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, December 27, 2011

Bernhard Goetz victim commits suicide on anniversary of subway shooting. How did Eric Holder miss releasing him early?

"Ramseur’s sentence, 180 days in jail plus a $1,500 fine, was tacked on to the 8 to 25 years he was already serving for the 1985 rape of a pregnant Bronx woman on a deserted rooftop."
Here is a “good” in goodbye.

Bernhard Goetz victim commits suicide on anniversary of subway shooting « The Greenroom
DECEMBER 23, 2011 BY
On the anniversary of the day 27 years ago that he and three teens pals were wounded at close range by New York “subway vigilante” Bernhard Goetz, shooting victim James Ramseur is dead by his own hand. He was 45 years old.
Ramseur’s end came in a seedy Bronx hotel, where his body was discovered before noon on Thursday. He died of an apparent drug overdose. Authorities found an empty prescription medicine vial in the bathroom with its label scratched off.
Ramseur’s life had been on a downward trajectory ever since he and three cohorts—Darrell Cabey, Barry Allen, and Troy Canty, all 19—approached Goetz aboard a southbound No. 2 train on December 22, 1984. Claiming he felt threatened, Goetz opened fire, hitting all four. Ramseur took a slug in the arm, which required surgery.
During Goetz’s trial, Ramseur’s courtroom decorum was so abominable that the judge, Acting Justice Stephen G. Crane, sentenced him to the maximum time allowable on contempt charges.The judge said that Ramseur’s behavior had conveyed ”viciousness and selfishness more eloquently than words could,” adding, “your conduct has played right into the hands of Mr. Goetz’s lawyer. He owes you a vote of thanks.”
Ramseur’s sentence, 180 days in jail plus a $1,500 fine, was tacked on to the 8 to 25 years he was already serving for the 1985 rape of a pregnant Bronx woman on a deserted rooftop. He ended up serving the maximum time. His release came only 17 months ago.
At the time of the shootings three decades ago, New York was in the throes of an unprecedented wave of street crime. Some city residents saw Goetz as a hero. Others, homing in on the race of the four victims, saw him a gun-crazy racist who converted a subway car into his personal shooting gallery.

As to the fate of the other principals in the case:
-read on at link, it is amazing-
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