This is my John Galt speaking cartoon

[kandrathe]

Is that an April 1st law? Please, please tell me it is.

That's not anarchy. Anarchy makes sense, there are no rules. We need a new word; I suggest idarchy -- rule by idiots. Morarchy (rule by morons) is, unfortunately too similar to a term already used for a similar situation.

Unfortunately, I live in a nanny state so we have a perpetual majority of meddlesome idiots and morons. Idiocracy? It seemed that it was going that direction when Gov. Ventura came to office, embarrassingly as a libertarian. But, Minnesota has suffered more than most in being abused by Democrats and Republicans, and so the uncommitted middle is more willing to explore third parties. Maybe it's just "legalism", but that doesn't sound evil enough. Maybe we could call it "Legalistic Totalitarianism".

Philip K. Howard has written three good books on the topic of legal reform; Death of Common Sense, The Collapse of the Common Good:How America's Lawsuit Culture Undermines Our Freedom and Life Without Lawyers: Liberating Americans from Too Much Law.