On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 09:10:47 -0700, lgb wrote:

"Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely."
"Anyone who wants to be elected, shouldn't be."

I thought it was "Anyone capable of getting themselves elected to
(insert name of political office here) should in no circumstances be
trusted to fill the job."

I bet even Dave agrees with those :-).

Probably, but I bet we disagree on specific examples. But yeah, this
makes more than a couple of times we've agreed lately. I need to
recheck my calibration by taunting the office "aged hippy" to make sure
I'm still where I thought I was.