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

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Food has been "Genetically Modified" for Centuries - General Mills Starts Making Some Cheerios Without GMOs

Political and environmental nut-cases just can't, or won't, understand that humans have been selectively breeding plants and animals, to fit our needs and wants, since pre-historic domestication began.

A good example is the horse. Horses (more specially the Thoroughbred) were bred for a longer stride and tend to be taller overall this century than the were over a hundred years ago. 
Originally Modern man had a two path strategy for pre-historic horses. In the Americas, the ancient horse was hunted by the natives into extinction. In EurAsia, the horses were bred into a taller, useful animal that was the basis for transportation beyond foot travel until the 19th Century. m/r

General Mills Starts Making Some Cheerios Without GMOs - WSJ.com

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