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, February 1, 2011

Scares that will 'Save us' by Democrat Rep. Chic Little and his colleagues: The Top 10 Bogus Apocalyptic Prophesies Made By the Left

NewsReal Blog » The Top 10 Bogus Apocalyptic Prophesies Made By the Left
posted By Megan Fox On February 1, 2011

Each day it seems we are bombarded with another story of impending doom and gloom by the Left. Their dire predictions, if studied over time, have been the catalyst to political change they might otherwise have not been able to make without scaring the public half to death. Each new scare comes with calls for higher taxes or “user fees” on objects or services they deem “dangerous.” From Happy Meals to light-bulbs the Left is determined to rule with an iron fist over every aspect of your life and if they have to scare the pants off you to do it, they will. The following are the top ten examples of some of the most destructive apocalyptic prophecies that all came to nothing.

10. Republicans want to starve old people and children

This is a good reminder of how Pat Schroeder was either one of the dumbest, or acted as if she was the most doped-up, or both, member congress for years! [Mooserider]

8. Global Freezing?

7. Holes in the Ozone!

6. Global Warming

5. Animal extinctions
4. Oil is bad and will destroy everything ever.
3. The great health care scare

2. The back alley abortion scare

1. Banning of DDT (the beginning of modern greenie-myths)

Sometimes the Greenies are amusing, like when they chain themselves to trees for months without showering or show up naked in a cage at some protest, but in some instances they are downright dangerous. In 1962, Rachel Carson wrote the book Silent Spring where she used less than accurate science to “prove” that DDT was going to destroy all living things and give anyone who survived cancer. DDT was a chemical widely used to kill mosquitoes and stop the deadly disease malaria. Carson found high concentration of DDT in broken eggshells of some species of birds. This led to a discovery that DDT was indeed causing a thinning of the membrane in some eggs. But her discovery, instead of prompting further testing and possible change in procedure (like being careful not to over-spray) the Environmental Protection Agency was founded and DDT was banned. This led to the needless deaths of millions of people in the third world. ...


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