Mayor White, Meet The Vogons
Written on January 25, 2005
Mayor Bill White of nearby Houston plans to use the city’s power of eminent domain to sieze privately-owned dwellings for use as public housing:
He said the city may also explore using its eminent domain powers to acquire some properties.
“I’m personally going to spend more time than anything else this year on this issue,” White said in the press conference.
Tyranny is alive and well in America.
One of the best examples of mindless government stupidity, believe it or not, is contained in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, wherein Arthur Dent wakes to see a bulldozer about to demolish his home to make way for a freeway:
“Have you any idea how much damage that bulldozer would suffer if I just let it roll straight over you?”
“How much?” said Arthur.
“None at all,” said Mr. Prosser.
I think Arthur speaks for everyone:
You barbarians! I’ll sue the council for every penny it’s got! I’l have you hung, drawn, and quartered! And whipped! And boiled…until…until…until you’ve had enough. And then I will do it again! And when I’ve finished I will take all the little bits, and I will JUMP on them! And I will carry on jumping on them until I get blisters, or I can think of anything even more unpleasant to do…
Later, when the Vogon spaceships arrive, the announcement to Earth is made:
As you will no doubt be aware, the plans for development of the outlying regions of the Galaxy require the building of a hyperspatial express route through your solar system, and regrettably your planet is one of those scheduled for demolition.
Anybody got any Vogon poetry for the mayor?
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