Yes, Honey. The Government Prefers Ugly.

The Phantom Planter was philosophical about his setback. “The fact is, not all performance pieces end in comedy. The flowers have been uprooted, but the memory of the gift remains in our brain, and that’s something that no bureaucrat can ever take away.”

Memories indeed. If government keeps getting its way, I'm afraid that only memories will be what any of us have of culture, beauty and freedom.

Here's a Washington Post story about a tyrannical D.C. bureaucracy that quite unashamedly prefers ugliness over beauty. It's a tale of our sad, demented era, a tale that shows how far afield from common sense and decency government will go to retain full control over the lives of its citizens.