"'It's a free country,' - remember that expression?" began our old
friend Doug Casey at Vancouver. "Nobody says that anymore. Because
they know it's not true. Now, you've got government agents and
busybodies breathing down your neck 24 hours a day. "
You know, that's absolutely true!
Back in the days when I was in grade school, we used that expression
all the time; so did the adults. Nowadays, I can't even begin to
remember when I heard that expression last. These days, Big Brother
has surveillance equipment which can even penetrate brick and
concrete. If they snap a picture of you propped up in bed
reading "Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion" you'll wind up in
one helluva mess.
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From today's Daily Reckoning:
"Poor Mel Gibson," said a guest. "When you're a star, you really
have to stay sober. Otherwise, you go shooting off your mouth and
they make a federal case of it."
We have not read the press reports, but we gather that Mel got into
trouble with the thought-police after saying naughty things about the
Jews. We don't know what he said, but we sympathize. We can't think
of a single group we haven't said something naughty about - even our
own group, whoever they might be.
But so what? We can say what we want. It's a free country...
"'It's a free country,' - remember that expression?" began our old
friend Doug Casey at Vancouver. "Nobody says that anymore. Because
they know it's not true. Now, you've got government agents and
busybodies breathing down your neck 24 hours a day. "
Big-mouth Mel has had to issue the ritual apologies, tell the press
he didn't mean it, and insist that his remarks were taken out of
context. We've even heard that he is going into "therapy."
Now, you can't even get drunk and howl anymore...
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