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... To Say That The Cia And The Kgb Engage In Similar Practices Is The Equivalent Of Saying That The Man Who Pushes An Old Lady Into The Path Of A Hurtling Bus Is Not To Be Distinguished From The Man Who Pushes An Old Lady Out Of The Path Of A Hurtling Bus: On The Grounds That, After All, In Both Cases Someone Is Pushing Old Ladies Around.

The Best Defense Against Usurpatory Government Is An Assertive Citizenry.

It Was Rumored, In 1946, That The Hangman In Nuremberg Adjusted The Nooses Of Some Of The Condemned To Magnify The Pain Of Suffocation. Such Sadism Was Not Called For Then And Is Not Called For Now. But If Fornication Is Wrong, There Is No Denying That It Can Bring Pleasure. The Death Of Saddam Hussein At Rope's End Brings A Pleasure That Is Undeniable, And Absolutely Chaste In Its Provenance.

A Good Debater Is Not Necessarily An Effective Vote-getter: You Can Find A Hole In Your Opponent's Argument Through Which You Could Drive A Coach And Four Ringing Jingle Bells All The Way, And Thrill At The Crystallization Of A Truth Wrung Out From A Bloody Dialogue - Which, However, May Warm Only You And Your Muse, While The Smiling Paralogist Has In The Meantime Made Votes By The Tens Of Thousands.

Knee-jerk Liberals And All The Certified Saints Of Sanctified Humanism Are Quick To Condemn This Great And Much-maligned Transylvanian Statesman.