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, January 4, 2015

Why is it that so much of Government Policy is based on Flat-Out Lies?!

"It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing."
Or
“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”     
Loud protests that mean nothing, yet drive the politics! m/r

The Job Thieves of Albany by Clark Whelton, City Journal 30 December 2014

Governor Cuomo’s fracking ban ensures a generation of poverty in New York’s Southern Tier.
Citing unspecified concerns about health and the environment, Governor Andrew Cuomoannounced this month that fracking (hydraulic fracturing) for natural gas is now banned in New York State. Some observers thought the governor might allow test drilling because economic growth from fracking in neighboring Pennsylvania has proved a boon. Though Cuomo seemed to distance himself (“I am not a scientist”) from the issue, a pro-fracking decision was never in the cards.
Since 2011, one of Cuomo’s closest fracking advisers has been Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner Joe Martens. An able and experienced administrator, Martens worked for Governor Mario Cuomo before serving 16 years as executive vice president and president of the rich and influential Open Space Institute (OSI). The OSI is closely linked to the 1.4 million-member National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and other top organizations among America’s 26,000 environmental groups. Through direct purchase, loans, and easements, the OSI specializes in preserving open space, thereby preventing that space from being used for residential and commercial purposes. With OSI insider Martens effectively managing state policy, there is little chance that the natural gas bonanza lying beneath 28 of New York’s 62 counties will be developed.
The biggest losers from Cuomo’s thumbs down will be those who live and work in New York’s “Southern Tier”—the eight counties on the state’s 225-mile border with Pennsylvania. Poverty, unemployment, and dwindling population are endemic in this region. Between 2010 and October 2014, Southern Tier cities Elmira and Binghamton were the only urban areas in New York with shrinking economies. …

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