Another Swipe Hit at the Culture of Radicalism

Was it Winston Churchill who said that the absence of a domestic American radical tradition could be ascribed to the low quality of the toilet paper--nothing to write your manifestos on in prison--? If so, here's more bad news (link):

Belt-Tightening’s Latest Victim: Four-Ply Toilet Tissue

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
Published: May 7, 2009

LOS ANGELES — The boom times brought many things to Riverside County government — revenues, jobs and enhanced comfort of a private sort. But like most places in America, times are tough, and four-ply toilet tissue must go.

Source: LA Times. H/T: John (which figures).