That supposedly heart-warming spectacle in Florida this week was ludicrous, a scene worthy of a Mel Brooks movie. The Brave New World doesn’t look like it is progressing but regressing; the world is back to piracy in the Gulf of Eden and quasi-kings holding court as the lucky few get to pitch their pleas.
Statesmen now take down the cell numbers of the homeless, provided that the petitioner is good for ratings.
via The American Spectator : Steroids, Stimulus, and Lincoln.