Addendum ...

HERE'S a wonderful quotation from a reader of Gail Collins' column in today's Times:

Jumper
South Carolina
April 29th, 2010
1:31 am

Arizona, Oklahoma and South Carolina are dominated by a breed of Republican conservative called a “free luncher.” They believe in free lunch. They cut taxes way below levels that support necessary services and expect services to magically pay for themselves. Voters don’t ask about who is going to pay. Paychecks and operating revenue come magically.

Free lunchers cannot accomplish anything substantial since they cut their revenue streams when they cut taxes. Their substitute for accomplishment is setting up straw men for diversions whom they heroically defeat. They prove they don’t vote against Jesus, they find new ways to vote anti-abortion, and they keep the world safe from … well, just about everything different from them.

Aristotle warned that unfettered democracy would degenerate into mob rule. I don’t recall hearing what to do if those elected morphed into a mob.

Darn, and here I thought the Tea Party folks were the only "free lunchers" around.