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

Friday, December 16, 2011

The Myths and Realities of the American Cities and Suburbs

Let me have my horse, my car, my privacy and my work from home. That is ever so much more environmentally friendly than the 'greenie' prospect set forth by the new-old 'urban planners.' They demand I board some form of public (usually on rails) transportation that won't take me where I want to go or go when I want to.

Planners are conning us!

The last five Census data shows just the opposite of what urban planners were predicting and now demanding. Most of their mendacious rhetoric is in the guise of reducing our 'carbon footprint.' It is all part of the ever growing cronyism that is scamming America.

12-13-11

Joel Kotkin of NewGeography.com joins Glenn Reynolds to discuss the future of the American suburb. Kotkin thinks that the death of the suburb is greatly exaggerated, and asks why urban planners are so eager to throw people into dense living conditions. What do ideas of suburbs and urban living tell us about preconceptions of class? Find out.

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