"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." Orwell
"“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
Plato
"The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant" Robespierre
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Buying North Carolina
I've commented here, and will be soon in my newspaper column, about the singularity of insanity that we're coming to know as North Carolina. As a possible harbinger, it's pretty scary. If, like me, you wonder how it happened -- especially since N.C. has lots of decent universities and an area referred to as the "research triangle," the above video is a life-lesson. And a warning.
[Update: for anyone wandering back here from earlier, the video now works.]
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