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, September 28, 2012

Thought he was just practicing Politics as usual there (and here). China's Bo Xilai Expelled From Communist Party

Murder may have been given a pass, his wife's lesbian exploits could have been given a pass, but bribery, murder and lesbianism was just one too many for the public. Not the old Maoists anymore. m/r

China's Bo Xilai Expelled From Communist Party - WSJ.com
Sept. 28, 2012  by JEREMY PAGE
BEIJING—The Chinese Communist Party expelled former high-flying official Bo Xilai, according to state-run media, which said he will "face justice" for taking huge bribes, for abuses related to the murder investigation against his wife and for engaging in improper sexual relations with multiple women.
State media also said Friday that the party's 18th National Congress will convene on Nov. 8, beginning a once-a-decade leadership change that will install a new generation at the helm of the world's No. 2 economy.

The twin announcements from the Xinhua news agency indicate that party chieftains have likely reached broad agreement on who should run the country for the next 10 years. Internal differences over how to handle the Bo case are widely believed to have delayed an announcement on when the leadership change would begin. Mr. Bo was once a candidate for high office, before being removed from his post as the top party official in the city of Chongqing in March.
By unveiling the accusations against Mr. Bo at the same time as it announced the beginning of the leadership change, party officials appear to be trying to send a signal to the country regarding corruption, the abuse of power and the decadent lifestyles of many within the party elite—issues that have inflamed public opinion. ...
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