Politics

Posted Thu Feb 7, 2008 in Ruminations

It’s no understatement that I find politics the most despicable of undertakings.

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed — and hence clamorous to be led to safety — by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

    -H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (1880-1956)

The quote above speaks volumes to me. I have thoughts about national security, homeland security, police, and personal responsibility, all wrapped up in my notion of freedom. Maybe sometime I’ll garner the energy to write it all up.

And then again, maybe I won’t…