Peanut Gallery: Thanks to Johnnie Bellamy for bringing this Ayn Rand quote to our attention.

“When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing; When you see that money is flowing to those who deal not in goods, but in favors; When you see that men get rich more easily by graft than by work; When your laws no longer protect you against them, but protect them against you… you may know that your society is doomed.”
– – Ayn Rand – Atlas Shrugged

Rand could be describing political life here in Horry County. Here’s another quote, this time from the comics of yesteryear….

“We have met the enemy, and he is us.” — Pogo