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

Saturday, March 26, 2011

He appears better than the rest, so far...Libertarian Gary Johnson to announce run for presidency in April

Libertarian Gary Johnson to announce run for presidency in April : Fire Andrea Mitchell!

Gary Johnson is an interesting prospect for 2012. He was the Governor of New Mexico from 1995 through 2003, and is a libertarian style Republican, not one of the usual establishment types. Those who love Ron Paul generally like this guy too. Otherwise, I don’t know much about Gary Johnson, other than his motto of “Live free or die.” Now it appears he is ready to announce he will run for the presidency in April. Fox News says Johnson insiders say he will bypass the exploratory stage, announce his candidacy and immediately travel to New Hampshire sometime after tax day, April 15.

Fox News also mentions that Johnson is a strong supporter of legalizing marijuana and gay marriage. None of those issues are terribly important to me one way or the other, so this wouldn’t affect my vote. The more fiscally conservative candidate the GOP can nominate, instead of the social conservative is better anyway.

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