So we assume that the Internet is a border busting technology.

It contains everything that's in today's universe, so you can imagine, it's busting.

Although you can see the gentleman up on the right is busting him.

This view is simply implausible. Consider all the instances of money laundering and sanctions busting (with evidence against Credit Agricole last week, Deutsche Bank this week, and almost every major international bank in the past few years).

We all know that cheap clothing is usually made in sweatshop conditions and usually by women. And we know or should know that women in sweatshops around the world report being locked in and forbidden to use bathrooms for long periods, as well as sexual harassment, violent union busting, and other forms of coercion.

What passes for American political debate is a contest between the parties to give bigger promises to the middle class, mainly in the form of budget busting tax cuts at a time when the fiscal deficit is already more than 10 of GDP. Americans seem to believe that they have a natural right to government services without paying taxes.

So I'm going to talk to the baby. So I say to the baby, holding my hand over my mouth because my breath must be 100 proof, I say to the baby, 'Sir or Madam, what is your considered opinion of the human species?' And the baby looks, you know, the way babies look at you clearly, starts laughing, starts busting out with this crazy little laugh.