Mankind's main purpose on this earth is the pursuit of personal happiness, Rush said. We are all here for ourselves. Down in Tidewater, Va., that paragon of Christian charity Parson Pat Robertson spoke derisively of the summit and likened it to the Hitler Youth movement. The parson serves his multitudes, of course, but he has served himself pretty well, too. Out in California, the head of the Ayn Rand Institute waxed strident.
Voluntary servitude is still servitude.
The local volunteer fire company may wish to bear his words in mind if it gets a call from the institute. Indeed, I find it almost unbelievable that people of such breathtaking selfishness actually occupy space on the planet. They don't want to pay any taxes. They don't want to give any service - not to government, not even to worthy private causes. All they want to do is take.