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, November 14, 2014

Sadly, this lends new meaning to Dead Letter

And the Government thinks it can treat live people with Obamacare. m/r

Columbus man plans wife's funeral while Postal Service searches for lost remains | The Columbus Dispatch

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Every time they hear a car door slam, every time the phone rings, they jump. She was supposed to be there by noon on Saturday. Now it’s Thursday, and no one seems to know where she is. (Update: Her ashes were delivered to the family on Friday morning.)
They gathered for her funeral last night.

Barbara Kirkendall, 80, died on Nov. 5 at the Cleveland Clinic. Her death was swift and unstoppable, seemingly caused by an aggressive blood infection. Doctors wanted to know more, so Kirkendall’s husband consented to an autopsy. …
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