Illusion

"In a country such as China the limitations of freedom are clear to everyone, with no illusions about it. In the US, however, formal freedoms are guaranteed, so that most individuals experience their lives as free and are not even aware of the extent to which they are controlled by state mechanisms."

- Slavoj Zizek: How WikiLeaks opened our eyes to the illusion of freedom, The Guardian, 06/18/2014

Old values

"It is hard to promise, but it is easy to perform."

-  Count Gyula Andrassy, Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary

Precious

- A sign in front of my local library.

Scary stuff

"Bush has failed more than any predecessor in memory to express or embody a unifying sense that he, too, has a stake in the greatness of this country, in the real war on terror, in the economy, and in the fact that we are in this together. Instead, it's: "I know what's best, I'm the Decider. Trust me. Be very afraid, but keep shopping. And don't you dare question my judgment."
Scary stuff, boys and girls."

- Jack Cafferty; It's getting ugly out there, pg. 17