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"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, December 18, 2015

Mark Steyn just didn't know better, So He Exposed the Senate's Hearings as Show Trials and the Wimpy GOP

The Democrats were all present and in full force, but the effete Republicans, in fear being tarred by the press as "anti-Climate," didn't show up, but in reality they most likely didn't care. Supporting Facts and Truth is of little consequence to them.

Mark Steyn, fortunately, comes from a former Crown Colony, where there is a strong tradition of real back-and-forth debate. He was on a panel that was being insulted, both as a group and individually, by Senator Markey, who fully expected he could just waltz away without challenge as he, and all Senators, had done before. Mark Steyn, bless him, was having none of that. He challenged, questioned and debated Markey on his false points. He also broke a bad, nearly totalitarian, "rule-tradition" that was imposed in Congress, but doesn't exist anywhere else in the English Speaking World.

Let us hope that Mark Steyn has undone that old, dictatorial, "tradition" and forced a more open dialogue to be part of these Congressional Hearings from now on.

Bravo to Mark Steyn! m/r

The GOP Don't Never Dance With Them What Brung Them :: SteynOnline

by Mark Steyn - Steyn on America - 
... Markey didn't "commandeer" the proceedings. He was just blowharding off, and me and Judith Curry decided to blowhard right back at him, to the point where the big wimp cleared out and chose not to return for the second round of questions.

It might be truer to say that the Democrats as a whole commandeered the proceedings. But even that would not be strictly correct. What happened is that Senate Republicans chose to permit the Dems to commandeer them.

How did that happen? Ted Cruz's Science committee is a sub-committee of the Senate Commerce committee. The sub-committee has six Republican members, five Democrats. The senior party representatives on the overall Commerce committee - John Thune (Republican) and Bill Nelson (Democrat) - are ex officio members of the sub-committee and are also permitted to attend. So there should have been seven Republicans and six Democrats in the room that afternoon. Instead:
All the Democratic subcommittee members were present and accounted for: Senator Tom Udall, (D-NM), the Ranking Member; Senator Ed Markey (D-MA); Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ); Senator Gary Peters (D-MI); Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI). Also in attendance, the Ranking Member of Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL).

In Washington, as Woody Allen once joked, ninety percent of success is showing up. All the Democrats showed up.

However, John Thune (R-SD), Chairman of the full committee, was a no-show.

Thus, the most senior Senator present for the hearing, in an institution dedicated to Seniority (hence the name "Senate"), was a Democrat.

Only one other Republican was present on the dais, Senators Steve Daines (R-MT). All the other G.O.P. members, including Marco Rubio (R-FL), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) were absent.  Message: I don't care.
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