“Authority has always attracted the
lowest elements in the human race. All through history mankind has
been bullied by scum. Those who lord it over their fellows and toss
commands in every direction and would boss the grass in the meadows
about which way to bend in the wind are the most depraved kind of
prostitutes. They will submit to any indignity, perform any vile act,
do anything to achieve power. The worst off-sloughings of the planet
are the ingredients of sovereignty. Every government is a parliament
of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are
us.”
“The Democrats are the party that
says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the
crabgrass on your lawn. Republicans are the party that says
government doesn't work, and then they get elected and prove
it.”
P.J. O'Rourke
**
I did my civic duty and voted, for all
the good that'll do. I saw the well-monied Raimondo, Feng and the
Cool Moose alternative, Healey. I voted for Healey just because he's
a goof. Being a cheap bastard, I shot down most of the bond issues.
I did vote for the Arts bill though. Geez, I'm all over the place on
the political spectrum.
Being that Rhode Island is a fiefdom,
not much will change. I suspect Raimondo will win and then she'll
have to deal with the Landed Gentry called the RI General Assembly,
which doesn't cotton to change that much. Any moves she wants to
make will have to include the Nobles in that Assembly and they want
their cut. That doesn't include all the Medieval type guilds we have
here demanding that they get more too. Plumber's Guild, Doctor's
Guild, CVS Guild and the list goes on and on.
The Senate either will be GOP or
Democrat. Whichever way it goes, the same lobbyists will be there
begging, cajoling or bribing the right guys in either party to cut
taxes for corps, the rich and make Caribbean tax evasion havens
legal. Possibly they'll try to privatize the US Mail for their
buddies as well. Know what it costs to send a simple letter from NYC
to LA via private FedEx? $4. I looked it up.
Party on, Garth!
So, expect more of the same.
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