Aguanomics is on vacation

I am in Egypt right now, but I'm taking the next week off -- to give both of us some free time from blog writing/reading.

I'll be back on January 2 2012.

Until then, contemplate this interesting, funny, and sad perspective on freedom and democracy:

I'm not, btw, saying that Egyptian democracy is perfect, but I am definitely saying that "our democracy" is imperfect enough to recommend that we leave others to find their own path -- something we've often failed to do, with poor results. Here's the Dilbert version:

See you in 2012!