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, October 1, 2011

Manhattan Project artifacts up for sale; but history's not the big attraction

It is surprising that all the copper wasn't stollen!

Manhattan Project artifacts up for sale; but history's not the big attraction | Frank Munger's Atomic City Underground | knoxnews.com
Posted by Frank Munger on September 30, 2011

Nine really big magnetic coils, once part of the World War II calutrons that enriched uranium for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, are up for sale.

The attraction to bidders, however, is apparently not the history of the Manhattan Project units, but rather the value of the metals. Each of the "D-ring coils" reportedly contains 11 tons of copper. Copper has been trading at $3.15 to $3.25 a pound in recent days, so there's obviously some money to be made there.

Even though the magnets are located at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant, they belong to Oak Ridge National Laboratory. UT-Battelle, the Department of Energy's contractor, is proceeding very cautiously with the sale.

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