I want this embroidered on a decorative pillow. It explains (but by no means excuses) the War on Drugs, and pretty much every other prolonged harebrained government policy:
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
Thank you, Upton Sinclair.


I love it. Don't know how I've lived so long without hearing it before!
It also explains priests and homeopaths.
Posted by: DavidMWW | Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 04:39 PM
Yes indeed.
It explains why all those agencies set up to solve some problem never succeed. Because if they do they will be out of a job. So they never quite succeed, blame their lack of success on inadequate resources, receive more resources, grow bigger and soon become to big to be closed down.
Posted by: Mark.V. | Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 06:06 PM