Reason Magazine: ‘Busybodies, Babes & Bacon! Presenting Reason.tv’s 2010 Nanny of the Year’

Source:Reason Magazine– Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (not New Hampshire) Mayor Mike Cornett.

“They touch our lives in so many ways, and Reason.tv acknowledges those who tell us that if it looks good, tastes good, or feels good, it should be illegal.

Live (to tape) from the fourth floor of the Sepulveda Center in Los Angeles, California–it’s the 2010 Nanny of the Year Awards!

Over the past year, Reason.tv has recognized plenty of busybodies who relish minding other people’s business, but who deserves to succeed 2009’s winner (Meddlin’ Mike Bloomberg), and take home the 2010 Nanny? Will it be the heartland mayor who sacked the Lingerie Football League? The Peach State pol who sued a man for growing a vegetable garden in his own yard? A member of the food police?

Remember, it’s a dishonor just to be nominated. So get your awards season started off right, and tune it to the only show that delivers busybodies, babes, and bacon!”

From Reason Magazine

I’m not a psychologist, not even a political psychologist, (also in the news: I’m not a brain surgeon or an astronaut, not even part-time) but I’m thinking to be a successful authoritarian, (meaning an authoritarian who stays in power for a while, because they refuse to leave) your own personal life has to be so boring, that you simply don’t have enough of your own damn business to mind, that you try to mind over people’s damn business for them. But that’s just my own personal theory about authoritarians and their relationship with big government, especially the nanny state.