The Bush Administration Speaks Out

Either Bush is being alot more candid, or it's the third-party candidate you've been waiting for. A few guidelines from our President-to-be:

• No protests. Under my government, there will be no assembly, peaceful or otherwise.
• I'm against abortion, but for killing babies. That way everyone loses, and I win. I'm neither pro choice, nor pro life; I'm pro you-shutting-the-hell-up.

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On a more serious note, in light of the recent prison scandal, as well as the prospects of ever-more serious crimes coming to light, I'd say it's about time we reflect on the dangers of governmentally-sanctioned force. Lord Acton said it best:

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men."

It's a well-documented fact. In extraordinary situations, when an individual holds power over the life of another, things can and often do get quite ugly. Unfortunately, government holds this power.

What's the solution, you ask? Well, Thomas Jefferson knew:

"In questions of power, then, let no more be said of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution."

A pity so many have forgotten.