It's funny -- I've never understood how the same people who abhor evil "monopolies" and crow about how the government is necessary to bust trusts don't seem to be capable of seeing that they are busting trusts with a monopoly.

And the same people who claim that monopolies are bad because they lead to a combination of the lowest quality at the highest cost the market will bear stoutly insist that some things are so important that they must be monopolized -- to protect their quality, of course....

It's like they are so intent at getting the dog crap smell off the tile, furiously scrubbing away at the grout with a toothbrush, that they don't realize that what they are smelling is the big gob of it that got stuck to the tip of their nose when they wiped off some sweat.

Great post -- love your style!