Epigrams from Attention Deficit Democracy by James Bovard . . .

[OneBlueSky]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1403971080/qid=1136831818/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-1219906-5583848?/antiwarbookstore

Rather than a democracy, we increasingly have an elective dictatorship. People are merely permitted to choose who will violate the laws and the Constitution.

Instead of revealing the "will of the people," election results are often only a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions.

Attention Deficit Democracy lulls citizens into thinking that they have nothing to fear from the rising number of sticks and shackles that politicians and bureaucrats can use on them.

The biggest election frauds usually occur before the voting booths open.

A democratic government that respects no limits on its own power is a ticking time bomb, waiting to destroy the rights it was created to protect.

Leviathan is premised on government's need to control the people. Democracy rests on people's right to control the government. The conflict between these two principles generates much of the deceit that permeates contemporary politics.

The more fears government fans, the fewer people will recall the danger of government itself.

As long as American presidents praise freedom, they are permitted to seize as much power as they please.

Are Americans free simply because they are permitted a perfunctory choice on who will molest their rights and liberties? Is the sole question remaining in American politics—how to find a good master for the American people?

Attention Deficit Democracy produces the attitudes, ignorance, and arrogance that pave the way to political collapse.

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http://www.jimbovard.com/ADD%20Epigrams.htm

[punpirate]

1. "The Battered Citizen Syndrome..."

... think I'm going to have to get this book. :)

[Mz Pip]

2. I have his other book

The Bush Betrayal. Bovard is a conservative/libertarian. He nails Bush on the civil liberties issue and the bloated spend spend spend government he's created. It's an interesting read and his points are good to use in debates with conservatives.

Mz Pip
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