Notes from the Panopticontag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-12967042009-07-01T14:56:34+01:00Thinking about the political landscape.TypePadA really simple explanation of political corruptiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83535771469e2011571989975970b2009-07-01T14:56:34+01:002009-07-01T14:58:23+01:00"It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power." – David Brin (1950- ) Weak moral compass We must forever be grateful to British MPs for leaving their zippers undone. The revelations about how they boosted their incomes show that many of them find it hard to tell right from wrong. It's no surprise. Politics is a dirty business, bound to attract those who have a weak moral compass. Flies are attracted to dung heaps because the warm smelly environment provides their eggs...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotesFromThePanopticon/~4/Rir0cL2HaUY" height="1" width="1"/>Paulushttp://www.thinkhard.org/2009/07/a-really-simple-explanation-of-political-corruption.html