Chris Christie aides' emails suggest intentionally created traffic nightmare

[Jacob]

Sucker.

You guys sound like a bunch of basement dwelling teenage goths; you're sure you've figured out how the world is just totally rotten and aren't you awfully clever.

[Malthus]

officials who literally do not give a shit about the public they claim to serve

Are there any other kinds of public officials?

They can at least have the decency to convincingly pretend otherwise. 

Of course, in New Jeresy, contempt for the public may be difficult for a rational person to conceal. 

But seriously ... there do exist honourable public servants with the best wishes of the public at heart. Hey, we have our very own BB. 

[sbr]

Sucker.

You guys sound like a bunch of basement dwelling teenage goths; you're sure you've figured out how the world is just totally rotten and aren't you awfully clever.

[garbon]

He has at heart what he thinks are the public's best wishes, Malt.

[Valmy]

Hey, we have our very own BB. 

A Machiavellian prosecutor who wants to lock everybody in his jurisdiction in gaol?

[Barrister]

Hey, we have our very own BB. 

A Machiavellian prosecutor who wants to lock everybody in his jurisdiction in gaol?

If you'll remember the original source, my "Machiavellian plan" was to send repeat drunk drivers to jail.

[Malthus]

Hey, we have our very own BB. 

A Machiavellian prosecutor who wants to lock everybody in his jurisdiction in gaol?

... where they can do no harm to society. 

[Valmy]

If you'll remember the original source, my "Machiavellian plan" was to send repeat drunk drivers to jail.

You monster!

[derspiess]

Sucker.

You guys sound like a bunch of basement dwelling teenage goths; you're sure you've figured out how the world is just totally rotten and aren't you awfully clever.

Ouch!

[The Brain]

Hey, we have our very own BB. 

A Machiavellian prosecutor who wants to lock everybody in his jurisdiction in gaol?

If you'll remember the original source, my "Machiavellian plan" was to send repeat drunk drivers to jail.

What is: "jail"?

[Berkut]

But seriously ... there do exist honourable public servants with the best wishes of the public at heart. Hey, we have our very own BB. 

I've been accused of being naive before, but I actually believe that most people in public service, and this includes most politicians, honestly and truly do in fact have what they perceive as the best interests of the public at heart.

The struggle is that in order to serve the best interests of the public, you have to be in power to do so - and sometimes that process of getting into power means that you have to put aide what you may see as the short term best interests of the public in order to serve the political realities of needing to win elections, get funding, etc., etc.

And the longer you spend in that world, the easier and easier it likely becomes to set aside those best interests in the interests of the "greater good" which then involves making sure you get re-elected, or elected to a yet higher office.

But I think most of them, even the ones that I vehemently disagree with, do believe that they are acting in the best interests of their country.

And as a result, I bear a special kind of contempt for politicians who are clearly ignoring the interests of the people to simply score political points in the political game.

[Valmy]

I totally agree with you Berkut for what its worth.

[DGuller]

Same here.  By the same token, the road to hell is paved with ethical shortcuts for the greater good.

[Berkut]

Same here.  By the same token, the road to hell is paved with ethical shortcuts for the greater good.

Indeed.

There is nobody more dangerous to individual liberty than the person who is willing to restrict your's because they really do believe they are doing it for your own good.

[The Brain]

But seriously ... there do exist honourable public servants with the best wishes of the public at heart. Hey, we have our very own BB. 

I've been accused of being naive before, but I actually believe that most people in public service, and this includes most politicians, honestly and truly do in fact have what they perceive as the best interests of the public at heart.

It's comforting to know that they are complete morans.