"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Fed Otter Ban a Bust
"Even before they launched the program, biologists surely knew that government can’t force otters to live where they don’t want to live.The failed effort confirms that government is willing to adopt dumb ideas and use them to establish programs. Government will maintain those programs for decades, even if they turn out futile and harmful. Government biologists are more than willing to indulge such futility because their high salaries and generous benefits are at stake."
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