When Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) landed in (Spokane) eastern Washington yesterday, a light brown haze and a smell of smoke permeated the air. His plane landed with the warning that the raging forest fires of the Pacific Northwest had limited visibility. Signs along the roads warned of the fire danger, or thanked the firefighters who'd come from as far as Australia and Massachusetts to battle the blazes. Paul saw the heavy, stumblebum hand of government at work. "Justice Brandeis said that the most cherished of rights among civilized people is the right to be left alone," Paul said to an audience of around 700 people in Spokane. "I think if you were left alone, you might manage your forests a little bit better"/David Weigel, Washington Times. More here.

Seriously?

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