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

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

This is beyond outrageous - Danish family and crew snatched by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean · TheJournal

The time has come for private individuals to heavily arm themselves on the high seas. It is absolutely outrageous that people on the high seas are set up as sitting ducks for Somali Pirates.

The EU’s anti-piracy naval force said last week that pirates were holding a total of 31 vessels and 668 hostages.

Danish family and crew snatched by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean · TheJournal

A DANISH FAMILY including three children have been kidnapped by pirates who seized their sailing boat in the Indian Ocean last week, it has been reported today.

The Danish government announced that the incident happened last Thursday with two crew members also captured during the attack, according to the BBC.

The pirates who seized the boat are said to be heading for Somalia where piracy is a highly lucrative trade. Gangs can often demand millions of dollars in ransoms.

The Copenhagen Post reports that the three children are aged 13, 15, and 17, with the oldest writing a blog last Tuesday in which he said the family were halfway between the Maldives and the Arabian Sea and that everything was normal.

The ship managed to send a distress signal during the attack and the Danish warship ‘Esbern Snare’ is heading for the area, 300 kilometres off the Somali coast.

The EU’s anti-piracy naval force said last week that pirates were holding a total of 31 vessels and 668 hostages.

They reported only yesterday that a cargo vessel carrying a crew of 23 was hijacked in the North Arabian sea with no information on their condition so far forthcoming from the pirates.

Last week, four Americans kidnapped by Somalian pirates were shot dead as US forces attempted to rescue them.