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

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Government Regulation is our Enemy As Usual! AAA vs. EPA

Felix Unger the EPA!  m/r

AAA vs. EPA | The Weekly Standard
NOV 30, 2012 • BY GEOFFREY NORMAN
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The AAA has joined the side of the crackpots resisting the burning of food in internal combustion engines:
The AAA says the Environmental Protection Agency and gasoline retailers should halt the sale of E15, a new ethanol blend that could damage millions of vehicles and void car warranties.
Not to worry, says the CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association (that would be the lobbying organization for the corn famers and refiners who are doing very, very well on the ethanol mandate). The EPA isn't talking. But then, it doesn't have to. It is the government, after all.
It is interesting that corn continues to be force fed into cars – thus driving up the price of food – at a time when we are being told that the nation is less and less dependent on foreign sources of oil and may soon not require them at all. This would seem to eliminate entirely the need to make corn into fuel. Which explains why we need a Renewable Fuels Association.
Meanwhile, you might want to renew your AAA membership. That way, when ethanol fries the engine in your car, you'll be confident of getting a tow. 
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