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

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Starvation is a Political Crime

Socialism always has failed. With Starvation, Civil War (or Revolution) seems the only remedy here. m/r
"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."

VIOLENCE IN THE STREETS

Blood splattered on walls and MPs injured as rioters storm parliament leaving Venezuela on the brink of civil war


Clashes erupted during a session to mark Venezuela's Independence Day

By Jenny Awford  5-July-2017

 Blood was seen spattered on the walls after supporters of President Nicolas Maduro burst into parliament while opposition politicians were holding a session to mark Independence Day.

Brandishing sticks and dressed in red, the activists set off fireworks in the capitol building in Caracas, unleashing chaos, AFP reported.
Shocking images show the walls dripping in blood and two opposition politicians with blood running down their faces.
Various small explosions were heard, possibly from fireworks thrown into the legislative compound, witnesses said.

The country has been struggling with a deepening economic crisis and has seen sometimes violent street protests demanding a change of government.

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