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, July 2, 2012

Israel's Operation Wetback - "Illegal infiltrators"

Proper terminology at last!

"Illegal infiltrators" Radio Derb Transcript

Radio Derb — Transcript Friday, June 29, 2012

If it's patriotic leadership on the subject of illegal immigration you want, you're in the wrong country. You need to be in Israel.
Last week Israel flew a planeload of South Sudanese illegal immigrants back to their home country. I just this week got some news footage from Al Jazeera on the story. I think the footage is meant to tug my heart-strings; but after a few years' exposure to the fecklessness of our own government in the matter of illegal immigration, it's hard to do anything but cheer when I see some other government efficiently and humanely enforcing its laws.
The Al Jazeera footage opens with shots of some well-fed and well-dressed-looking people, mostly women and kids, getting on airport buses. [Clip: "At 4 a.m. on Sunday …"]
There are still a few liberals in Israel, though. [Clip: "Some Israelis tried to help them …"] I must say, the people in the clip getting on those buses don't look very humiliated. I mean, nobody's jeering or throwing rotten fruit at them. They look a bit aggrieved and resentful, that's all — which I suppose is understandable.
The operation is selling well with the Israeli public, though, as Al Jazeera concedes. [Clip: "But this isn't the feeling across the country …"]
"Illegal infiltrators"! None of that shilly-shallying about "undocumented workers" from Bibi! "Illegal infiltrators"! Don't Israelis find words like that shocking? Not at all. [Clip: "The Israeli government sees this initiative as a great success. It's very popular …"]
Americans of course would never be so hard-hearted as to fly illegal immigrants back to their home country, with a ride to the airport in an air-conditioned bus. Or would we? Perhaps some bold politicians should try it.
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