Thomas Hobbes Would Be Proud

Grover Norquist asserts that his "ideal citizen is the self-employed, homeschooling, IRA-owning guy with a concealed-carry permit," says Norquist. "Because that person doesn't need the goddamn government for anything." Alas, I don't measure up in Grover's eyes. Seventy-five percent compliance just isn't good enough. Somehow though I don't think that I'd be welcome in his cabal even if I found a way to acquire an AK-47 with a concealed-carry permit.

Grover failed to mention his real requirements for citizenship: You must not only eschew government programs but you must disavow any role for government in the commonweal.