Monday, December 19, 2011

I, of Newt.

I love Gingrich.  I love his new idea that the President or Congress oughta send the Texas Rangers after judges who issue rulings contrary to their decrees and make em splain themselves.  It just doesn't go far enough.  I think every institution of government should have its own paramilitary, and every minister should have the power to summon any other minister to splain his ministrations; every decision should be infinitely reviewable by every individual; Joe from Public Works should be able to subpoena John Roberts who will be tied up, metaphorically speaking, with John Boehner, who has to rush to testify before Ethyl in the WalMart greeting line.  His totalitarian vision, taken to its own logical end, is the very anarchy we so desire.

11 comments:

Professor Coldheart said...

Double lightning-quick telegrams.

Anonymous said...

It just never does go far enough toward a logical conclusion, does it.

Solar Hero said...

Age of Aquarius, man.

demize! said...

Vote small amphibian with big ideas 2012!

High Arka said...

Squee

puppylander said...

aren't we already at the end of anarchy's rainbow?

Eerily Lackadaisical said...

"I of Newt"

I hear Bachmann and Palin and Ann Coulter intoning...

"when shall we three meet again?"

Agi said...

if the FTC had a paramilitary force that would make my job a hell of a lot more interesting...

The Promiscuous Reader said...

Why stop there? I used to know an anarchist/libertarian (former Randian) grad student in philosophy who said that the oil companies should have their own private armies. This was right after the fall of the Shah.

And if it weren't for the millions of civilians they'd kill, I could go along with the idea, because sooner rather than later they'd go after each other.

Leon Pancetta said...

"who said that the oil companies should have their own private armies. "

Oil companies don't have armies, the army has oil companies.

Not Enough Rope Not Enough Trees said...

"who said that the oil companies should have their own private armies."

Point of Order - Oil companies do have private armies, but they're paid for by the public.