Bloggus Vox Politico: 2009/07

22 July, 2009

Seeking a Policy Policy

This morning I called my insurance company and asked what kind of protection I can get against my country moving toward fascism. They said "none." I asked why not. Their reply: pre-existing condition.

- certified Vox Politico original humor, 7/22/09

21 July, 2009

False Choice

Obama's (health care) proposals vs. "doing nothing."

Again.

Power

"The disposition of mankind, whether as rulers or as fellow-citizens, to impose their own opinions and inclinations as a rule of conduct on others, is so energetically supported by some of the best and by some of the worst feelings incident to human nature, that it is hardly ever kept under restraint by anything but want of power; and as the power is not declining, but growing, unless a strong barrier of moral conviction can be raised against the mischief, we must expect, in the present circumstances of the world, to see it increase."
John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 1859