Life is a Bungling process...

"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
"What do you most value in your friends? Their continued existence." — Christopher Hitchens (Hitch-22: A Memoir)
"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.”

"the difference between a negotiation and an argument ... an argument being something you can win." Christopher Buckley (Thank You For Smoking)

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

"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

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

“You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.” Stan Laurel – “Brats”

"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.

"Half the World spends its time laughing at the other half, and both are fools." from Think Fast Mr. Moto

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Libya: Do we have the stomach to keep bombing Gaddafi - He had plastic surgery that just made him uglier, will bombing Libya do the same?

Libya: Do we have the stomach to keep bombing Gaddafi for 6 months? | Mail Online
By MAX HASTINGS
Last updated at 8:41 AM on 6th April 2011

So it becomes official: this will not be over by Easter. Yesterday the head of the RAF, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, revealed that he expects his Tornados to fly many more missions over Libya.

‘In general terms’, he said, ‘we are now planning on the basis of at least six months, and we’ll see where we go from there’.

The West faces a long and messy engagement in one of the world’s most sensitive regions, with consequences no one can foretell.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1373457/Libya-Do-stomach-bombing-Gaddafi-6-months.html#ixzz1IlQXGnmL
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