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

Sunday, December 10, 2017

Moonbeam is a God Damn Fool

Had Jerry Brown quit wasting time and money on worthless expensive projects like high speed rail to nowhere or making a "Sanctuary State" safe for illegal arsonists, and spent the resources available to build the required reservoirs that had been planned for decades, some of the burned areas may have had more of a chance with lowered fire risk.  
From the time of Richard Henry Dana, who wrote about the brush fires in Southern California in "Two Years Before the Mast"', it was obvious that Wildfires have always been part of the landscape, along with Santa Ana Winds and earthquakes. They were, unfortunately, just as big a fires decades ago, but California had less then half its population and structures then, so there was much less fire damage. m/r

California governor blames devastating wildfires on climate change and says deadly winter infernos will be 'the new normal'

  • California Governor Jerry Brown said Saturday that destructive winter wildfires will be the 'new reality'
  • Blamed climate change for deadly infernos and urged lawmakers to take heed of natural disasters 
  • Fire crews bracing for high winds that are expected to whip Southern California wildfires Saturday night
  • Gusts of up to 40mph are expected Saturday and up to 50mph Sunday in the Los Angeles area
  • Six fires have destroyed more than 500 buildings, killed dozens of horses and forced 212,000 to evacuate
  • First fire-related death confirmed on Friday after woman was found dead in crash along evacuation route 

California's governor has said that deadly wildfires in the winter will be 'the new normal', as fire crews rushed to contain the fires, with dry desert winds expected to intensify over the weekend.
Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday toured Ventura County neighborhoods ravaged by a weeklong wildfire that killed at least one person and destroyed hundreds of homes and other buildings.
At a news conference, the Democrat said drought and climate change mean California faces a 'new reality' where lives and property are continually threatened by fire, at a cost of billions of dollars.
He added that gusty winds and low humidity are continuing and warned that there's a good chance of seeing 'firefighting at Christmas'.
He said it will take 'heroic' efforts in the US and abroad to stem climate change and urged US lawmakers to pay more attention to dealing with natural disasters such as fires, floods and earthquakes.
Over the past week, six major wildfires have forced more than 200,000 people to flee and choked the air across much of the region. 

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