“…we must yet be on our guard not to dismiss them [directions and charters decided by central planning that are beyond dissent and criticism] as mere accidental by-products which have nothing to do with the essential character of a planned or totalitarian system.  They are not.  They are a direct result of that same desire to see everything directed by a “unitary conception of the whole,” [5] of the need to uphold at all costs the views in the service of which people are asked to make constant sacrifices[5], and of the general idea that the knowledge and beliefs of the people are an instrument to be used for a single purpose[1,2,3].  Once science has to serve, not truth, but the interests of a class, a community, or a state[1,3], the sole task of argument and discussion is to vindicate and to spread still further the beliefs by which the whole life of the community is directed[1].  As the Nazi minister of justice has explained the question which every new scientific theory must ask itself is: “Do I serve national socialism for the greatest benefit of all?”  The word “truth” itself ceases to have its old meaning[1].  It describes no longer something to be found with the individual conscience as the sole arbiter of whether in any particular instance the evidence (or the standing of those proclaiming it) warrants a belief; it becomes something to be laid down by authority[3], something which has to be believed in the interest of the unity of the organized effort[1,2,3,4,5]…” (F.A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom; “The End of Truth”)

[1] Global Warming

[2] Bailout, Omnibus, et al.

[3] Carbon tax, Cap-n-Trade

[4] Green science, Green Agenda

[5] “Shared Sacrifice,” “Shared Responsibility,” anyone?

If I had to link to every story where our fearless Chairman Obama brings up shared sacrifice and some “unitary conception of the whole” I’d have to give up working for the next 4 years at least.

You know, if people still spoke in english and not bullsh^t we might not have the needs to choose between one shiester or the other.  If people were prepared to accept TRUTH! and not love all the careful LIES! of dialectical materialists we might get somewhere in politics.  As it stands every peckerhead who wants to be in politics must be a trained liar.

/end rant