“I would joyously vote for any candidate who had the courage to stand up and say, ‘Look, I’m going to steal from you. I’m going to line my pockets and those of my friends, but I’m not going to steal too much. But in the deal I’ll give you better roads, safer schools, better education, and a happier condition of life. I’m not going to do it out of compassion or dedication to the good people of this fair state; I’m going to do it because if I do these things, you’ll elect me again and I can steal a little bit more.’ That joker has my vote, no arguments.”. -Harlan Ellison
Orin Stafford invented the process for making them, Henry Ford just commercialized it. And even giving Stafford for “inventing” the process should be limited to this one form – briquettes of charcoal and other materials have been around for centuries.
Seems almost too insightful for Rat.