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

Monday, June 20, 2011

The United Nations: Anti-Semitism is Us.

The Rosett Report » Your UN: Making the World Safe for Anti-Semitism
June 19, 2011 - by Claudia Rosett

Usually I’m against the U.S. government spending more money on the United Nations. But after the latest round of UN “human rights” activity, there’s one shovel-ready project that deserves action right now. In the interest of providing the UN with truth in advertising, the Obama administration ought to issue itself the permits and pony up the funds to erect a gigantic billboard in front of the UN’s New York headquarters. This billboard should be truly enormous, and it should be covered with flashing neon lights, spelling out for all visiting schoolchildren, hapless tourists, and chauffeured politicians the message: The United Nations: Anti-Semitism is Us.

No doubt there are some regular UN visitors — Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad comes to mind — who don’t need a flashing sign to understand that virulent anti-semitism is one of the basic themes of today’s UN. But there’s at least a chance that putting that ugly truth right up there in neon lights, in front of the flags and fancy UN building (now enjoying a $2 billion makeover, in big part on America’s tab), would help alert Americans to the monstrous doings within. ...

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