"It is impossible for the governed to give their consent ..."

[Scuba]

[NuclearDem]

1. Parts of this social compact have been redacted for your safety.

[snort]

8. Ripley funny

[Laelth]

2. k&r n/t

-Laelth

[FirstLight]

3. gotta link to the whole thing?

thanks!

[Scuba]

4. Sorry, I do not.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

5. Here ya go...

http://host.madison.com/news/opinion/editorial/j-b-van-hollen-attacks-public-s-right-to-know/article_a0816caa-a9db-572b-a138-d0e19d1d528e.html?comment_form=true

[FirstLight]

6. thanks

i missed this ... good stuff

[Spitfire of ATJ]

7. The comments are good too.

[Scuba]

10. Yes, thank you!!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

11. You are quite welcome. ;-)

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

9. "Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government;

"Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights."

Thomas Jefferson to Richard Price, January 8, 1789

[Spitfire of ATJ]

12. He couldn't have anticipated international corporations,....oh wait, he did...

http://www.thenation.com/blog/37038/thomas-jefferson-feared-aristocracy-corporations#