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Above this race of men stands an immense and tutelary power, which takes upon itself alone to secure their gratifications and to watch over their fate. That power is absolute, minute, regular, provident, and mild. It would be like the authority of a parent if, like that authority, its object was to prepare men for manhood; but it seeks, on the contrary, to keep them in perpetual childhood: it is well content that the people should rejoice, provided they think of nothing but rejoicing. For their happiness such a government willingly labors, but it chooses to be the sole agent and the only arbiter of that happiness; it provides for their security, foresees and supplies their necessities, facilitates their pleasures, manages their principal concerns, directs their industry, regulates the descent of property, and subdivides their inheritances: what remains, but to spare them all the care of thinking and all the trouble of living?

--Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Culture of Corruption triumphs in LA

Jefferson savors a landslide win that defies conventional wisdom

NEW ORLEANS U-S Representative William Jefferson savored his landslide win in the comfort of supporters and family today, and put to rest a grueling campaign that shined the spotlight on an F-B-I bribery investigation overshadowing his long political career.

Analysts say his victory was stunning and defied conventional thinking that averred he could not retain his seat and overcome allegations the F-B-I found 90,000 dollars in bribe money in his freezer.

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Sunday, December 10, 2006

Culture of Corruption triumphs in LA

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