D'oh - OR Greenspan articulates how I felt in 2004
NY Times | The law of unintended consequences...

"I indulged in a bit of fantasy, envisioning this as the government that might have existed had Gerald Ford garnered the extra 1 percent of the vote he’d needed to edge past Jimmy Carter. I thought we had a golden opportunity to advance the ideals of effective, fiscally conservative government and free markets. I was soon to see my old friends veer off in unexpected directions."

"They swapped principle for power. They ended up with neither. They deserved to lose."

Of course...

Justice is unrelenting
NY Times | Who is Paul O'Niell?

"Creative individuals and undeviating purpose and rationality achieve joy and fulfillment. Parasites who persistently avoid either purpose or reason perish as they should."