Again, Fred tells it like it is. He left, I
left. There are a number of freer spots on the
planet.
Here are just a few of the reasons we left...
"The new America. No checks, no balance. There’s
no restraint on the power of these people, and
they know it. If you suggest that it is none of
their business why an American citizen is going
to his country’s capital, at the very least you
miss your flight. You could easily end up in
jail, and nobody would know where you were. So
you knuckle under. In, say, 1985 the difference
between a cowed citizen of Russia and an American
was that the American had some degree of
recourse. That was then.
But does it matter? Maybe there is less of a
market for this Bill-of-Rights stuff than we
thought. Maybe nobody cares, except self-
interested journalists scuttling in the shadows
like cockroaches carrying some vile disease. Give
the people Budweiser, give them Oprah, and
they’ll finesse the details.
There’s money enough in the country now that
government is more about power than lucre. Pretty
much everybody can have 300 channels and a shot
at home theater. Beer, T-and-A, a warm place to
sleep, all the golf you can watch. Nobody is
going to take it away. It keeps the lid on. Just
keep your mouth shut and don’t lose the remote...
In Houston the speech-major voice gurgled from
above, 'Certain…measures have been taken for your
security….' Don’t make jokes. Report each other.
Vigilance."
The whole rant.
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