But generally speaking, I felt to engage in the political process was to sully oneself to such a degree that whatever came out wasn't worth the trouble put in.

Everyone seems to be playing well within the boundaries of his usual rule set. I have yet to hear anyone say something that seemed likely to mitigate the idiocy of this age.

We cannot separate the air that chokes from the air upon which wings beat.

The real issue is control. The Internet is too widespread to be easily dominated by any single government. By creating a seamless global economic zone, anti-sovereign and unregulatable, the Internet calls into question the very idea of a nation-state.

So I'm just waiting until one party or the other actually gets a moral compass and a backbone.

I mean I look forward to the day when I can be Republican again.

We are in the middle of the most transforming technological event since the capture of fire.