weal, shameless group of people to have gathered in one place since Alcatraz was closed. Is how I'd refer to them.
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