Wednesday, October 28, 2009

a current correlation

Said H.L. Mencken (1880-1965):
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.”

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

ahem....pig flu, CDC, Health Department,vaccine suppliers, politicians.......oh yeah and the current administration. Good work to everyone for creating pandemonium!!!We'd hate to have massive amounts of excess vaccine. Soon they will have too much vaccine and then they will say that two shots are actually required. B