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

Thursday, August 24, 2017

Navy Appears to Need Focusing on Navigation, Not PC-fication

The two recent fatal collisions by US Naval Ships of the 7th Fleet appears to indicate there is a sad lack of training in navigational skills necessary to car out basic peacetime navigation skill required for safe vessel maneuvering in the presence of normal maritime shipping, especially at night.
The apply named guided missile destroyer, USS John S. McCain, may highlight the problem of the US Navy, and the Defense Dept. as a whole, placing way too much emphasis of it political correctness training to the neglect, detriment and safety of the skills required to sail a modern fleet. This is in the wake the incompetence of the Obama administration and its ignominious priorities. m/r

Navy 7th Fleet Commander Relieved of Command Following Pacific Collisions

August 23, 2017 BY:

The U.S. Navy announced this week that the Seventh Fleet commander has been relieved of command due to a "loss of confidence."
Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin was relieved of command in the wake of the most recent collision in the Pacific. On Monday, the USS John S. McCain collided with an oil tanker near Singapore.
Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. Scott Swift made the announcement in an official statement Tuesday.
Aucoin has been replaced by Rear Adm. Phil Sawyer, who has already been nominated and confirmed for the position. Sawyer assumed command immediately and was promoted to vice admiral.
The United States Seventh Fleet is based in Japan and includes both the USS John S. McCain and the USS Fitzgerald, another guided missile destroyer involved in a collision with a merchant vessel in June.

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