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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.”

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"Law is where you buy it." Raymond Chandler

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"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

Thursday, May 5, 2016

Warning! Don't Offend Drunk Driving Mexicans on Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo -- Oakland Police Apologize for Drunk Driving Warning | National Review

by Katherine Timpf  May 4, 2016

PC Police > Actual Police 

 The Oakland Police Department issued an apology for warning people not to drive drunk on Cinco de Mayo — because apparently, even acknowledging the fact that people often do drink on Cinco de Mayo is racist against Mexicans.

 It’s important to note that there was was absolutely nothing offensive about the warning. In fact, its second sentence actually reminded everyone that “historically, the fifth of May commemorates Mexico’s 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War” before explaining that that since “present-day celebrations often lead to drunk driving,” there would be increased DUI enforcement on the road, and people should remember to arrange safe transportation if they planned to celebrate.

 After all — PC or not — people do get drunk on Cinco de Mayo. Saying so isn’t “politically incorrect” — it’s stating a fact. And in any case, who could get mad about a warning that there would be more cops on the road?

Well . . . apparently enough people to prompt the department to issue this apology: ...

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/434963/cinco-de-mayo-oakland-police-drunk-driving-apology

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