Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“America treats its politicians like the kid in that old Seinfeld episode, ‘The Bubble Boy’ — isolated and coddled lest contact with regular human beings harm them. The rest of us apparently exist only to provide these power-mongers with votes, and occasionally with audiences carefully curated for high levels of adoration and applause. Outside those contexts, we’re to be neither seen nor heard. Okay, that’s not completely true. We also fork over $3 billion per year for the Secret Service, $800 million for the Capitol Police Department, and heaven only knows how much for military air cover, etc., to ensure that Very Special Important People never experience discomfort due to unintentional contact with us mere mortals.” (08/07/25)