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, July 7, 2013

Return of tomb raiders - The Economy has failed, Fuel Subsidy is Raiding the Treasury

Egypt's Treasures saved by the British Museum
Tourist are now few and not secure, the only reliable power is by the wind for the Dhows on the Nile.
There are times that lumbering process of bloated foreign diplomatic offices and bloated bureaucracy can save treasures for from the ravages of maniacal ideological and worse Islamic theocracies. 
Let us hope Egypt can survive the one of it had made with the help of Obama and just overthrown. m/r

Lateline - 15/04/2013: Return of tomb raiders


Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcast: 15/04/2013
Reporter: Matt Brown
The economic crisis in Egypt has caused a revival of the plundering of the country's heritage with illegal diggings occurring around the pyramids.

Transcript

EMMA ALBERICI, PRESENTER: The long-running crisis in Egypt is taking a toll well beyond riots and political instability. Egypt's archaeological heritage is being plundered as illegal digging escalates around the ancient pyramids and the country's Treasury is being starved of funds as the tourism industry continues to struggle. Middle East correspondent Matt Brown reports from Cairo.

MATT BROWN, REPORTER: Egypt's ancient treasures tower above the desert and a wealth of artefacts still lies below the sand. But amidst two years of chaos, new life has been given to an age-old scourge: tomb raiders.

OSAMA AL-SHIMI, ARCHEOLOGIST: We are very sad. It's a very bad thing for us. And our heart, my heart and the heart of anyone who works in our field is a broken heart.

MATT BROWN: Broken heart?

OSAMA AL-SHIMI: Broken heart.

MATT BROWN: Dr Osama al-Shimi has been working this ground for decades. He says the problem of illegal digging is worse than ever because of the security vacuum that followed the fall of the dictator Hosni Mubarak.

OSAMA AL-SHIMI: Usually after revolution in the history, in all the world, you find something like this. There is no good security after revolution.

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