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

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Insensitive about Stinco De Mayo: Put on your Sombrero and Poncho, Double dip the Guac, but don't get it on your fake mustache

Seven Pieces of Advice from the Social-Justice Internet for a Culturally Sensitive Cinco De Mayo | National Review Online

by KATHERINE TIMPF May 5, 2015 

Don’t say “guac.” 

It’s that time again: Cinco de Mayo, a day that used to be one of celebration but has now been deemed “problematic” by Social Justice Warriors, (also known as the Kind of People No One Wants to Be Around, which might be why they hate fun so much).  In case you are for some reason concerned about offending them, here’s a list of their guidelines this year for (hopefully) getting through May 5 without doing something that they’ll demand you apologize for:  

1. “Stop Calling Guacamole ‘Guac’” Because That’s Culturally Insensitive. — USA Today Yep, that’s right. The common phrase “chips and guac” is apparently some sort of racially insensitive slur or something, according to USA Today college contributor Dani Marrero. She explains that this seemingly innocuous abbreviation is actually like super upsetting and terrible because the word “guacamole” “has significance as it comes from indigenous Nahuatl language.” 

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/417932/seven-pieces-advice-social-justice-internet-culturally-sensitive-cinco-de-mayo



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