Free The Animal

I’m sick of reading libertarian disclaimers, with respect to Elliot “Ness” Spitzer, that prostitution should not be illegal, nor should arranging your financial affairs in such a way as to cover your tracks. That’s why I said nothing about it in my post. The point is: it goes without saying. It also goes without saying that if a man raises vicious dogs that attack innocent people, destroy their property and fruits of their production, and wreak havoc on the lives of their families, that we should be tickled pink and overjoyed when the same dogs turn on their owner. I am. I don’t care what happens to Spitzer. The State could waterboard that fucker daily for the rest of his miserable life and I’d never lift a finger or brain cell to do anything about it.

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Wanna know how to take in news, like this item today, totally in stride, without the slightest whiff of surprise? General presumptions. So now it’s NY Governor Elliot Spitzer admitting some sort of involvement in a “prostitution ring” (that’s the euphemism designed to get you to recoil, not think). Spitzer, 48, built his political legacy on rooting out corruption, including several headline-making battles with Wall Street while serving as attorney general. He stormed into the governor’s office in 2006 with a historic share of the vote, vowing to continue his no-nonsense approach to fixing one of the nation’s worst governments. Time magazine had named him “Crusader of the Year” when he was attorney general and the tabloids proclaimed him “Eliot Ness.” Why is it that elementary school children have a keen eye for poseurs: do-gooders, tattletales, and teacher-pets whom they can see right through in an instant; yet the moment they’re handed a voter registration card they become complete morons? I generally presume that politicians are the sorts of people who want to enforce the rules against everyone else, but see no particular need to restrain themselves. In Spitzer’s case, I never had an inkling of a microscopic doubt about…

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