George, I was going to be disappointed if he didn’t mention Cassandra, and he didn’t disappoint: second paragraph!

Edited to add: Fans of the movie “Office Space” will remember the Geto Boys’ song “Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta” (here’s the scene, but be warned: the lyrics contain the highly offensive, speech-codes-for-everybody sort of language that’s permissible only in hip-hop for some reason); anyway, use that tune for these words:


Damn it feels bad to be libertarian
A real freedom-lovin’ dude who keeps his facts straight
A real freedom-lovin’ dude never runs after government dough
‘Cause real freedom-lovin’ dudes don’t rent seek.

And freedom lovers always gotta stay on
Warnin’ politicians not to bankrupt us
But real freedom-lovin’ dudes don’t persuade the nuts
‘Cause real freedom-lovin’ dudes know they lost ’em.

But everything’s cool in the freedom lovers’ minds
‘Cause freedom-lovin’ dudes think deep
Up three-sixty-five a year 24/7
‘Cause freedom-lovin’ dudes can’t sleep.

And all I gotta say to you
Crybaby, so lazy, rent-seekin’, money-eatin’ cretins
‘Cause when the “stimulus” dries up what’s Obama doin’ next?
Damn it feels bad to be libertarian.