When All the Laughter Dies in Sorrow

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Fri, 21 Feb 2003 13:00:00 GMT
From smith2004:
"Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted -- and you create a nation of law-breakers -- and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with." -- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, 1957

joel scott miller - being there, being here - a poem about Mr. Miller's attendance at the peace march/rally in New York City last Saturday. He read this at dinner on Monday night, and I asked him to send it to me so I could post it (I recited When All the Laughter Dies in Sorrow from Chicago's third album).

Sydney B. Leavens at The Concord (NH) Monitor - Official fights gun ban proposal - Don Gorman, a libertarian member of the Deerfield school board is attempting to prevent the town selectmen from banning guns from the school. He has often carried his concealed handgun to school meetings. [rrnd]

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