Frank's quoting folk again

So it seems that Franks either (a) ran out of intellectual fortitude required to formulate original posts, or (b) really thinks that resorting to out-of-context quotations is an effective way to legislate. Whatever the cause, he's provided us with this gem:

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A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
-Thomas Jefferson
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This quote, by way of Lasee, is interesting for a number of reasons. Here's the game - I'll rattle off intriguing aspects of what's going on here, and y'all can help supplement my list.

1. Frank's part of the damn government. When a government official tells us that a government has the ability to do bad things - he should probably spend more time fixing the government, and less time quoting dead people.

2. Frank's confused about the difference between correlation and causation, again. Something that's big isn't necessarily strong. Is Frank really trying to tell us that these people are stronger than this one? Come on Frankie - take a second and think about this.

3. Frank seems to think that every facet of potential an organization has will manifest itself. Just because a government may be strong enough to take something away doesn't mean it will happen. Dr. Nugz has the capacity to steal your lunch money, seduce your mother and become your step-father. Chances are, that wont happen, and you don't have to worry too much.

Notice how point 3 ties into point 1 - get off your ass, Frank, and do something about it.

4. Frank has, once again, defenestrated basic norms of time and space and thinks that we're living in a fantasy world. For this quote to be grounded anywhere near reality, we would have to live under a regime that gave us everything we wanted. As of this post, the state of Wisconsin has not provided me with a gold-plated Hummer, a diamond-encrusted goblet, or various women of different ages, sizes and ethnicities. This government hasn't given me anywhere near everything I want. Does that mean Frank's trying to tell us that the government he is part of is too weak to take anything away from us?

Now that Frank's gone and confused the daylights out of me, I'm going to see what the Sherman Act is up to. It's certainly less amusing than Lasee, but its also exponentially less retarded.