Quotes

"Fascism and communism both promise "social welfare," "social justice," and "fairness" to justify authoritarian means and extensive arbitrary and discretionary governmental powers." - F. A. Hayek"

"Life is a Bungling process and in no way educational." in James M. Cain

Jean Giraudoux who first said, “Only the mediocre are always at their best.”

If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law. Sir Winston Churchill

"summum ius summa iniuria" ("More laws, more injustice.") Cicero

As Christopher Hitchens once put it, “The essence of tyranny is not iron law; it is capricious law.”

"Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." Ronald Reagan

"Law is where you buy it." Raymond Chandler

"Why did God make so many damn fools and Democrats?" Clarence Day

"If I feel like feeding squirrels to the nuts, this is the place for it." - Cluny Brown

"Oh, pshaw! When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have." Owen Wister "The Virginian"

Oscar Wilde said about the death scene in Little Nell, you would have to have a heart of stone not to laugh.

Thomas More's definition of government as "a conspiracy of rich men procuring their own commodities under the name and title of a commonwealth.” ~ Winston S. Churchill, A History of the English Speaking Peoples

“Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.” ~ Jonathon Swift

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Petraeus Condemns U.S. Church's Plan to Burn Qurans

Cooking the Books
Petraeus Condemns U.S. Church's Plan to Burn Qurans - WSJ.com

Burning the Koran is a 1st Amendment Right!
It may be a legal right, just as the Cordoba Mosque near Ground Zero is a Right, but simply put, both are just plain Rude!

General Patraeus is mostly, and correctly concerned for the lives of his troops. He is not in anyway wrong because of his responsibility to his command.

The issue here, however, is book burning. The Koran has been interpreted in despicable ways, including the conquest and killing of all infidels. The erection of the Ground Zero Mosque is part of that Islamic interpretation signifying a conquest. It is staking out territory, the way a dog raises a leg.

Book burning, in this case is not going to change any of fundamentalist Islam and its murderous teachings. It will just make them madder. These are the same flames that kindled Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge, Stalin's Show Trials, Nuremberg Rallies, Mao's Cultural Revolution.

Burning books doesn't turn thoughts or words to ash, it brands them into minds.
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