"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
Obama Doubles Aid To Dependent Dictators
"If governments were actually interested in helping people in poor nations, they would drop their agricultural tariffs, which cost the poor about as much as the total of official aid (and rob them of long-term jobs, farms, and businesses, not just an existence on the dole). But of course official “aid” is about power, not about helping people." Column by Bill Walker.