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, January 8, 2016

The Most Incredible Spirit of All - Not Just 7,400 miles, but 7,400 Nautical Miles!

He rowed 8,516 miles, alone in an open boat, across the Pacific Ocean! I'm going start eating ginger nut biscuits.

John Beeden becomes the first person ever to row solo across the Pacific Ocean | Daily Mail Online

British father’s incredible seven-month, 7,400-mile journey as he becomes the first person ever to row solo across the Pacific Ocean (and the first thing he asks for is a Ginger Nut biscuit!)

  • John Beeden rowed from Queensland to San Francisco in seven months
  • He rowed 15 hours a day in a 19ft boat during the mammoth journey
  • Said he most looked forward to 'a ginger nut biscuit and a shower' 
  • Father-of-two said trip was '100 times harder' than he thought it would be
  • He did trip after rowing Atlantic in 53 days and not finding it hard enough
By TIM LAMDEN FOR THE DAILY MAIL and SARA MALM FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED:| UPDATED: 05:43 EST, 29 December 2015


'I didn't realise the Pacific was going to be so difficult. I have peered right over the edge a few times,' he told the paper. 
After leaving San Francisco, he rowed south of Hawaii, through the South Sea Islands by the Coral Sea and past the Great Barrier Reef to Cairns. 
Mr Beeden lost 25lbs during his journey, despite being on a 4,000-calories-a-day diet (including a fair few of his favourite ginger biscuits). 
After stepping off his 19ft boat on Saturday, Mr Beeden said: ‘To be the first person to achieve something on this scale is incredible really.
'I haven’t processed it yet. Every day there was some massive challenge.’
Mr Beeden told Sky News he had rowed for 15 hours a day during the challenge, which took 209 days.
‘Every day there was some massive challenge,’ he said. ‘It was 10, 15, 100 times harder than I thought it would be.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3377301/British-father-s-incredible-seven-month-7-400-mile-journey-person-row-solo-Pacific-Ocean-thing-asks-Ginger-Nut-biscuit.html#ixzz3wi232H4d 
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