We pay $8 billion a year for this?
We pay $8 billion a year to these guys and this is what we get? Hardly seems worth the price. Bonus fun: let’s get rid of Dante’s Divine Comedy while we’re at it.
We pay $8 billion a year to these guys and this is what we get? Hardly seems worth the price. Bonus fun: let’s get rid of Dante’s Divine Comedy while we’re at it.
March 16th, 2012 at 8:30 am
In the game of chess it is not a good idea to simply throw away a piece. It gives the opponent an advantage.
If geopolitics were considered global chess, a nation’s representation at the UN must be considered a “chess piece”. However in this case I see no advantage or redeeming value in retaining this piece. Perhaps someone can enlighten me to the contrary?
As for Dante, I would not be surprised if his work is not eventually banned. The march of totalitarianism is inexorable.
For example:
“Last week, President Obama signed into law the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011. This law permits Secret Service agents to designate any place they wish as a place where free speech, association and petition of the government are prohibited. And it permits the Secret Service to make these determinations based on the content of speech.”
http://townhall.com/columnists/judgeandrewnapolitano/2012/03/15/can_the_secret_service_tell_you_to_shut_up