Yeah, what he said

If you don't want government abuses, what you don't want is government itself.

That was Gregg Swann of presenceofmind.net. Hat tip to Richard Nikoley of Uncommon Sense, whose post on the Kelo decision also references Billy Beck's Two -- Four blog ... thus allowing me to work three "required reading" links into one post with almost no effort, which is kinda cool.