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, February 1, 2015

No Kidding! Down the Rabbit Hole - Washington Is Completely Disconnected From America

New Congressman: Washington Is Completely Disconnected From America | The Daily Caller



Ginni Thomas 2-1-15



Resisting the calls that jammed his offices from citizens who opposed returning John Boehner to his leadership post, freshman Colorado Rep. Ken Buck chose not to challenge Speaker Boehner’s position on opening day. Besides getting placed on the House Judiciary Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the Republican congressman learned last week he was named Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Interior at Government Oversight.
Speaking to Buck in his office on January 21, the day after the president’s State of the Union Address, this exclusive Daily Caller video interview starts with the congressman’s warning, as a former prosecutor, to other jurisdictions that they might want to avoid following Colorado’s lead in legalizing marijuana.
“Marijuana isn’t alcohol.” he said. It has a “much more serious impact on young people,” Buck told TheDC. “People will learn over time, as they see what’s happening in Colorado, they should move slowly” on adopting Colorado’s law.
Now that he is in office, Buck finds Washington “confusing” and “a world that does not reflect what I’ve seen at home.”
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